Show v IV I V eleanor roosevelt elf ladies of the senate lunching with the ladies of the senate the other day was very pleasant I 1 particularly enjoyed having in front of me a most beautiful centerpiece of magnolia blossoms white against their dark green leaves at the ends of the table were vases with white easter lilies and snapdragons but it il seemed particularly beautiful to me to look into those cup like magnolia blossoms the district of columbia librarians came that same day to look at the books which the american booksellers have presented to the white house library then they joined my garden party on the lawn it was the first garden party we have had this year acdan and an almost perfect day now and then the wind would take a lovely ladys hat and she would have to clutch it but otherwise it was neither too warm nor too cold the marine band played delightfully and in listening to them I 1 for got to be tired the grass was particularly ticul arly lovely and so I 1 appreciated the desire of the gardener to keep me moving just a little so the long line of guests would not wear a path across the lawn later I 1 received the hungarian minister and his wife for the first time since their arrival then I 1 had guests from california dr and mrs remsen bird who came to spend the night we had a very pleasant dinner and were much interested in seeing some photographs which mr thomas campbell brought back from his stay in england I 1 am trying to catch up on what seems like an almost unending amount of mail there are also a good many things which must be read the president sounded quite cheerful and very busy this morning and I 1 think everything is progressing well with him PICNIC LUNCHEON the next day the cabinet ladies an and d I 1 gave our annual picnic luncheon for the ladies of the senate and were fortunate in having a beautiful day we recalled last year that several showers disturbed our lunch but this year the only thing which disturbed us was speculation as to what was the real explanation of mr rudolf hess I 1 surmise that there are few people in this country who have not spec speculated on that subject during the last few days the writers of mystery stories must agree that reality has outdistanced almost any plot in fiction A number of people came to tea and in the evening I 1 went to hear all american youth orchestra the program was beautiful and one could not have wanted a more finished performance everyone with me enjoyed every minute of the evening after coping for some time now with almost perfectly straight hair for I 1 wanted to wait as long as possible before having a permanent wave vave again I 1 went in the morning and spent three hours and a half at the hairdresser I 1 always feel as though it is a terrible waste of time but this morning I 1 accomplished much reading which otherwise would have remained undone on the bench beside my desk incidentally my y hair hail will be easier to deal with for some time to come somewhat late and somewhat breathless I 1 arrived at the luncheon given by the ladies of the seventy sixth congress they were so kind about my delay that I 1 recovered very quickly from the apologetic state of mind in which I 1 arrived I 1 enjoyed not only my neighbors but the lovely table decorations and the marine bands music afterwards I 1 went to see the exhibition hibi tion of water colors at the national gallery of art from water colors sent in from the united states hawaii and the district of columbia were picked out for a federal hospital in louisiana the variety of subjects is entertaining and I 1 think the water colors will add immeasurably in color and interest to all the rooms in the hospital it is interesting to find that most of the painters exhibiting are under 30 years of age 0 and come from 27 states hawaii and the district of columbia there are 51 women and men represented I 1 think everyone will find this exhibition enjoyable FRIENDS ARGENTINE one afternoon I 1 had the pleasure of having madame ruiz guinazu wife of the argentine minister of fore foreign igli affairs her two daughters and madame espil wife of the argentine ambassador have tea with me madame ruiz guinazu was fairly exhausted by the amount of sightseeing s which they had done but everything was of great interest to her she spoke with enthusiasm of the national gallery and of the beauty of our capitol city then she told me at length of her interest in the congressional library particularly ticul arly the collection of books in braille her son is in charge of this work in the argentine having become blind himself at the age of 17 he evidently determined to lead a busy useful and therefore happy life |