Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-02

hlJiet anu WIN neF ulOtoI car UAhhBs Calls
al every home IN the district Just in
formal calls on mothers and daughters.
With a smile and glad hand for the men
who happen to be around.
Peggy OBrien' Is described by the New
York World as the lovelest, most refresh
ing and wholesome campaigner IN the land
today" she does not talk politics at all,
but hands out a little booklet which tells
about Martin w. IIttleton. who is going
to speak at a certain place st a certain
time, and Wont you please go and hear
himY' Along with the invitation goes
pleading glance and a smile Nothing more
to suggest Peggy's mission. Not q word
about politics. Her method is this: She
visits as many homes az is possible in
days auto trip, knocking at the door and
asking II she may enter She chooses the
homes where father and the boys are re-
publcans and prefers that they be away
so she can visit just with mother and the
girls,
She proffers one Of the booklets describ-
ing her husband, but the relationship be-
tween the donor and the subject IL not
mentioned unless Il comes out naturally IN
the conversation. II It be a humble home
Peggy O'Brien'' turns to page II Of her
booklet and reads aloud this description
OF her husband and herself following their
marriage fourteen years ago:
They started to New York City. In their
trunk were some letters of introduction, g.
feather bed, some homemade jam and
few clothes. In his pocket was a few hun
dred dollars-bOrrowed-an with him was
Peggy with whom he hoped to find un-
known joys in this mixture OF perils and
udWanfrHra In
Washington Heights. Work could not be
found, but he did not lose courage or hope.
Blessed hopei Shame on the man who
destroys 1t In the human heart!"
But where do politics come In with this
method OF procedure2 Before Peggy
O'Brien has finished chatting she has
exacted a promise from mother and the
girls that they will escort father and the
boys to the hall when Martin w. Little
ton speaks. The family goes, too. All that
Peggy OBHen seeks is an audience for
her husband
She admits she couldn't talk politics n
she tried, but she knows her husband is
q wonder at It. Perhaps the only time
when she met with a rebuff was when
she gave her booklet to q venerable Long
Islander. He glanced through it, caught
the name OF Martin w. Littleton and said
Hes the man who's running for con-
gress, amt he? Wall, I'm too old to be
mixin' In politics. 1 got to go to prayer
meetln' the night he speaks here, any
way"
Peggy O'Brien smiled a disappointed lit
! tie smile and left him. When she was
returning through the village that evening
on her way home she heard a querulous
! voice calling;
III. there, Peggy o'Brien, wait min
ute
The old man hobbled toward the auto,
but Peggy O'Brien jumped lightly to the
ground to meet him.
me and the wife amt goin to prayer
meetin when Litueton speaks. We want
to hear him"
On rare occasions Peggy O'Brien will
talk on the high cost Of living during her
firesids chats but she treats the subject
from the standpoint OF the housewife in
stead of the politician.
II tried to buy some hams Of my grocer
near our home At Port Washington, and
he said he didn't have any" she relates
HE told me that the price is 30 high
folks can't afford to buy them. / used e
get fine fat hams for and 10 cents a
pound when our family could afford them
in the old days before fortune smiled.
don't know why the price has Jumped &c
Is cents pound, but perhaps my husband
will tell you IL you go to hear him speak.
And who Is Peggy O'Brien, this new
apostle with the preRchment which Is max
ing Long Island feel young again? Martin
w Littleton prefers to answer the CUES
ton himself, because he never tires o.
/ II. A flush OF pride illumines his face
his eyes kindle ana his lips caress thu
words:
! Peggy O'Brien-my wife"
Colonel Roosevelt and his lieutenants OF
Long Island confess that they don't know
what Is the answer 10 this move beini
made by Peggy o Brien in the latest pc
! hucal game. Its potency Is undeniabe
r What happened as the result Of Pegg!
2 o Brlen's visit TO the South shore las
week? Southampton republicans wrot
/ TO her that they had subscribed a fun,