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After March 4, Mrs. Roosevelt dropped her cold cream radio hour, withdrew from the publishing house of Macfadden, for whom she had been editing Babies—Just Babies, and took a journalistic step-up with an advice-to-all-comers page for Crowell's Woman's Home Companion. Her ingratiating daughter Anna Dall, who has her mother's long legs and vivacity, remains available for advertising, since her broadcasting contract with Best & Co. expired. By no means as brilliant a White House daughter as "Princess"' Alice Roosevelt (Longworth), her second cousin, she and her children "Sistie" (Anna Eleanor) and "Buzzie" (Curtis Roosevelt) do warm and brighten the place tremendously in contrast to the Wilson, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover atmospheres. Since her estrangement from her stockbroking husband, Anna Dall remains in Washington, pours tea for her father's guests during her mother's frequent absences.
"Quite a Job." Last week was a typical one in the life of the fast-moving First Lady. Monday morning she arose shortly after 7. She "has never had a sick day in her life," at 49 continues her morning exercises. She had a swim with the President, breakfasted at 8, answered her mail which arrives by the basketful. After her press conference at 11, she presided at a small luncheon party. In the afternoon she received the Persian Minister & Wife, entertained women executives of the State and Treasury departments at tea. Dinner guests were Publisher & Mrs. Frank E. Gannett of Rochester, N. Y.
Tuesday she rode horseback in the morning, consulted with representatives of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration about establishing urban clubs for single unemployed women to correspond to the CCC's winter encampments. After lunch she received diplomatic wives whom she had not yet met: Mmes Simopoulos (Greece), May (Belgium). Sze (China), de Bianchi (Portugal). Later there were 175 assorted tea guests. At midnight she entrained for Manhattan.
At 10 the next morning she arrived at the Junior League's club house, initiated a course in current events which she will conduct for Todhunter School this winter. That afternoon she opened an exhibition of ValKill furniture at her town house. Later she met Col. Louis Howe, the President's gnome-like little handy man. and according to Washington report, picked out his winter wardrobe for him.
Thursday, after meeting her son James & wife as they got back from Europe, she flew to Baltimore. A White House car picked her up, sped her to Washington where at 4:30 she spoke to 350 women members of Washington's community chest drive. Singer Grace Moore was the White House tea guest.
Friday morning she flew to Richmond, Va. to address a child welfare conference, attended a children's concert, visited a day nursery. She flew back to Washington in time to open a flower show.
Saturday she went with the President to Arlington to lay a wreath on the Unknown Soldier's tomb. The rest of the day she entertained New York State's Superintendent of Public Works & Mrs. Frederick Stuart Greene, who stayed over night after going to a play with their hostess.