Evening star., 1951-11-01
British Royal Visitors
Honored at Blair House


with long sleeves and yoke of
finest white tulle. Her white
kid gloves were short.
Mrs. Webb was in sapphire blue
Itaffeta, the skirt draped to one
side and forming a perky bow and
IStreamerS. About her neck she
wore string of pearls and in her
ears diamond earrings.
Reception Follows
Nearly 100 additional quests
were asked for the reception after
the dinner. These were limited to
members of the Supreme Court,
the Cabinet and few of the higher
officials of the Federal Govern
ment. The guests at dinner re-
NAMED through the reception,
the President and Mrs. Truman
and their honor guests standing
in the charming old colonial
drawing room to shake hands with
the callers.
Members of the Supreme Court
who Joined the dinner guests in
cluded Associate Justice and Mrs.
Stanley F. Reed. Associate Justice
and Mrs. Robert jackson, Asso-
ciate Justice and Mrs. Harold H.
Burton and Associate Justice and
Mrs. Tom c. Clark. Mrs. Reed was
in coral color chiffon, trimmed
with gold, and gold accessories.
Mrs. Jackson wore black taffeta.
the full skirt having a drapery
of the taffeta at one side. The
drapery was lined with mauve-
color satin like the narrow band
about the dropped shoulder neck
line. Mrs. Burton's costume was
of black and Chinese red brocade.
the straight skirt having a deep
circular flounce at the bottom
lined with Chinese red and at
the back Of the halter neckline,
a Chinese red rose with several
smaller roses falling down her
back formed the only trimming
to the gown. With this she wore
a golden necklace and earrings,
two on one ear and none on the
other. Mrs. Clark chose a be-
coming pale pink taffeta frock
made without straps and wore
matching tulle stole.
The Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. John w. Snyder were
the ranking members of the cabi-
net at the reception. Mrs. Snyder
looked particularly well in black
crepe. the bodice tucked and hav-
ing shoulder straps of the tucked
crepe, and about her shoulders
was a black tulle stole. She wore
emeralds and diamonds. The Sec
retary of Defense and Mrs. Rob-
ert A, Lovett were there, the first
formal official reception they have
attended since he became a mem
ber of the cabinet. Mrs. Lovett
was in pale gray satin, the very
full skirt caught here and there
with pale pink roses. Attorney
General and Mrs. J. Howard Nc
Grath and the Secretary Of the
Interior and Mrs. Oscar L. Chap
man were others in the group at
tending the reception. Mrs. Nc
Grath wore velvet made without
straps and having a deep flounce
on the skirt below the knees. With
this she wore gold jewelry and
had gold accessories. Mrs. Chap
man chose coral color satin with
an overskirt of matching tulle
and a scarf Of the tulle over her
shoulders. The bodice Of the
dress was without straps and she
wore pearls.
Luncheon Today
The Princess and the Duke
lunched informally with the Pres
ident and Mrs. Truman at Blair
House today. The luncheon fol-
lowed their reception Of the heads
of diplomatic missions Of Com
Nations at the Cana
dian Embassy. Arrangements for
the luncheon as announced by
Mrs. James M. Helm. social sec
retary at the White House, in
cluded only the table settings.
No list Of those present and no
menu. However as the luncheon
was for only 6 or T." it is not diff
ficult to add the President and
Mrs. Truman with daughter, Mar
garet, the Princess and. the Duke,
the Hon. Mrs. Elphinstone. lady
in waiting, 1t. Parker. equerry,
make seven.
Luncheon was served in Blair
House with lace mats on the
table and yellow roses, white
snapdragons and blue delphinum
and Baker fern in silver bowl in
the center. The fiat silver is of
the minuet pattern and the china
is Lenox Of the Woodrow Wilson
administration. the first china
made in this country to be pur-
chased for the Executive Mansion.