The Washington herald., 1908-06-18
VIEWED BY A WOMAN
Big Gathering a Joke to the
Fair 0nIOOkers.
AMUSED BY THE BALD pATEs
just So Many Big Boys Free from
their Wives Apron strings Doing
as They TRANSFORMATIONS Affords
an Excellent Place and Gives In
spirntion 20 Plan New Gowns.
From a stat Correspondent

From STAT Correspondent
Chicago, June 17-June may be tickle
and June may be a fiirt, but June is
Republican. She handed out the glad
dest, beautifulest day ever produced by
a whole years calendar. Michigan ave-
nue. was a stream of sunlight. with gilt
tering spots here and there where the
strong rays hit the nickel and brass
trimmings Of the carriages and motor
cars. The visitor passed through a
crowded thoroughfare. the scene remind
Ing one strongly OF those good old times
when Derby day turned Chicago into a
stage Of sayety. fashion. and pleasure.
From the Auditorium Annex the nots-
Dies started early In the day. Then the
national prominence walked arm in arm
70 the Coliseum. The ladies, with flying
chiffon wells. like patriotic banners un-
furling in the morning breeze, sped
by in chattering sociability and grand
automobiles. over the entire city was
a quivering atmosphere OF activity and
exhilaration the like OF which It seldom
experiences
In far back seat, In far back row,
the Ladies' Powwow Club honored the
Republican party with her gracious
presence.
Are we downhearted?' she asked the
secretary of the Turbulent Takers.
so down that we can never get up
without help" replied the secretary.
After this lovely. noisy affair we can
scarcely hope TO attract attention by our
mild little disturbances Really, It is
not at all nice for the men TO put US in
the shade"
Coliseum Is Dressed Up.
The Coliseum was very much dressed
up in its Fourth OF July clothes. At the
base OF each steel girder was a grouping
OF American flags. An hour before the
convention was ready 10 get up and go
round the galleries were filed with
pretty women, and the main floor was
nicely settled with delegates. It was
more than amusing to lock at the sea OF
faces. At quick glance one might
make the guess that. while hair il fine
for Samson and strong men in general,
it does not qualify one for political
honors In fact the American states
man, as represented az the Republican
national convention. appears to be in
great and crying need OF hair tonics He
is bland and smiling. but considerably
bald.
Close TO the speakers platform sat
Princess" Alice-nnd If that princess"
title doesn't make Alice weary. one Is
entitled 70 a second guess. Alice Is any
thing but princessly She is a most dem
ocratic Republican. She looks decidedly
matronly. but is the same jolly kid-girl-
woman that she was before her marriage
10 Nick LOngworth. who. by the way
must be extremely clever II the depleted
state OF his hair Is a safe Sign.
Good Deal OF n Joke.
From woman's point OF view polit-
ical gathering like this one. which has
set the city agog and gasping. Is a good
deal Of a joke. At such a time one gets
a very interesting idea OF the men as
they are when entirely free from the
feminine apron string. There they were.
hundreds and thousands OF them. anx-
iously and eagerly awaiting the slightest
chance 20 yell themselves black in the
face. They hurrahed for Washington
and Lincoln and Merry Widow hats and
Roosevelt. and everything else that was
hurrahable
The three or four women delegates GER
tainly livened up the landscape of semi
bald pates. One wore a black and gray
hat that punctuated the monotony of the
mass OF faces. Another one. from Utah.
was resplendent in q chapeau bearing
aloft several bright red wings