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Show Do You Wonder Mrs. Roosevelt Is LH? The news from Washington that Mrs. Roosevelt has suffered a nervous collapse will not surprise persons per-sons who have kept tab on the strenuous social life the first lady of the land has been living. The round of official functions and entertainments which caused the temporary retirement of Mrs. Roosevelt from society were sufficient to wear out any one, no matter how strong. A partly completed list is here given: House guests entertained, 200; dinner parties, 36; average number of guests at each dinner party, 20; guests at luncheon, 275; guests at break-fa8tr50; break-fa8tr50; state dinners, 3; attended Cabinet dinners, 8; number of musicales given, 6; average number invited to each musicale, 300; total number invited to musicales, 1800; musicales yet to be given, 3; state receptions, 5; greeted at New Year's reception, 8000; greeted at four other state receptiors, 7200; afternoon receptions given by Mrs. Roosevelt, 5; average number of guests at each reception, 1200; total guests at afternoon receptions, 0000; guests invited in-vited to blue room for state receptions and entertained enter-tained after receptions, 1500; averace number invited in-vited to blue room for each reception, 30G; dined with Senator Lodge, 1; dined with Senator Hanna, 1. These do not represent many informal entertainments. enter-tainments. In addition, Mrs. Roosevelt gives personal per-sonal attention to her household duties and participates partici-pates in the Roosevelt household frolics, which are many and elaborate. It is not unusual for the entire en-tire family to skip out early in the afternoon and go romping over the country until dusk. Do ; r u wonder won-der that, Mrs. Roosevelt is ill? |