Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
WIVES ARE IN GLORY
Having Time of Life at Chi
cago Convention.
IDENTIFICATION is EASY
All Wear New Clothes and Trunk
Crumpled Hats.
FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY
It's Lovely, Though, to Help John,
Jim, Harry. Obediah and
the Rest.
By EDNA FERBER.

copyrighted. lai2 by Associated NewspapersJ
CHICAGO. June I'll sat behind her
in the gallery. | had no business TO SIT
there, because that particular gallery was
filed with people far better than I-peo-
pie who We're related TO the convention
or who had friends in H. or who wers
intimate with friends who had friends
who knew some one who was personally
acquainted with some eminent republican
who would order a gross OF convention
tickets as carelessly as ! can order a
chocolate sundae with nuts In it. But
there was a vacant seat and just slipped
into it to view the convention from that
particular angle. Aud SO I overheard.
She wore a gown which couldn't have
cost cent less than 500 in Kansas and
as any hat can be that has come ont
of trunk that has stood on one end
for 700 miles. And she was happy. !
couldn't help seeing that. You could
brush happiness on of her shoulders as
IL il We're -four. She didn't exactly act
as If she owned the convention. but she
seemed TO have large proprietary In
terest.
Lovely to Help Along.
"Of course it's lovely being in Chicago"
She was saying TO her companion who
was a Chicago woman. But goodness.
we've been too busy to take in any OF
the theaters as yet. It's such a responsi-
bility being a delegate. l told Jim last
night II was really too much to ask
man to do for his party. He has been To
fourteen conferences In three days. foi
know so much depends on the delegates.
Why just this morning Senator Dixon
was saying TO my husband. you know
Senator Dixon Is managing Mr.. Roose
velt's campaign. He said TO Jim, IN
tell you Mr.. - IL is YOU fellows We
have to depend on i'm this fight He had
a long conference with Gov. Hadley. too.
last night All our delegation was there.
It's big responsibility and it's lovely 10
help along. Jim asks my advice in every
thing.
Story Of a Dinner.
why. last night when We were dining
with Representative Humphrey and his
wife. the representative said-but I had
to 60 then. didn't want to go. I want
ed to know what Representative Pun
phrey said. but the person VINO owned
that seat came along.
This is glory week for the wives OF many
a delegate who is helping nominate A
President for the first time. You can
tell them block away. You can tell
them by their clothes They are SO new
and nice. You can tell them by their
defiant state badges and by the way they
sag little as they help carry the grand
old party like true helpmeets. And when
they meet friend who isn't helping NOM
mate Presdent-well. IL mist be grand
to be a delegates wife and have an ordi-
nary lady look up at YOU as III YOU were
an aeroplane in the blue clouds above.
Flower of the Land.
Remember, these women parading up
and down Michigan avenue are the flower
of our fair land. Yet the place looks not
unlike the street fair OF 30 in a country
town or the Champs Elyssee or the via
Roma or Commercial street, Atchison.
kans. They all look alike now. The
worlds big streets. whether they are In
ter den Linden. 9Th avenue or Walnut
street. There is no pumpkin center any
more-since they've put in cluster lights
and sheath skirts I'm Vienna and Lucerne
and Oshkosh. There are as many auto
mobiles per capita the night of the band
concert in the courthouse park i'm Nor
walk. Ohio, as there are on Michigan ave
nue., and the lights Of the big wicked
city has no attraction for mamma. Also
mamma has become blase.
My heavens. JIM she said as she
passed the corpulent columns OF the
Peoples Gas building in the parade last
night. how I'd like to put them all in
straight fronts and give them some
shape"
Mamma is getting along.