Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-06
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Mrs. Pinchot Is No Hazard in Her
Husbands Game. but a Distinct
Advantage, She Being as
Loyal as He Is In.
flinching
by SARAH ID. LOWRIE

Dy SAlsAH IL. LONNIE
GOlNG to tea is 80 rare n performance
~ on my part that I am always half
astonishcd that the hostess isn't more fiat
tered. but the other afternoon / did an even
more out of .the-way act of supcrerogntion.
] went with punctilious promrtitudc to u
tea to which ] had not been invited.
After / had said ''howdy,o' to II great
house and was about to iugglc with cup
OF tea and sandwich. it struck me that
perhaps first ! would be more polite If
looked up my hostess and her young dnugh-
ter. l could not find her. nor any one so
young as dcbutantc daughter. nor any
ones dehutante daughters anywhere. .
r, ! asked some one knew where was Mrs.
SO and So, mentioning my hostess. She
said that she had seen her last at the head
OF the stairs. | rcinountcd the stairs: She
was not in sight on the landing. In the
sirging crowd ! asked some one else where
were Mrs. So and SO and her daughter. That
lndE only caught the word ''dnu.htcr.' and
for the moment hcr reply meant nothing to
me. though she evidently thought it was
This isn't "Danshtcrs' Tea" said
She: "1t's a Damcs!'" "
Then it began to trickle IN And I iecbly
sought the colorcd maid with whom l had
left my wrap.
Whose is this tea. anyway asked
IT'S the Colonial Danes, ma am. It's
a house warming 80
Well. l took those stairs At one stride.
and was down and out.
THE tea that supposed | was gracinS
u was two days later in that same new
Colonial Danes clubhouse on l.atmcr
street. For. like most Of the wum"ns club
houses IN this town. it can be rented for
other than club purposes, and very charm
ing backgrounds its rooms make for private
functions.
Little I.ati,ncr street. along which il
stretches. is very accessible, just off Seven-
trcnth near Locust street. and now that our
little streets are coming into fashion there
Is certainly nothing detrimental in its having
been once only thoroughfarr for delivery
wagons and the ice man.
The house *. of course. Colonial. or rs
we like now to call such reminders of pre-
Revolution days-tieOrgian 1t is low and
broad and sunny and severely gracious in its
ornamentation. and being on ,racklcss
street. too narrow for much traffic. it is
quiet. comparatively. should think the
Colonial Danes would find it most becoming
for their social functions and most CONVENE
cnt for their business. | know vaguely that
they do accomplish present good works"
as we'll as rCcollcct those of the distant past.
0NE must have had an ancestor who
~ was in some manner funrtionar? of
the Colonial Government. a~ an official of
standing ard consequence in his community.
in order to be eligible. ] understand. and
now that I remember til" women that I
greeted on my inadvcrtcnt visit to the house.
warming. am aware HAT many of them
are persons Of weight and Of real Importance
in their communities
But very few Of them arc like their an
cestors. persons who are identified with the
political side of their cOuntry'S interests.
In fact. this autumn. when there has been
50 keen Il need of service by responsible and
capable leaders among the women of this
town. the Danes and their sort have not as
n body shown any keen interest Not many
individuals AMONG them hAv" ident flied
themselves with pre- election activities. And
with perhaps the exception Of two notable
Danes. non" Of the candidates who have
sacrificed themselves to run for office have
come ont Of that body which rrih"S itself
uuon the qualities OF government ship Cf its
ancestors.
TWO hundred years from now should
L society b" formed to perpetual" The ira
dti0nS and the memory of American citizens
Of 1!22 who had s!gnally felt their citizen
ship duties N III" affairs Of government. it
would H. I" other centcr> than t'Nt on
!.u!imcr St'1"t thar the hunter VI I"'ords
would Law" 70 turT.
7. AN rc; saying this 10 tho ,hamo ni
LatrL"r street or its club. which i interest
ing iscil in Am"ri"anizaton in ",h"r ways
that what the DANES ar" proud "f their
ancestors for doing. most Of them ar" now
not doing, with one Or tw" Notable ex-
CrrtionS.
They are leaving that function Ia other
women.
Fortunately. thuS" other women have been
very concarnedly and effectively active.
There is to l", for instance. another
houSewarmnG of another club further
down Locust str""t-a very up-t"-dutc
49,. -, ,lrl, lit.up .,e
Prnnsy sylvania. Of which til" town has heard
much and Is likely TO hear much more in
III" coming years. At lnll Locust street ON
election day and evening there will he open
house there for politically minded women
who wish to hear the r"tulhS. And this
week that much discussed and nrtnbl" woman
tho wife Of Pennsylvania next Governor
Wa. given a reception th"r" and talked
there very earnestly - her fellow citizens
about her hopes Tor tn" future.
4 GREAT many persons laY, asked about
n Mrs. Pinrhot. Many Of rh"ir questions
imply that She iS 4 hazard in her hrlsb,t,,d's
gam" and rrjol"" t" take this chance to
SAY from my heart Hnl minl ,nut | think
Sh" + IN immense advantage. Not because
sh" has it in her mind "r in Arr makc.up
to rule or r"rr"e OF greatly intlUrnrr lcr
husbands DECISIONS.
Bur once they nrr his lrr~l,ns--h" Icing
whnt lie is. person with Il k""n sense of
justice and un unilinrh.ng spirit to see
.iustic" done rs h" sees it ST." i un-
swcrvingly lOyal 4" her cOlcrUtiuIls of them
with something uf boys logic aud very
ruch Of Il woman'S f"nrlc>snces His mn.
Ginrhingncss fits with her loyalty and sense
Of fair play. Sh" could very we'll orcupy
herself with one Of Il DOZEN interests that
are ,.urely in her line and no, in her Inns.
bands. Whatever sl" did she would do
with the energy and lrcCtn"Ss uf /: very bp
and very 1h"edaSS- -ol self person. bat She Is