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"Gridiron Women" hold frolic while men fete President at Press Club. Washington, D.C., Dec. 16. While the Gridiron Club of Washington is holding its annual dinner for the Presdient at the National Press Club, women officials, newspaper women, and wives of members and guests of the Gridiron Club, dubbed "gridiron Widows" by Mrs. Roosevelt, will gather at the White House for their own party. five "impossible moments" in the highest official and social circles of Washington will be presented in gag form. More, one of those moments is built around the forthcoming visit of the British king and queen, and is the "Cummings Courtesy Class" in which Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, the one Cabinet lady who has been presented at the Court of St. James', drills her fellow cabinet ladies in their prospective duties. The ladies are exhausted after one of the sessions. They are: Mrs. Ickes - Violet Sweethaven, Mrs. Wallce - Vesta Cummings, Mrs. Perkins - Doris Fleeson, Mrs. Morganthau - Jane Eads, Mrs. Hull - Ruth Jones, Mrs. Cummings - Beth Campbell, Mrs. Woodring - Dudley Hermon, Mrs. Farley - Bab Lincoln, Mrs. Swanson - Julia Bonwitt, Mrs. Rober - Mary Hornaday. Mrs. Ickes, still poppy, is doing a dance step and asking, "Can't we swing it a little?"

"Gridiron Women" hold frolic while men fete President at Press Club. W...

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Wife of Secretary of State greets Mary Pickford as both are guests of newspaper women. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife of the Secretary of State, greets Mary Pickford, America's movie sweetheart for more than a decade, as both were honor guests of the Women's National Press Club at a luncheon today. Miss Pickford delivered a talk, 'America's Responsibility in Preserving Peace,' to the members of the club following the luncheon

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"Gridiron Widows" revel at White House party. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. While President Roosevelt was guest of the Gridiron Club at the annual winter dinner tonight, Mrs. Roosevelt played host to the 'Gridiron Widows' at the White House. Women government officials, newspaper women, wives of Gridiron Club members, and wives of guests at Gridiron Dinner, were at the White House party. President Roosevelt's fondness for detective stories resulting in the Presidential Secretaries, Marvin McIntyre and Stephen T. Early remaining late on the job, was satirized in this skit presented by members of the Women's National Press Club. Betty Hines plays 'Steve Early', Corrine Frazier as 'Mac' McIntyre and Esther Van Wagoner Tufty as President Roosevelt, 12/17/38

"Gridiron Widows" revel at White House party. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1...

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Mary Pickford breaks bread with cab wives at newspaper women's luncheon. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Mrs. Cordell Hull and Mrs. Claude A. Swanson, right, wife of Secretary of the Navy, engage in a bit of r[...] with Mary Pickford as they were honor guests [...] the former movie star, at Women's National [...] Club luncheon today

Mary Pickford breaks bread with cab wives at newspaper women's luncheo...

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