--- description: For the benefit of destitute mining families in West Virginia and in behalf of Selby Shoe Co. (Styl-Eez, Tru-Poise and Arch-Preserver), last week at Syracuse Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt... title: National Affairs: First Lady's Day image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) # National Affairs: First Lady's Day by [TIME](/author/time/) Feb 25, 1935 5:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Feb 25, 1935 5:00 AM CUT For the benefit of destitute mining families in West Virginia and in behalf of Selby Shoe Co. (Styl-Eez, Tru-Poise and Arch-Preserver), last week at Syracuse Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt delivered the first of ten weekly broadcasts at $4,000 per broadcast. Subject: “A Typical Day in the White House.” Facts now known about the busy First Lady’s matutinal activities: “Seven-thirty and a cold morning! How I hate to get out of my bed and shut down the two windows between which my bed is placed, but at last I screw up my courage and with a leap I am out on the floor and hastily closing the windows. Then 15 minutes of setting-up exercises, a cold sponge and on with my riding clothes. “Breakfast at 8:15 in my sitting room, or if there are a number of children at home or guests in the house, in the West Hall. With my breakfast I read the morning papers if I am alone, otherwise I look them over, noting what I must read later on, then I run down and get into my car and drive myself out to where the horses are waiting. An hour’s brisk ride along the Potomac, a bath on my return. If I am lucky, I will be at my desk between 10:30 and 11 o’clock. “Then comes the head usher, Mr. Muir, with his lists and plans for the day. . . .” National Affairs: First Lady's Day ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6753764/national-affairs-first-ladys-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6753764/national-affairs-first-ladys-day/"},"headline":"National Affairs: First Lady's Day","datePublished":"1935-02-25T05:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-28T15:24:51.497Z","description":"For the benefit of destitute mining families in West Virginia and in behalf of Selby Shoe Co. (Styl-Eez, Tru-Poise and Arch-Preserver), last week at Syracuse Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6753764/national-affairs-first-ladys-day/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6753764/national-affairs-first-ladys-day/","name":"National Affairs: First Lady's Day"}}]}] ```