Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-16

other manners In other times woman
who sought TO control mon might have
intellect but muzt have beauty today
beauty helps but brains count for more.
Neither of the rival leaders Is hall as
beautiful na the heroine of n beet sei1-
or or nearly 50 impossible as a maya
zine cover artists iden Of female lowell
ness. Neither IL old and both have
pasaed tho first stage of youth. both
rely on weapons other than good looks
To achieve victory.
The woman few years the senior OF
her rival believed before Inauguration
she would have everything her own
way. Tho wife Of a politician, she has
been playing politics on her own ac-
count for good many years, she htiilt
up what shc imagined wax an influen-
iial and select coterie and was prepared
10 make her power felt. She really be-
fieved. 80 fatuous is vanity, she was
able 10 thwart some OF Mr.. wilson's 3
policies. and was the centre around
which the opposition revolvcd. Her
mental state was typical Of her. party
in Washington during the las, Few
years. n was the Carrie Nation Of the
pre- Volsteadian era. It was maTnifl
cent in welding the hatchet, II couid
wreck ruthlessiv and demviish remorse-
leepiy. but IT gave no thought 70 the
damage II had done and vas iueapaple
of suggesting a remedy more efhcaeiohs
than wanton destruction Her ilrst dis-
appointment came when the Gablnet
was in process of incubation. She naa
made up her mind TO put her huspana
in the Cabinet so as 70 have wider
field for her abilities. ard when the
Cabinet was annuoneet her husband
fell outside the hreastworkH with
tniIahv plap. But she is n woman not
easily discouraged Her tactics are the
same now as they always have peen
and her methods arc very simple ana
very direct. She patronizes when y y
eypeaient and attempts 20 destroy any
one who might prove dangerous riVat.
The result is she has devoted pand 81
admirers and the town is lberally
surinIled with her former friends VINO
are now her dearest enemies.
Her rlval-and the fwo women still
remain on affertionate terms and. have
no doubt. kiss on appropriate occasions
bag less surface brilliance and more
tIavernesa. Her friends say she I
| a,,htla. ambitious and far-seeing. =
ynurh richer woman than the other. with
| tha advantage of large houBe aflf
/ practically unlimited means, she car
/ draw about her every one she wants
ana ahe either WAS able 10 read tbs
/ future with tho vision of n seer Or has
/ had amazing luck. she has been de-
/ acrii,ed az Il woman with Q talent ioi
/ politica and n genius for men. ana ahs
/ has been picking winners IN way tnai
would make the fortune Of race~triieF
i tout. She has been much deeper II
national politics than most persons
/ imagine. and yet she remains sort q
| veiled lady. Newspapers seldom prin
| her name and even more rarely hei
picture. she heads no committees ans
rnaAes no speeches, but the great ar
/ her intlmates and their wives nel
friends. I suppose she could bring to
rether in her house at short NOTES
| more really important men and Wofnef
| than any other person except the Pres'
| ident.
For the first time there is a woman
in washington who really has powell
| and In exercising IT. What viii sns
| do with Ii? She wants nothing foi
| herself. and her husband is satisfied
| with what he has. Does sfle simply
love the sense of power or has she a.
! ambition so cleverly concealed fnat ~
! one has guessed it, Is she simply an IN
| usual woman who plays politics as an
| other woman kills an idle hour a
bridge. of does she play politics as
great military commander played ches
/ as a training for a bigger gamer Time
which answers most questions in II
own exasperating way. may perhap
| tell