The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-08


things aud she took care ~ keeping
up his political fences back home.
hhs knew the name, age, color and
previous condition Of Hefviinde OF
every voter In the state. And, gee.
she was popular with his eonstitus
entsI When some old farmer from
back home came down 90 Washing.
ton Ia Eas the sights and decided TO
drop In and call on hlH senator,
Mis- Thatcher glnd.handed him and
sat him down In her offie. with n
cigar and got him telling all about
tha crops and the cattle and Lord
knows what beside, and when, at
last. she'd pass him In to the son
ator the old chap would be all hnp.
PLY talked out and ready for a
handnhake and goodby.
IL any legislation cam. up which
affected his state, hins Thatcher
had feelerH out Ia Rnine's name,
covering every district. And II
anything went through that bens.
fitted any special industry or class
or condition In the state, kuine's
chief constituents got kilograms tell.
ing them. II made them feel I'm
p0rtnnt and close 10 him. ., MiHs
Thatcher WAS IA wonder. And to
look AT her ahc might have been
any little old maid school marin all
filled up with prunoa and priHms.
and no more conception OF politics
than "A goldfish!
Honestly. l could rave on about
Thatcher and kulno for hours, and
] don't know which I'd ray the pref
test things about. | respected Tint
man. / admired him. And as an
American ! was actually proud Of
him. And when Washington cor
respondent rays that about a pn-
htor you can believe you are lie
tenInR TO the highest prhiso In tho
world, bar none.
A man doesn't often go out Of his
way 10 any such things about an.
other. Now II ia been a woman.
And, say, can't You nee how with
his honesty and his magnetism and
his warmth Kaine was popular with
wOmeu7 The ladies Of Washington,
take en- by and large, aren't shrink.
Ing yiolots, exactly, and there were
a good many times when knine
must have had to do some swift
side stepping. Especially from tn.
older ones. Az nice young chap
at the Austrian embassy once com
planned To me: THE old ladies' are
no persistent"
It's an axiom that you don't
know man until you've aeon him
with a woman. Now, ia often pecn
Senator Kainc with various women
at the thoater, and receptions,
and such affairs, but never attach.
ed TO any special one. In n party.
yes, but he was nobody's little pet
lamb TO be pulled about by string.
His attentions were noticcahly
pleasant and courteous, but they
sure were impersonaI.
After all my years In WASH
ington, of course, ] knew him, and
he me, and you can imagine that
was surprised when ] passed him
In the Mall one day, walking with
. girl, and so absorbed in her that
he didn't see me even to nod to.
He was looking very fine and ft
The wasn't one of the chaps who
perennially need haircut, like
Borah, for example--and he was
talking away 10 to the. dozen.
didn't blame him, for the girl was
lovely, nearly an tall as he, and
slender and sweet and gay, with n
Ividness about her Of youth and
charm. What's the uso3 You
can't say anything exact about Il
woman who's like a spray Of flow
ers. But, say, the two Of them
made handsome couple.
Who's the pretty girl your SEN
ator goes walking within" / inquired
of Miss Thatcher that evening.
AZ she looked up at me 1t struck
me that she looked awfully tired
and old, and az IL she wasn't feel
ing very wei But abe answered
amlably enough.
isn't she pretty? That's the
daughter Of one of his old friends,
Arthur Reed, the big mining man,
you know. The Reeds have come
on and taken the McIntire house
for the season. I believe they're
going to entertain lot this vim
tor"
Il wish / wasn't poor devil
OF "A newspaper man" said, so
that l could get acquainted With
that girl. She's peach"
yes, Louise Reeds nice girl"
agreed Miss Thatcher. ''The SEN
ator's known her ever since she
was q baby. Az a matter OF fact,
Arthur Reed gave him lis frat
ease, when he was struggling
young lawyer nearly 20 years ago.
and he's one OF his stanehest sup,
port.rs,"
Fine romance material, what And
the society editors were quick To