The Washington herald., 1920-04-14

enlightened me- She says that. ac-
cording to her Presbyterian SUPER
stition. the number of the verse OF
this chapter corresponding to the
day on which she was born Will
ste re for her and for her husband.
foretell a woman's fate-what is In
Mrs. Clark was born on the ninth
day of the month. The ninth verse
of the last chapter of Proverbs
states: "Open thy mouth, judge
righteously, and plead the cause OF
the poor and needy"
Thousands of people will testify
that she has done that-both rich
and poor-and the hosts of friends
that she has made all over the
country never tire of singing her
praises. You rarely ever see Mrs.
Clark alone, but always with some
of these friends.
1t is a standing joke with her two
children, Bennett Clark, now prac-
ticing law in st. Louis, and Gene
We've, the wife of James Thomson,
of New Orleans, that their mother
is always surrounded. There comes
mother they say" with her troops"
With Champ Clark looming up
again as a Democratic possibility
for the nomination for President I
naturally asked Mrs. Clark how she
felt about the White House.
Sufficient unto the day Is the
evil thereof" she replied slowly and
as If in thought. Eight years ago
I had my heart set on 1t. but
now"
1t was easy to see that the old
wound had not healed. And that
a. H.
Clarks that would make up for the
great disappointment which they
suffered at the hands Of the Demo-
cratic party at that strange con-
vention in Baltimore. Both seem to
me to be looking backward. Mr..
Clark's book, My Quarter Century
in Politics" recently was described
in a page article in The Washington
Herald.
Mrs. Clark is revising a mass
of memoranda and data preparatory
to writing a book on art, Letters
and Politics"
Life Has Been Active.
know of no one better fitted
to write such a book. She has pio-
neered in suffrage and fought its
battles; presided over Dolly Madi-
gatherings of the women of democ-
racy; helped to organize the Con-
gressional Club, which has brought
the Congressional women in closer
touch with each other, and
has also been of great assistance
to the newspaper women in the mat
ter of organization and entree to
Congress. Things local and nation
al that needed her help have got
ten it. And she always takes an
active part until 1t gets good and
started, then, as her friends say,
she leaves 1t and goes off to some
thing else that is struggling for ex-
istence.
Mrs. Clark spends the majority
of her leisure time at the Congress
sional Library, poring over histo-
ries and memoirs. The taste for
solid" reading that Mr.. Clark tried
to instil in her in the days OF her
youth has grown with the years,
and a better-read woman rarely can
be found. Her mind is a storehouse
of historical data and dates, upon
which she calls with perfect ease.
Qualities Have Depth.
She is cultured, strong minded
and forceful, raolatine sympathy,
good humor and charm-the sort OF
woman whom the first time you
meet you feel you have known all
your life. and yet whom you could
know a life time and never plumb
her depths. For there is an indi-
yiduality about her that Is COM
pelling; a blunt originality OF hu-
NOR that crops out when least ex-
pected, and tolerance OF lies
shortcomings and breadth Of vision
that but few women possess.
John Temple Graves. who admits
that he was an old beau Of Mrs.
Clark's, and who still calls her
"darling''-in the presence Of his
wife and Mr., Clark-joined US at
lunch on the day was Interview
ing" Mrs. Clark.
what will the White House be
like IL Mrs. Clark gets In it?" !
asked him.
: 'Chock full of individuality and
good old Missouri horse sense" he
replied. as he patted the hand Of
the lady who had turned him down