Putnam patriot., 1920-09-17
PATTY PUTNAM'S PAGE

dear of The latest loud yell from the
rue de la PAX.
Lordy. Maudella, but | wish | could +
talk to you like to another regular
fellow. There's a terrible lot to tell
this week. Why, say, girl, did you
knew that all the women up in Maine /
this week put ON their rubbers and /
went right out in the rain to the polls
and voted? Yes, they did, my dear,
they voted ans voted real hard. too.
Fact is, II the girls hadn't voted SO
hard that terrible Cox person--you
know, Maudella, he's the chap that the
Democrats think is Babe Ruth in dis
guise-might have forced that nice
/ Mr.. Harding off his own front porch.
! But not a chance. The girls just said
they'd show those Democrats some
thing, and they did.
BY the way, Maudella, how're you
going to vote? You know, down in
Hartford the other day, where the
Governors been an anti so long that
he's been ostraeised from the best
sewing circles, they voted that they'd
let the ladies have the vote. Now
listen. my dear, | don't care if pink is
your favorite color, when you get to
, the booth this year, if the Republican
ballot should happen to be yellow or
, purple or some other unbecoming col
, or. lust you be brave, my dear, and
, face the worst. You take the Repub-
r lican ticket, Maudella, whatever you
: do. and never mind the color and I'll
/ send you a pair Of silk stockings for
election night Just believe you me,
) Maudella, Mr. Harding's going to
4 make a real nice President. II you
: want to know n secret, dearie, think
r he's afraid of the girls. Just think of
$ it, Maudella, now that you've got the
2 vote you can do almost anything, even
E elect president Why, grille, al
2 ways knew that secret ambition OF
yours and think you ought to cult
E vate il hard. Just you put on that
5 new fal, hat and go TO the primaries
t and then root for Harding and, some
: day. for faithful services, the Gov
7 ernor may appoint you to his staff and
, you can wear a costume like Uncle
] Efe Williams did in Garfield's time,
all covered with gold braid, and go TO
ball and march in the procession ev-
cry night and not blooming thing
: else to do all the year. You just
watch my word, Maudella, there are
going to be more women than men on
! the Governors stats in the future and
a fine, brave thing it will be, too.
I say, Maudella, did you hear that
I Babe Ruth--n9w there ! go. Just
because you have the vote | almost
began to talk baseball, Maudella. Is
mt il terrible, my dear, how we men
are just wrapt up in ourselves? II 1t
wasn't for politics and the divorce
courts, we men and women never
would meet, would we?
Patty said you needed recipes for
new things. | almost gave up until
thought Of chewing gum. Did you
ever know that chewing gum is ore
Of the greatest things in the world?
Well, believe you me, as Nina Putnam
clever girl--says, it certainly is the
| lLtit merry pIiIt-WiHbtis po ybt
know, girl, that two years ago broke
spring on my typewriter and when
II stuck on little cake of tutti-frutti
repairer it stuck, and, honest to good
ness, Maudella, it's been sticking ever
since. But that's nothing, Maudella.
heard of man once who mended
his fathers wooden leg with chewing
gum. It's mighty useful stuff. Maud
ella, Just hop on to what I'm telling
you. But don't hop hard, grille, or
you might get stuck.
Well, Maudella, the autumn is up
on us, "the melancholy days have
come, the saddest Of the year"--as
LongfeIlow, or was it Ring Lardncr?
used to say All the folks are coming
back to town. know, Maudella, you
are just crazy % know all the gossip,
but, child, I'm so busy ! just can't
hear it. Patty's coming back next
week and she'll give you all the news