The Washington times., 1920-06-27
Women TAKE !
, FEATURE ROLE
Fannie Hurst Finds EN- More
Enthusiastic at San Fran
cisco Than Chicago.
By FANNIE HURST.
CoSyrtskt, 1870. By Csivers&i Service.


Copyright, Isze. By Csiversai Service.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 27.-Haii.
hail, the gangs all here! They came.
pouring across the continent In ten
car. Intersection caravans deluxe.
via Colorado Springs. Grand Canyon
or Arizona, Yellowstone Park.
This Democratic pow-wow OF 1920.
the first national convention to pitch
tents In the land OF the Golden Gate,
deserves honorary membership In the
See-America First Club.
On The Lark" an early bird OF a
train that arrived here yesterday, via
Chicago. Grand Canyon and Los An
geles, Presidential candidates were by
no means the major topics of discus
sion.
HOW ORANGES GROW.
AS delegate-at-large. the malig-
nant Eastern type that regards Buff
falo as west" gazed out of the OBJ
servation car upon his first orange
grove, a vast one, heavily dotted with
the golden fruit.
They're not real" he insisted.
Somebody 10 putting one over on us.
They're hung there like Christmas
tree balls. Oranges grow on bushes"
The Kansas delegation. freshly stin
from thirteen miles OF muleback down
the Bright Angel trail OF Arizona's
grand canyon. limped into the dining
car. convinced, to the man and wom-
an, that there are times when the
mantelpiece has certain advantages
over the breakfast table.
One little woman from Ohio. Mrs.
Bernice Pike. in fact, the first wom-
an delegate, talked to Governor Cox.
but through rapid-fre bombardment
of "Oh's" and "Ah's."
my State stands firmly behind Cox.
We are going to nomin-oh, Is that
alfalfa? I've never seen II grow
yes, we women Of Ohio stand behind
Cox because he-my dear, whatever
is that gorgeous purple stun. growing
against that little farmhouse? Bou-
gainvilliA? Why. we don't have 1t at
all back East-as I was saying. we
women stand behind Governor Cox
because"
PLATFORMS THE THING.
Because" by the way. is the ad-
verbal keynote struck by this occa-
sion up to date and which most dis
tinguishes 1t from the recent Repub-
lican doings at Chicago.
Here the platforms the thing-not
the candidate. ...
The women. now, we confess. high
ly distinguished, as a rule, for the
personal reaction. are talking issue
rather than candidate. The lobbies
Of the Palace Hotel today ring with
soprano discussions Of the labor pro-
gram submitted by the labor COM
mittee of the wonan's bureau Of the
Democratic national convention.
One fair Alabamian, with that
Southern ukelele twang of voice, did
;ush UP to us after we had finished
talking with Attorney General Mitch
ell Palmer.
Honey" who was that?"
Mitchell Palmer"
MR.. PALMER's FACE.
'M--m--m! He's got my vote.
child. Issues are all right in their
rlace, but gray hair and a young face
like his! Law, honey. that combina-
.ion could make me forget home,
-arty and platform"
While, OF course, is merest persi-
fage, because she and the seventeen
million Of her sisters entitled to vote,
Tor the next Presidential candidate
whether or not the Federal amend
:nent Ia ratified--hate already proved
that they are not striking the re-
sponsibility of trying to elect to office
men qualified to help make the world
a better place in which to live.
But that is part of the new note: q
into politics, the crowning thrill Of
persilfage.
EVERYWHERE ARE WOMEN.
The hotel Hobbies bloom with the
persifiage of pretty women in the mil
linery Of June, in corsage bouquets.
badges, soft frocks.
Headquarters are gay with them.
and to indulge in comparison. there 10
a fllips, a pep-de-vie, among the fair
ones Of this convention that was con-
spicuously absent in Chicago.
The mental sleeves. of the women
are rolled up.
In fact, to walk into headquarters
is like a stroll through some alert
congress of States. The world and
his wife are minding their political
p's and as. -.
Our first half hour in San Fran
cisco we encountered two brass bands
at the station. James Preston, refus-
ing 5000 for a ticket to convention
hall. Senator Reed impressed him +