Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-10
Mostly About People

Naturally the question arises, what are
the women-folk of Governor James M
Cox's family hke7 Governor Cox, who Is
the executive of Ohio, has been nominateo
by the Democrats As their candidate iof
President of the United States. =,
An interview with his daughter, Mrs'
ID. j. Mahoney, given to the press I'M
mcdiately following the PRESIDENTIAL nom
nation, by the National Democratic
Committee, indicates that she Is woii''i
Of clear thought and sound Judgment 6.
Mrs. Mahoney was student oil nt.
Naryaret's Hall al Waterbury, Conn. she
toured Europe after her graduation ana
was married shortly following her return.
Her home is in Dayton, OHIO, where she
and her husband live IN unostentaIous
stylc She confesscs 20 an ambition for
newspaper career at one time. vi "olien
in politics she SAYS: II regret, as we al 90,
that more of the young women DO not
take an interest in politics So Tar as can
see there is scarcely woman nero unoe,
forty. II is a game like anything else, !
suppose, and yet 1t Is obvious thaI ehc
same things that have gwen woilis'l
newer through all the agcs-charm and
sact and eolrtcsy-will give them the
greatest confidence in political circles.
Look nj that Mrs. Julia Brown from west
Virginia. who got up 10 second her candi-
date the othcr day. In four sentences sne
took the whole place by storm, merely
bc..,lse OF her grace and sweetness.
wish every woman IN the country couiu
have an elght-day course at poiitlcai
eonvention She would learn more about
politics than in lifetime of listening to
her father or brother or studying politlcai
pamphlets
Ex-Governor Charles r. Miller and
Mrs. Miller are IN California on a Visit 10
MIR and Mrs. Clement Miller.
The monthly meeting of the Wawaset
Womep's Club which has IN charge the
raising of funds for the maintenance OF the
Child Health Center at Ninth and Union
streets. will bc held next Tuesday afler-
noon az 2 80, at the home of Mrs. charles
Warner. 23II West Eleventh street. At
an. m. after the meeting, there will be a
sale of candies, pies, cakes and fancy
articles for the benefit Of the Health
Center, 90 which the public Is invited.
The sale will be in charge OF Mrs. r. II.
Mccormick, assisted by Mrs. Oln Derr
and Mrs. Allan Henry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Haskell, Miss
Elizabeth Haskell and Mrs. W. IS. Len-
ham leave on Monday for st. Andrew s,
New Brunswick, to remain through the
summer.
Cane Nav has called away a number Of
Wilmingtonlans. IL Is dehghtiui resort,
and always popular. The Felix du Fonts
have ponr To their cottage there, and Mr..
and Mn. Irence du Pont and family also.
Mrs Amy du Pont will visit Mrs. ii. =.
Adams AZ Carc May in August, preferriDg
for most of the summer, her own beautiful
home, rather than any Of the resorts
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Connablc are IN
New York City.
Mrs. Maurice du Pont Ice is IN Penn
sylvania until Monday.
Dr Charles n. Hughes and Mrs Hughes
reached the city last Thursday night after
a trip Of nearly 1000 miles, covering
three weeks absence. The Journey WAS
made by easy stages IN the doctors
ssEsscx." and had for its objective point,
Cleveland. Ohio, where the annual con-
vention Of the American Homeopathic
Society WAS held last week. IL was noted
as a pccuhar coincidence that the retiring
president Of the society WAS the family
phvsician Of Candidate Harding, and the
ncwly-elected one holds the same relation
b. Candidate Cox.
Mrs. Allan Henry of Wawaset Park will
entertain small party OF friends at
dinner this evening.
Miss Edith Foote of Brooklyn, who
srenf the last weekend in Wilmington as
the guest Of Mrs Frank G. Carpenter, has
returned home Mrs Frank Carpenter
and Mrs Philip Carpenter will go over
20 New York for the wedding of Miss |
Janet jackson and Charles Lester Thrash /
or. next Wednesday, Miss jackson being a |
COUSIN Of the Carpenter family.
MIR. and Mrs. c. p NJ. Rumford have |
n guests Nrs. Rumford's brother and |
sister, MIR. and Mrs. W. r. Bliss and chill |
dren, Of Burlington, Vermont, who motor |
ed through the country arriving yesterday. |
After visit of several days, the Rumford /
family will accompany Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss
home.
Nr. William Comstock and Miss /
katherine Comstock, who have been
guests of friends here for two weeks, left |
today for Rehoboth where they will spend
two months, and will first visit DR.. and
Mn. Henry r. Spruance.
Miss Ruth Larter and Alan Larter,
who formerly lived in Wilmington, and
now reside at Sunnyeook, y. H., are the
guests of Mrs. Arthur Patterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Beacon and
DR.. and Mrs. Arthur Patterson motored
a. Betterton, Md, last weekend
The John Raskobs will be at Hot
Springs, Va, for the remainder of the
summer, having taken cottages for their
stay.
Mrs. ". y. Thompson, Mrs. Willard
Smith. Mrs. II. Peach and Mrs. H. W.
Frazer will go TO Chautauqua some time
during August.
Mrs. r. A. Wardenburg of 2406 West
Seventeenth street, and sons. have gone
to Squirrel Island, Maine, to spend several
weeks.
MIR. and Mrs. William Gamble and Miss
Marion Gamble are at Rehoboth for
the summer, ha wing taken cottage there.
Nr. Frank Taylor and Miss Mary
Muse were hostesses for an attractive
dinner gwen at Downingtown, Pa, for a
motor party of congenial friends.
Miss Isabel Simpson leaves today for