Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-07

tonieres nm ivory white carnation- symbol
of purity, they say.
The various headquarters remind one as
nothing SO much as the booths at an old
fashioned country fair. or the side shows at
a circus. You instinctivoly look for n sign
Please don't feed peanuts to the ele-
plants The ballyhoo artist is nice
frock coated gentleman, who looks more
| like an undertaken at an exclusive funeral,
but the principle is the same and after
you've listened To the speal, you come out
as dazed as n woman at bargain hat sale.
And apropos of the women, they re not
social teaing' while the men are round
ing up the delegates Not hy long shot.
The women officials Of the party orwaniaa-
ton have gone of into n quiet corner aud
are beginning 10 shape planks. They are
preparing to present to the platform
makers. demand for planks calling for
more women officials III the government,
especially I'M labor and education commits
sions ahd all that sort of thing that perfect
ladies were not supposed To know any
thing about not So many years ago. But
of that more anon.
LACKS GINGER AND "rEr.
The main trouble with this convsn-
ton is that it lacks ginger and pep.
II was not the Sabbath calm yesterday
either, for the delegates were playing
politics Of SUNDAY when they Nouldn
dare play poker after passing the plate ~
the first Baptist Church back home.
Ahout the time the heathcn among us
were turning over for a second snoozC
this morning. the president Of the First
National Bank OF Cedar Creek and the
leading merchant Of Four Corners We're
out. clad IN comfortable sack suits with
red nccktic and possibly a wood feather
lnt were thcv church bound? Not but
of IL They were bound for the Congress
lobby there to swap cigars and converse
tlon until the luncheon bell rang tonver-
sation IS about all there Is "a the doings
so far The crowds arc here and some of
the hopeful candidates are here. There IS
a good deal of the usual hlah and deep
and dark and mysterious prngnostlca
tione. but the awful truth must he faced,
deep down IN his heart nobody seem 10
give darn who gets the nomination
except the candidates themselves Tho
convention Is diving On It's feet before IT
begins Old man gloom has the delegates
hv the throat 4 political frost has nipped
il in tho bud It's lfclcss. osslted. trapped
st least that's what the men say and
365 wears Of equal right Will never make ns
women cease to lend "a mock ear to malo
political opinion II was the men g game
first and they know that Tho very MI of
patience and indulgence and patronl7mg
superiority with which they answer our
simple questions, the words of ono syllable
with which they frame thcir replies, leads
us to hut one conCluelou We are still
rasscd with imhccilee, aliens and convicts
politically But when male person has
hcen attending conventions sIuro hc was 2
callow young thing he really ought to
know what he's talking about. when hrs
wife isn't around tn contradict INN
The reminiscent individual IS abroad
who shakes his head and dolefullv slehs
thus ISM like The old ,iavs there were
real conventions IN INV tlmc, now hack
in 81. them were the happy DAYS
And you do quick duck while he i
cnvelopcd IN tho haze Of memory and make
your getaway and @ around looking
for something with little more pep
hut il s hard to FIND tl manner of excite
ment Is heing promised MS Each candl-
date own particular gang claims that II
i gong 10 whoop Il up But the promises
snuff ont like roman candles on vet
fourth of July
JOHNSON GREW SLIPS IN.
The California Delegation arrived after
2 loud fan tarc OF vocal trumpets 10y native
sons already on the Iob as to what was
gong to happen when the bunch came III
For the last two davs | had bcou hearing
nothing hut wait till California arrives.
then things Will begin to cut loose -
stood myself along with few hundred
others m conspicuous position on Nlehl-
gan avenue. where couldn I hv any chance
mss the arrival, and what happened
The Californlans arrived about five
hours late. headed by discouraged brass
band When the delegation reached
headquarters at tho tu,iltorium II ahghtcd
from its motor cars and passed INTO the
hotel rs quietly and dejectedly as the
mourncrs into the first carriage II was
dusty and travel worn Its I'm for Hiram
banners dropped hike the wings Of the dove
of peace over the balance at Versailles
Somebody cssaycd feeble cheer hut the
man who knows all about Conventions
an everything told me that the cheer
leader Of the HickSvilic high school could
do better job
New Norb delegatio came next Tho
optmlsts arc whispering that the gang
from the Empire state will bring tho real
punch with If But the conviction IS
slowly manifestinc itself that ali the punch