The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-29
RECOMMEND HER
FOR POSTMASTER
"Our Alice Favors Mrs.
Cureton for Job in
Home Town.
CURIOUS ANNOY HER
Her Chief Embarrassment as
official Is in Being
Regarded as Freak.
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ASHINGTON. March EN- iss
AH,. Robcrtson of oklahoma does
De. thinking from the tips Of two
fingers the two fingers she used in
wrting on a typewriter before she
had d stenographcr to write her let
ters
The hardest thing she has had TO
lear. she says. since assuming her
congressional duties is TO dictate to
a sfouographer after having been
used to handling her own corre-
spoudonce.
a used two fineers-one on each
hanG--in running an cid typewrit-
en-" .lc explained, and now. In my
strueElc to learn how 10 dictate to
q sioupgrapher. ] do my thinking
from the ends of these two pet fin
gers
And the stcnographer who TAX 20
per Iictation AS she thinks from the
ends OF those two fingers Is man.
lle is Benjamin Cook, 24-year-old
soldier OF the recent war.
The ideal team for an office Is
man and wife" she continued. but
since | have no husband the next
ItN Nlilllk m AlpAutA anu sun
think of my young man stenog-
iaphcr as my SON"
And Congresswoman Robertson is
a "motherly" type. She has COM
mon sense notions about life and
affairs OF the world. she has no
radical ideas-no hobbies to ride.
she II religious and observes the
sabbath faithfully, but she Is against
Sunday blue laws and has no
thought Of forcing her ideas on
others
Woman for Postmaster.
SuffraE SITS. scarcely reconciled TO
the only woman member OF congress
being an anti" gasped once more
when she turned down several
women applicants for the secretary
ship and employed a man.
But suffragists are now applaud
ing her for announcing her decision
10 recommend a woman for post
master OF her home town Of Mus
kogee. She will name Mrs. Otis Il.
Curctou. republican woman chair
man Of Oklahoma, for tho place
Whenever the presidential order II
lifted that permits members of con-
Eress to select postmasters. a dozen
hoped for this plum, but Congress
man Robertson disregarded the
claims OF all candidates for the place
and announced her choice TO be Mrs.
Cureton. The Muskogee woman was
not an applicant. but since Miss
Rohertson's announcement she has
said that she will accept the honor
Il II comes to her.
Embarrassed by Callers.
II intend to tender this appoint
ment to Mrs. Cureton," said Miss
Robertson, both because she is
qualified and because I want 20
show my appreciation OF the work
Of our republican women In bring
Ing about the overwhelming victory
last November. Postmaster OF Mus
kogee Is the most important office
will have to FIJI and want tho place
to 20 TO Mrs. Cureton."
Miss Robertson does not Ike the
idea Of being a Congressional curl
oslty" She enjoys meeting people.
but she feels bit embarrassed
when she knows that many of her
callers come to satisfy n curiosity
So many of the curious flock to her
office for an introduction. or TO IN
troduce themselves that she says
sho scarcely finds time to perform
her congressional duties How TO bt
nice to v'sitors-"curiosity seekers
and at the same time get her WORK
done Is problem with her.