Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-07
6, 0. P, CONVENTION
VIEWED FROM THE
WOMAN ANGLE
Dorothy Dix Gives Some Side
lights on the Preliminaries at
Chicago.
FEMININE LEADERS
PREPARE DEMANDS
by Dorothy Dix.
Copyrighted by Wheeler Syndicatcl
Special Dispatch To Every Evening

copyrighted by W WhcclCr Syndicatcl.
Special Dispatch To Every Evening
CH1CAGo, JUNE =
The first of the big two-ring show IS
about to begin from all parts Of the coun-
try The Republican cohcrcnts are speed
ing Chicago-ward and hy tonight at the
outside. the gang Will all he here. \ on can
fairly hear the old town purr like pleased
tabhy and see her HEX her whiskers, as
each favorlte son arrives full ri hope. \
good deal oi water has flowed under the
bridge since the last Republican Convcn-
ton What with the European war aud
the Eighteenth Amendment, the pre-
hminarICs Of this one are rs alikC that oi
1916 rs two peas IN a pod. What klpllng
wrote about Port SAID and somebody else
remarked about plcadilly goes double
tor the lobby of the Congress 1T YOU
stand there five minutes YOU VIII sec al
the old familiar faces saw William len
uIngs lSrNan gong 10 interview Governor
lowCcu SATURDAY. tine ot the lIoWden
men told me aftcrward that the governor
sad Il was the easiest interview hc had
ever gwen, that he didn have an oppor-
tumty 10 say a word in the hour aud q
quarter il lasted
The favnrltC sons are arriving With
tlmclv discretion which permits them -
hC individually "chccrcd hy thousands III
some newspaper edition. The delegates ot
the "pccpul They are to save stand
around looking like travelling statesmen.
while the travelling statesmen, looking like
delegates. occupy rngsldo seats IN the
hotel lohhies
Zach little hoomlct is incuhating III its
tuecv fcathcrcd nest against the first
crack OF VIII HAYS gavel. when II will
spread ITS iiedghng wings am reminded
that tho Same cozv hooks sheltered the
political chicks of Root and some for
gotten others four years ago that page the
ghosts 81 the vcstcrycar
bunker Hill and tho Spirit of '76 have
tccn taken arlt of moth balls aud busted
uti ready for instant use when tho conSen-
iIon meets tomorrow But how can a
speaker str up the animals without some
,romldlc reference To Bunker liIll2 ludg-
ing ~ the wards of oratoucal red. white
and hluc that political hopcfuls are IN
wrapping. the flag wont have had So
much use and publicity since arInlstIre
dav The most curious thing ahout the
,>scmhhug of convention for the pur-
pose of selecting q man to 20 ont and run for
Tho Joh ~ b0ssing hundred million people
( THAT each delegate wears an air which I'M
presses Won that II Is the most solemn and
avfu function in which human beings
can take part You see q httlc group
gravelv converslng in the lobby Of the
congress. or the auditorium, and YOU say
a. Yourself, Draw close my daughter, for
IL YOU are about to get an earful But IN
this year of our Lord, nineteen hundred
md twenty is the little group discussing the
BUSINESS Of Presidential possibilities Not
It. Ii is discussing alcoholic possibilities.
Hello Bill. how the boy Have You sue
,DoIaI -, lo1a4lnr NaNY
NAY slDFsTEP LIQUOR.
Mr.. BRYAN, the well-known reporter,
said Saturday, that in his belief neither
party would dare to have a wet plank in its
platform. Sad news in some quarters, Oh,
inv brothers.
Most Of the favorite sons are parked AT
the congress- with the exception of Hiram
Johnson and Herbert Hoover Senator
Johnson has an especially impressive slute
at the Auditorium and a most beautiful
ladies committee, headed hv the Countess
Gizycka There are plenty Of deep. easy
chairs and much conversation | haven /
been able to discover vet if they servo
tea Senator johnson 5 sign. outside the
hotel. Is four feet high at least Nesting
covlv beside it, like a sldecar To motor
cvclc. is a demure sign board announcing
the candidacy Of Herbert Hoover Gov
crnor Lowden has the gold room AT the
Congress. not far from General Wood.
The Wood supporters are wearing as hut