Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-15
Day With PinchOt
Like ,Whirligig

very shortly. The end apparently |,
signified when Mr.. Pinchot takes up his
portfolio, crowds an armful Of papers
into it, kisses his wife and "Mr. Fish,
and hurries through the door, perhaps
alone. perhaps attended.
Anyway. in from two minutes and
seven seconds to four minutes and three
seconds. depending on the punctuality
of the elevators, he is in his Office at the
Real Estate Trust Building.
! Here is the usual aspect of the head :
quarters, of candidate who is run
ming well at the front Of a panicky field.
| Groups Of men are sitting around on
rented chairs. waiting: some of them
to see the candidate to promise him
votes. some to tell him card index
! systems or vellum editions n the works
of Z. +. Roe: some to offer money
for the cause some to bespeak Jobs for
certain friends: some to ask TO speak
at given place on given datc-and
| so on.
There are also men-and women
who have come to the office through in =
! spiration Of sheer Rooseveltian fervor.
and men making haste. before it is too
late. 70 climb aboard bandwagon
tHat Ne'ilS ~ huVc ueHnlte Itinerary
and destination.
Office "Czar" Unperturbed
Telephones are constantly jHnging.
and out of warren-like timer Offices
men and women are constantly dns =
! ing forth to dictate kilograms. to order
long distance telephone calls, TO OK.
change hasty interviews with some of
the waiting men: girls are passing
! in and out with trays of papers. sup
! plies. pamphlets and propaganda n
fat jovan office boy regards the mise
en- scene forgivingly.
After the good mornings and
handshakings. Mr. Pinchot passes into
Stahlmecker and a. Ncvin DIETRICH, two
of his managers. whose faces are hidden
behind mountainous stacks Of cor.
respondence. These men work fever.
ishly from nine until seven. and heaven
knows how much earlier or later. Mr..
Stachlmecker shakes 765 hands n day.
! holds 249 conferences. gives 46Sf, or.
| ders. 3I94 suggestions. and dictates n
couple Of thousand, letters. An aver.
age day for Mr.. DIETRICH is like that,
too.
Once safely behind the partition life
becomes for Mr.. PinchOt succession
VI cohlerehces' WITH one or another of
his managers. or both. with women
organizers. with men chosen from the
stream that flows ceaselessly into the
outer Office. punctuated (accordinr 70 n
weird typography. by innumerable
telephone calls. countless kilograms and
by interviews with political writers.
A conference may last from twenty.
seven and half seconds to an hour
and four minutes
Wife Is Titan Trojan
On the day when a check was made OF
Mr. pinchOt d!urnal vicissitudes, Mrs.
flnchot left town at noon to attend n
meeting of the School Board in Pike
County. She was at the Office for bnt
few minutes in the middle of the
morning. Ordinarily. however. she
comes. If not with her husband, shortly
thereafter, and stays to work as hard a,
the rest.
Noon passes with Mrs. Pinchot still
in conference. One o'clock and even
Mr.. Stahlmeckcr and Mr.. DIETRICH have
yielded to the seduction of luncheon. AT
length Mr.. Pinchot energies. and If
by luck, there is no one waiting Mt the
door for him, or if it happens not to be
one of the days when he has been in
vited to talk while others dine and
/ listen. he is off for a little luncheon Of
his own-with "Mr. Fish" at the
Bellevue.
One would presume a temptation to
lnger at this rite. but if so, temptation
Is seldom met halfway as in the ease
Of falIible folk. The hardest part Of
the day approaches. In the apartment
upstairs there are bales of desperately
important letters that must be answered.
! So upstairs Mr.. Pinchot goes and when
| he j. seen again at / O'Clock he wears
the look Of man who has met the
enemy and has him in his pocket.
Then back to the Office. where the
hustle is four times aS furious and the
rattle Of the telephone bells seven times
as loud. Worse yet. Their" are waiting
/ for Mr.. Pinchot men accumulated
| during three hours and - half. There
are also Mr.. DIETRICH. whose collar is II
little wilted and Mr.. Stahlmecker,
whose cigar is very much frayed, each
ready with suggestions, criticisms and
! speculations.
This takes us TO , 80,
! Now is the time when various friends.
well wishcrs. drop in 10 rescue the
candidate from the danger of onnui. This
philanthropy consumes about two hours
Perhaps in the evening there Is n
| meeting OF u Du' IL lIltIt IL llot
| Mr.. PinchOt steals back to the hotel
for dinner. Meantime. however. per-
sons are arriving, hearing of how things
are going in the hintPrIand. Perhaps
Mr.. Pinchot secs them at the hotel.
Perhaps al headquarters. HP may
see them all at once or separately, de-
pending on train schedules and the
cxiscncics of the campaign.
In either Gas" 1t is seldom earlier
than 10 when the last word Is said. or
listened to. At 10 30. very likely, Mr..
Pinchot returns to tn" hotel.
Nothing to do TIN Tomorrow"
Then there is an half hour in which
he may do setting up exercise, look up
baseball returns. play solitaire, read
browning wonder what was the best
moving picture he has ever seen. weigh
the respective merits of pragmatism
and pcssimism. write in his journal or
do anything else that engages his fancy ?
1t is the only intimate interlude in the
day--but it is a pOstlude. How he
chooses to spend it may be conceded as
his own business, even in the case Of a
candidate for Governor,
Eleven o'clock and so to bed. as Pepys
said: Nothing to do till tomorrow.
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