The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-27
THEY HAD STYLE
But Nothing Freakish About
"Hughes Special" Women.
Jolt to Those Who Weep at
Women in Politics.
COPY OF LILLIAN RUSSELL
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy Could Have
Bought House With Jewels.
But They Scattered Pins and
Talcum-"As You and l."
COPY OF LILLIAN RUSSELL
(By Bertha Hempstead.)

The old mOSS-backS who continue
to weep at the thought of women get
ting behind the ropes in a presiden-
tial campaign, had the props kicked
from under their time-honored the
cries today at the political meeting
conducted by the women of the special
train in the interests of the Hughes
candidacy. In that political meeting
there were no long-hair men, and
only one short-haired woman. The
woman in politics has ceased to be re.
garded as freak.
In the company of women who Wis
tied Topeka today in the Hughes spe-
cial was a fairly good copy of Lillian
Russell, as to looks and style. She
was Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughnessy of San
Francisco, whose husband was in the
diplomatic service in Mexico. She is
a handsome, tall blond, who appeared
for her speech in a modish, but plain
blue suit and black velvet toque
And myi the jewels. She could haYe
bought the auditorium with the emer-
aids and diamonds and pearls she
wore. Mrs. O'S-O can't write that
name out again) is one of the Guilt
waited and accomplished women of this
country that one hears about before
she rushes into a political situation.
Affluence has enabled her to trave;
widely. and she has brought back
treasures of the mind as we'll as the
material sort. One woman who talked
with her today tells me that she never
before realized how futile an after
noon at bridge was.
COnfiscate Wilson Banner.
Dr. Katherine B. Davis who is
chairman of the board of control in
New York, was one of the speakers
She is very different in type from
the one with the Irish name She has
a TnAfrnnlX O af
be the mother of five and the grand
mother of a dozen children, and she
has the smallest hands you ever saw
belonging to a grown person. 1t was
her idea to confiscate the deserted
Wilson banner left in the gallery of
the auditorium, and she carried as a
trophy to the luncheon which follow
ed the speeches, and on to the train
when the party left.
Quite another sort of woman was
Miss Frances Kellor, who is national
chairman of the Alliance. There was
brisk breeziness about the way she
went after the Democrats in the gal
lery that suited well with her BUSH
ness like manner and attire. She wore
the plainest sort of cravanet tailored
costume, with a saucy, round hat
There were no sophistries in her
speech and not much in her make up
Mrs. Robins for Labor.
Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott, author and
lecturer, and the. daughter of Julia
Ward Howe, was first introduced, a
fine looking, we'll dressed woman who
confessed to be three years old when
John Brown was hanged, was easily
the favorite of the audience. Mrs.
Raymond Robins, the champion of
the labor cause, and Miss Elizabeth
Freeman, who spoke for the vote of
the colored citizens, were two of the
attractive looking women on the stage
Last came Mary Antin, the temper
mental, the peerless tear producer. She
can get more sobs into a campaign
speech than any lawyer in town can
produce to clear client. She is so
little and demure looking that no one
would dream that she could make her
voice hear thru big hall. She is, in
fact, the little big woman in America.
Topeka Women There.
The Topeka women who sat on the
stage and accompanied the speakers to
the platform were: Mrs. Arthur Cap
per, Mrs. w. A. Johnston and Mrs. H
L. Peppmyer.
The millionaires who were sched-
rled to come on the trip, of course.
were not present. No one really ex-
pected to see the Vandorbilts or
Goulds or Mrs. Nick Longworth, but
Topeka did see women who can make
good speeches, who are fitted by
brains, training and experience for the
job they are undertaking, and who
are holding some Of the man-sized po-
sitions in this country
But just the same. a peep into their
staterooms on the Hughes special lets
you into the secret that these intel
lectual Amazons do awful things to
the good order of a room when they
dress in a hurry, and scatter hairpins
and talcum powder, "even as you
and l."
Thirty-Two Men Missing.
London, Oct. 27.-Two boats, con-
tanning the captain and thirty-one of
the crew of the Donaldson liner Ca