The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-31
Gov. COX is
Great AS A
HAND-SHAKER
(By Anne Whalen in the New Haven
TimeS-Leader.)

(By Anne Whalen in the New Haven
Times-Leader.)
Governor Cox's handshake is some
thing to be remembered. A steady
hearty, firm grip. 1t registers some
thing of the quiet and latent aggress-
iveness of the man. which his we'll
poised voice and manner may some
times fail to convey. And come to
think of it. 1 believe it is his hands
more than any other part of the per-
son of the Democratic candidate
which stands out when a thought is
given to his personality. AS he sat on
the stage of the Hyperion theatre
where thousands greeted him, one got
a. lasting impression of those hands
delicate, finely formed, almost femi-
nine in their contour and whiteness
And almost femininely, though abso-
lutely unconsciously. the Ohio COVER
nor poised them. Always his hands
seemed to be ADDING and emitting
some of the energy which was in his
frame.
The constant manipulation of these
hands might be charged to some ner-
vousness on his part. Whatever the
| cause, no actress ever used them with
greater or more pleasing effect When
| he started to speak he used them
more consciously, but none the less
gracefully.
| They patted, almost fondled his
| finely formed face; they smooth I'd
| away the fine wrinkles around his
mouth which might be the first signs
| Of the strenuous campaign which he
| is making, but which he says is not
yet affecting him in the least. Then
| as if to prove that these hands were
| fashioned for something harder he
! between times rolled in his fingers a
| small wad of papers. such as school
boys make spit balls of, and then
| still unconsciously threw it onto the
| platform.
You know" he said, "I am quite
used to campaigning though 1 have
been doing a, month. 1 am not We
| beginning to feel the effects of it, and
don't believe I will In his pri-
| vate conversation as in his speeches
| his words are well chosen, his Ian
| guage fluent. and his voice even anG
pleasantly pitched. 1t has been sale
| that he is something like 40 years old
but no one who saw him even under
the stress of campai gning, would be
| lieve it. He looks at least five year:
younger. Whatever his politics or the
issues of his campaign he would ap
| pear to make a popular personal ap
| peal without even seeking it.
! Essentially graceful, yet not to b.
characterized as effeminate. in ever!
move, the governor makes a popular
appeal to the women above all, anC
one cannot be in the least surprised
that he will appeal to the imagination
of many of the sex, for however. i
may be again said that women will
sell their vote for a new hat, ther'
is no denial of the fact that the MAJ
who can appeal more to the senti
mental than the purely reasoning sid,
| of women will get the votes, if one il
to judge at all from the observation
| passed at any large gathering wher
I women of the rank and file congre
gate.
Cox is handsome. Some one hat
! likened. his profile view to Senate
Brandegee's, but he lacks absolutel
the virility Of feature and expression
Of Brandegee. Almost counterpart
in physique and face of Attorne.
Charles Lockwood Of Stamford. he Is
If Mr.. Lockwood wore glasses as tn
Ohio governor does In fact, MI
Lockwood observed when the SINH
larity Of looks was called to his at
tention that he was frequently mis-
taken, and often humorously so. TO
the governor, when he was at the Sal
Francisco convention. He is shorte
than one expects from seeing nj
many pictures. "a fine face mos
people who see him would say, for
getting as they looked at his full fac
the tenderness, almost fenainity o
the mouth in profile. the finely moide'
nose, and the keen, kindly eyes, as
whole a face of fneness and well
bredness, rather than of extren
strength,
| M 11.A n nc
bred society man He was as per
= feetiy at ease among the crowds o
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