| Show IN NEW YORK By JULIA BLANCHARD WASHINGTON Mrs Roosevelt's great gift for being utterly simple natural and therefore highly pleasing never was shown more clearly clearly- than at the big party she gave ave for about Gridiron Widows Widows the the wives of cabinet members senators congressmen congress- congress men Hen and other notables who had been barred from the Gridiron club dinner dinner din din- ner ncr which their spouses attended You fairly had to pinch yourself during the program to realize that you were sitting on a little chair under under un- un der ier the famed crystal chandeliers in inthe inthe inthe the East room at the White House and not in some neighbors neighbor's parlor in Irvington Ala or Quincy III Ill l. l For with a whole world of professional talent at her command the first lady chose to make up the tte evenings evening's entertainment enter- enter entirely of home talent picked right from among her gu guests ts There were recitations monologues and what Mrs Roosevelt called of off oU f the slate movies of the first family in Maine at Hyde Park and Warm Springs just the kind of intimate shots friends love to get of their neighbors neighbors neigh- neigh bors DOTS taking big bites of ot food at picnics picnics pic pie lying sound asleep oh on on the sands after swimming and looking suspiciously suspiciously sus sus- as if It they were snoring Watching them you r realized that never again can notables be built up for future generations into such stilted creatures as Washington and past heroes heroes heroes he he- roes have been for certainly nothing could have been more human than the president and first lady having an an intimate breakfast argument over plans for the day The younger membern members mem memo bers bern of the family playing tennis in hi their bathing suits the whole family clowning to amuse the children and so forth forth all all most fascinating shots taken by Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt's friend Nancy Cook The Secretary Impersonates Impersonate I IThen Then Mrs Roosevelt Introduced one oneat of at her secretaries Mrs Mary Eben whom she said did a marvelous burlesque burlesque bur bur- l lesque of or Mrs Roosevelt herself However How Hovi ever Mrs Eben chose to give an impersonation impersonation im im- im- im of one of ot the types she has personally to conduct through the White House Next came a monologue by Katharine Katharine Kath Kath- arine anne Dayton in which she presented Mrs Aka Democrat with bar hu both r om I child Nira who played with a lovely lovely love love- ly chisel and yards of red tape while Mrs Democrat discussed what she wanted to give her het family for Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas including for her boy Franklin A new congress just like the one he had last year My dear the way that one followed him around was almost human He just loved itt ill Those Witty Speeches During supper Mrs Roosevelt called on guests to contribute short speeches Representative Isabella Greenway old friend and maid of honor at Mrs Roosevelt's wedding made the best speech describing her worst moments as a public speaker She has a charming presence ver very feminine soft fluffy auburn hair worn low on her forehead and high in the back dimples that come and go and a marvelously musical voice Mrs Harold Ickes who flew to the I capital a short time ago was vcr very amusing She is a bustling forthright 1 woman the only one there with a 1914 pompadour Representative Florence I Kahn brought down the house with her dry humor In spite of simply gorgeous gowns many of them very formal and worn with tiaras tiaras' hopes hopS of pearls and gorgeous gor gor- j jewels ewels and Mrs Roosevelt herself herself her her- self in a handsome formal blue velvet gown with a long train it was just a anice anice anice nice home party that everybody enjoyed en en- joyed |
