Evening star., 1953-02-03
By Katherine M. Brooks


Mrs. Eisenhower made her way
down the steps of the Executive
Gallery in the House of Repre-
sentatives yesterday with no
realization that 80 per cent
of the eyes all over the House
were on her. When she reached
the front row and her seat on
the aisle there was spontaneous
and enthusiastic applause to
which she responded with a
radiant smile and gracious bows.
She wore a three-quarter
length gray Persian. lamb coat
over her gray wool frock and
her claret-color gloves matched
her hat. Under the shallow
standing collar of her dress could
be seen the dog-collar Of pearls
which is a favorite with the
Presidents wife.
FomiIy Group
Accompanying Mrs. Eisen-
hover were her mother, Mrs.
John S. Doud, and Col. and Mrs.
George Gordon Moore, brother
in-law and sister OF the First
Lady. Mrs. Doud was in black
with white about the neckline
and Mrs. Moore lightened her
black costume with a white
bonnet-like hat and gauntlet
gloves.
Seated beside Mrs. Eisenhower
was Mrs. Sherman Adams, who
was a very early arrival in the
gallery and sat alone for nearly
half and hour. She wore q pill
box hat Of black velvet with sew
eral rows of large pearls about
it, a short mink jacket over a
black dress.
In the far corner Of the first
row was Mrs. Howard McCrum
Snyder, wife Of retired Maj.
Gen. Snyder, long time friends
of the Eisenhowers. Mrs. Snyder
had small pale pink Mercury
wings on each side Of her small
round black hat, and wore a
scarf in the same shade.
Pretty Mrs. Nixon Alone
Mrs. Richard Nixon, pretty wife
of the Vice President, sat alone
across the aisle from Mrs. EiSen-
hover. Her blouse was white like
her hat and she wore a brown fur
coat over her suit.
Mrs. Charles E. Wilson, wife OF
the Defense Secretary, was in the
second row and after Mrs. Eisen-
hover sat down she leaned over
and touched her on the shoulder.
The Presidents wife turned
around and gave her a very
warm greeting and smiled and
bowed to other cabinet hostesses
in the gallery. Mrs. Wilson was in
chocolate brown with a cocoa
brown feather turban and a full
length mink coat.
Mrs. Arthur e. Summerfield,
the Postmaster Generals wife
and her house guest. Mrs. Wen
dell H. Crane of Flint, Mich, ac-
companied Mrs. Wilson to the
Capitol. Mrs. Summerfeld was
in two-piece black silk suit
with a fine white pin stripe. Her
black hat had a green crown.
Mrs. Crane also had a black cos
tune.
Mrs. Douglas Mckay, wife of
the Interior Secretary, went to
the Capitol with Mrs. Gordon,
wife of Senator Guy Gordon also
from oregon.
Members of the cabinet. head
ed by Treasury Secretary
Humphrey, sat on the floor of
the House just in front of Sena-
tor Robert A. Taft and other
leaders of the Upper House Of
Congress. Several Of them waved
to their wives-or perhaps re-
turned their wives greetings.
Attorney General Brownell
leaned over and made a remark
in the ear of Postmaster General
Summerf1eld when the President
referred to making the postal
Service efficient and knonino
down expenses, too. The Attor-
ney General smiled but the Post
master General looked a bit
questioning.
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, new
Administrator Of the Federal Sc
curity Agency, sat with the men,
berS of the cabinet on the floor
of the House. She was the last