The Washington herald., 1908-07-07
By ELIZABETH KELLY.

Denver. Colo. July 6.-The daughter OF
a President and the daughter OF a Presi-
Dental possibility reached Denver within
ten minutes Of each other to-day.
From one direction came Alice Roose-
welt Longworth. out Of the East for a
genuine vacation. From the West came
Ruth Bryan Leavitt, primed for the ex-
citement of her life. the sensation Of see
ing her distinguished father stampede the
Democratic national convention
The trains almost met at the union sta
ton. but the women did not. The Presi-
dents daughter was hurried into a spe-
cial cab 20 en- isolated corner Of the rail-
road yards 70 await the arrival Of an au-
tomobne TO take her away from the Gu
rious gaze OF the masses.
The daughter Of the Commoner stepped
lightly from the train. unassisted. and
walked briskly to a plain everyday street
car at the nearest corner.
The two young women, whose presence
at the Democratic national convention
will lend grace and beauty as well as a
measure Of distinction. are the direct
antithesis Of each other. In personal APP
pearance they are as unlike as it would
be possible for two women TO be. and in
character, in training, in ambition, there
are no parallels.
Mrs. LOnSwOrth Plump.
Mrs. Longworth Is Of medium stature.
plump blond, with great animated blue
eyes and pretty ways. She is the pet,
pampered child Of fortune; not affected,
because she is. first Of all. an American
/ girl. but woman who appreciates atten-
/ ton. and expects it by virtue Of being
the daughter of her father
! Mrs Leavitt is tall. slender. dark. with
the brownest Of brown eyes and the man.
ners of a diplomat Instead of trading on
the name Of her father. she has battled
for individual distinction. and has rele-
gated society TO the background, while
she struggles TO find her place in the gen.
| eral scheme Of things.
] There is something almost pathetic In
the effort Ruth Bryan has made TO find
/ herself. She has experienced the harrow
! ing sensation OF longing for something In
| tangible. something which means career
something which seemed as If It belonged
within her grasp. but which she was not
able 10 reach.
! The fact is, she undertook too early "a
fit herself into life; and while girls of hel
years were enjoying the delightful thrills
of romance and Irritation, she was tenu-
ing a baby and wondering by what
strange freak Of fate her bark had peer
cast on domestic waters.
The world knows that A,Ts. Leavitt's
girlhood love affairs did not stand the
test of time. and II is no secret that th'
daughter Of the Commoner discovered hel
| ambitions when she found herself handi
capped by a husband and two children.
All Admire Mrs. LeavItt.
To know Mrs. Leavitt is TO admire her
She has much OF the magnetic personality
Of her father. which she inherited alonl
with the perfect nose which distinguishe:
her face. She has his determination O
mouth, although there are curves anC
there is fullness in her lip where ther,
are parallel, firm lines outlining tn,
mouth Of the Commoner.
Mrs. Leavitt does not like 70 be calleC
a politician. although she is enough O
the diplomat to be one. Although III,
president Of the Jane jefferson Demo
cratic Club. Mrs Leavitt has absente,
herself from its councils for months whlI
abroad and In Western Colorado. An,
while no member Of the organization
will admit II. It is hinted that tn
reason the club has not committed itsel
openly TO the American Federation o
Labor suffrage plank. is because MI
Bryan is not saying much about the pro