Evening star., 1953-01-19

pallroOm Gov. Earl warren or
California and his wife stood for
three continuous hours-Mrs.
Warren with bandaged ankle.
AS the Warren admirers moved
up the line they passed a second
box Of the attractive Warren
family overflow-i.e. the three
blond, curly-headed daughters,
Virginia, Nina and "Honeybear."
One Of their handsome Marine
escorts was named Stevenson
which started a false rumor that
Adlai Stevenson III was with
them.
Gov. Byrnes Prefers Old Doys
Gov. Jimmy Byrnes Of South
Carolina and his wife had smiles
for old and new faces alike as
they stood in front of their box.
Hoy does it feel to be at a
Republican inaugural?" some
one asked the man who deserted
his lifelong Democratic Party
allegiance to support Gen. Eisen-
hover. "I've been to Republican
inaugurals before" lodged Mr..
Byrnes. II attended the inau-
guration of Taft when l first
came to the House (of Repre-
sentatives)." Then he added,
THE early days are the happy
days. The man who said Life
begins at go didn't know what
he was talking about" And he
smilingly turned to the next per-
son approaching.
There are more committee
members here than anybody
else" observed one of the in
Vulnerable men and women
wearing the gold medal and blue
ribbon badges. The men, in
cidentally, Swere all elegantly at
tired in cutaways and striped
trousers or club suits, thus set
ting the dressy tone for this
inaugural.
Heading the entire group were
the high ranking committee
members who stood in the re-
ceiving line yesterday. They
stood in this order: Mr.. Edgar
Morris. Mr.. Joseph c. McGar-
raghy. inaugural chairman; Mrs.
McGarraghy. Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Colladay, Mrs. Anne
Archbold, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt
Longworth. Mr.. Charles Dulcan,
Mrs. Dulcan. Col. M. Robert
Guggenheim, Mrs. Guggenheim.
DR.. Paul Hatch, Mrs. Hatch, Mr..
William McManus, Mr.. Clarence
Hewes, Mr.. Beverley Mason, jr.,
Mrs. Mason, Mr.. Edward Merrill,
Mrs. Merrill, DR.. Jesse Mitchell,
Mrs. Mitchell and Miss Mildred
Reeves.
Hondsome Governors Popular
Some of the other governors
who consistently drew an. inter-
ested group also happened to
be among the handsomest men
present. They were John DAVIS
Lodge of Connecticut, Dan Thorn
ton of Colorado. Christian
Herter of Massachusetts, John S.
Battle of Virginia and 32-year-
old Frank Clement of Tennessee.
Below his formal striped
trousers Gov. Thornton wore the
inevitable cowboy boots with
heels. These were black dress
boots with gold tooling at the
top which, of course, didn't show
He's never worn ordinary shoes
in his life, said the Governor. so
wouldn't be comfortable in any
thing else.
Gov. Lodge looked extraordin-
arily handsome with light blue
satin sash such as ambassadors
wear. across his shirtfront. De-
vised by Gen. George Washing. |
ton for the captain general OF |
the militia. it was supposed to
be worn. he said, by all gov
ernors of the original 13 colonies
The bubbling. popular Francesca
Lodge wore black and green
print dress and matching hat.
Gov. Theodore McKeldin OF
Maryland had to share honors at |
his box with Miss Bertha Adkins
OF his State. Her brand new
appointment as head of the
Women's Division of the Repub-
lican National Committee and
assistant to the chairman drew
stream of congratulating |
friends. Gov. Frank LauSche of !
Ohio and Gov. John Fine of |
Pennsylvania were well-known
executives present.
President elect Eisenhower's
brother, Edgar, and his petite,