The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-10-21

POLITICS ON The 7:55
3 BY JOSEPH BARNHARpT.


The members of the Commuters
Crochet club were comfortably settled
In the facing seats on the 1855 and
were at work on centerpieces or hat
crowns, for, as Mary insisted, the
finished article might be used in either
capacity.
my aunt used to. have a frame for a
lingerie hat" she said, "and it was the
incest thing, because whenever 1t got
soiled she would just take a c%rocheted
ce~nterpiece and cover the whole thing
over and It looked as good as new
again" .
The other members decided that II
added greatly to the interest of their
work to have the result so varied in
its uses. II you liked to think you were
making a centerpiece you might, or II
you preferred a hat crown. you could
think Of 1t as hiatt varied the mo-
notony In any case. Mabel was the
only one Of the group who was not al
together absorbed in the work at hand.
Hidden behind q newspaper in q cor
ner by the window, she had not taken
out her crocheting. .
Whats the news?"' asked Sadie.
looking up from her fifth row.
Mabel sighed and lowered the paper,
showing a flushed face, in which lines
Of worry were apparent. "It's more
than I al do to follow these summer
politics." she explained. They are
getting 80 involved that ever theaor-
dinarily intelligent woman who wants
to have q working knowledge Of what
is going on in New York state can
hardly make head or tail Of them"
IT knowNt." said Sadie. I've only
read the headlines lately and I don't
believe I'll ever get the situation
straight in my mind. Won't you tell
US about it as far as you understand
it?" .: ;
"Well," said Mabel, sitting IN the
edge of her seat and speaking with
| great deliberation. TITS this way
Sulzer and Whitman and Hennessy
and Roosevelt and Hinman all want to
| be governor Of New York. I think
that's right, but I'm not quite sure
whether Roosevelt wants to be as
much as the others. He'd rather be
president in 1916. / guess"
Five Of them" said Sadie. counting
them off on her fingers. g" shouldn't
think Mr.. Sulzer would want to be gov
ernor again. He didn't have a very
good time when he was governor be-
fore. did he?" .... .y
Mercy, no." said Mabel, "but he
says the people call him and he can't
refuse to run"
THAT shows q fine spirit. anyway"
said Maude. T..
1T isn't SO hard for me to get the
candidates in mind even II there are
several new ones every day" said Ma
bel. as 1t is to keep the parties
straight. II must have been simple
when there were Just the Republicans
and Democrats, or even when the
Progressives started, but o there
are the Progressive Democrats and
Progressive Republicans and ever 30
many combinations It seems to me. I
can't quite make out how they are
different from each other"
isn't there something they call Flu
sion,' too?" asked the round-faced girl
timidly. 80.
ooh, no." said Mabel, that's only in.
city politics and they don't count this
year. It's only state"
Wouldn't It be awful II they both
came at the same time some year?"
said Sadie.
Perfectly terrible" said Mabel.
The train stopped and the girls
rolled up their work
81 hope they don't nominate any
more candidates or make up any new
parties before night" said Sadie, with
q sigh. TITS such strenuous work to
keep we'll informed"