The Washington herald., 1920-07-03
PARTY'S CHIVALRY
SERVES TO SOOTH
EXPECTANT WOMEN
By DOROTHY DIX.


that We pull her up short when she
shows symptoms of meandering
away from her subject. No woman
in woman's convention could noni-
nate anybody for anything and get
away with thirty minutes of piffIe
about the western seas and the
golden shores OF California and the
sky kissing Sierras and the ship of
! state and so on as we have heard
men do here today. We would call
time on her and tell her to get down
to business"
Shifts mt Handsome Men.
ITO my mind" said a Chicago
d. legate, ''the best womal's speech
that has been made in the conven-
tion was made by Mrs. Brown, OF
West Virginia. Her definition Of
the ideal candidate can't be i'm
proved on. She said he would be a
man who was a mans man. a man
among men, and a man who can
live up to what women think that
Ia man should be-
when she said that the delegate
behind me groaned and said My
God"" laughed woman from
other good thing" continued the
Chicago woman. She said that in
choosing a candidate we should take
into consideration the kind of wife
he had and whether she was the
sort that was fitted to be the first
lady of the land"
Humph," shifted a little woman
from the South. It's going to make
the path of the politician pretty
thorny IL he has to marry to please
his constituents"
We'll. anyway" said the Missouri
delegate, I'VE women have disproved
one ancient theory and that is that
We are swept of our feet by a mans
looks. You remember they used to
say that women would always vote
for the handsomest man, no matter
what his politics. Here we have
Attorney General Palmer. who is so
much like a movie hero that they
have put his picture on fans for the
ladies. But ] have seen hardly a
woman who is going to vote for
him. I'm going to take my Palmer
picture home and stand it on the
mantel for an ornament. but I'm
going to vote for McAdoo, who
wouldn't even get honorable mem
80 - DVooAN SHO".
In hustled a little whita-bairsd
lady who had just made a corkine
good speech seconding a nomina-
tion.
Like Cake Recipe.
Were you frightened?" asked
one.
No" she replied. "I though,
should be, but 1 found out that in
making a nomination speech tbe-s
is a never-failing rule. just as there
Is for making sponge cake. All YOU
nave to do is take favorite, lard
MIN well with adulation and throw
IN handful of references TO
Thomas Jefferson and the founding
OF the party. Spice him up with the
league of nations. bake for forty
minutes in slow oven and serve
garnished with roasted Republican
party and you have a dish over
which the delegates will smack
their mouths"
Il wonder what influence we
women are really going to have IN
politics. and what we can do for
our beloved country" said a wom-
an thoughtfully.
Women Say Amen.
Il heard Charles Edward Russell
make beautiful speech about
women in politics last night" re-
piled another woman. He said that
women would best serve their
country IL they held themselves
aloof from either party to this ex-
tent, that their vote would be fiuid
and given to the man or the meas
ure, no matter which party IL was
fathered by, what was cleanest, pur-
est and meant most for the good Of
humanity.
Mr.. Russell said that it was
women who must regenerate poli-
tics. and save the world, and that
in the women's platform that was
pasted up on the wall of the wom-
ems headquarters there was more
real constructive legislation than
both the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties had enacted in twenty
years
God help us to use our new
power wisely" said one white
haired old lady. Amen" said all
the women.