Evening star., 1952-01-10
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Audits Trunnun's MESSAGE

lSuitS. Signora Tarchiani'S was deer
gray, worn with an eggshell blouse.
Ia light brown pillbox hat and
matching gloves. Madame Bonnet
stuck to her favorite color, black,
in her suit. its tiny velveteen collar
and a small head-hugging hat
The black was relieved only by a
single strand Of pearls. Lady
Franks suit was a medium gray,
with matching OFF -the-face hat
and white blouse.
The first of the diplomatic wives
to arrive was Madame Brugg-
mann, wife Of the Swiss Ambassa-
dor, who frightened her black
outfit with a large pin at her
neck and a bright green scarf.
Others in the diplomatic gall
lery were Madame Bohemian,
wife of the Swedish Ambassador,
Madame de Kaufman, wife Of
the Danish Ambassador, and Mrs.
Hume Wrong. wife of the Cana
dian Ambassador. all in black, and
Madame LeGal1ais, wife of the
Minister from Luxembourg, in a
black outfit and white hat.
First person to take a seat in
any of the galleries was Mrs.
William p. MacCracken, all in
black except for a brilliant mag
enta scarf. She was the guest Of
Representative Marguerite Church
of Illinois.
Two bright spots of color on
the floor were provided by Rep
Ruth Thompson Of
Michigan and Mrs. Katharine
Byron, former Representative
from Maryland. both Of whom
elected to wear attractive red suits.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
wore a muted blue wool dress.
with the inevitable red rose
pinned to her left shoulder.
The Houses two new women
members, Mrs. Vera Buchanan of
Pennsylvania and Mrs. Elizabeth
Kee of West Virginia, sat together.
The former wore a navy blue suit
and white blouse, the latter a
black dress with triple strand of
pearls. In conformance with a rule
of the House, all the women men,
bers (actually, any one on the
floor of the House, were hatless.
The only member to violate
Speaker Sam Rayburn's rule
against bringing children to the
floor was the veteran Senator
Charles w. Tobey of Vermont. and
he waited until the speech was
over and the crowd was dispensing.
He then brought his young grand
daughter, Joan Tobey, onto the
floor to meet some of his fast-dis-
appearing colleagues.
Speaker Sam Rayburn's sister,
Mrs. Samuel E. BARLEY, visiting
here from Bonham, Texas, had a
choice seat with a large group of
other Texans in the section i'm
across from the execu-
tive gallery. She wore a gray
gaberdine suit. black hat and
rhinestone earrings. -
Two members of the local set,
Mrs. Morris Cafritz and Mrs.
Blake Clark, were on hand for the
occasion, the former wearing a
small black felt hat and black fur
coat. the latter a black taffeta
dress and lavender, felt hat,
trimmed with flowers of the same
hue. - &I% -r354a
Lunching together later In the
Senate dining room were Mrs. Will
lis Smith, wife Of the Senator
from North Carolina, and Mrs.
Spessard L. Holland, wife Of the
Senator from Florida. Also there
were Mrs. Stanley Reed. Senator
Margaret Smith, Mrs. Wayne
Morse, wife Of the Senator from
Oregon, and Mrs. Walter George,
wife Of the Senator from Georgia.
Senator Tom Connally Of Texas.
everybody's idea of what a United
States Senator ought to look like,
squirrel his wife to lunch, she in
a rose colored hat and blue dress.