The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-17
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mitted the eame indlscrctlon. mil.
lions Of lives have been wrecked as a
result.
Hut Mrs. swectman found
new method Of meeting the old
problem. She didn't try 20 for.
get her sorrows In n mad round
Of reselry: she didn't seek the
eowarti.s way out. by the suicide
route: she didn't hang her head
In shame aud leave for distant
shores 10 start life anew. She
had another way.
I've made a mistake" she
said. Two done wrong. Hut
men do far worse than I every
day--and come hack. why can't
I come back. toos Hut I can't
come back II go away. I've got
to stay here. NJ the scene OF my
mistake. and vindicatc myself BY
my future iiic.
and. incidentally. I might ms we'll
get the man who caused my disillu.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS he was the great.
er sinner Of the two--so much so
that he's not M 10 be political
leader
And that's what she's been dolns
ever since. trying 10 atone for her own
mlsstep. and 20 make the man who
caused II atone 20 her.
n Ia Just precisely this state OF AZ,
fairs which win make her run for the
legislature this year. she hasn't Off.
cialiy announced u yet. but rs an
open secret that she viii file In the
&sth district
III tho people have enough conf.
dence in me-" she said. ito send me
20 Olympia. knowing what they
know. then III feel that my task u
over-that I am vindlcated.
That's 10 be the basis Of my
campaign. won't attempt 10 hide
anything OF my past--but III ask the
people TO vote for me as ann. not
as | was"
That the campaign win be In
ferestinr goes without saying.
Mrs. Swe~tman has earned the
undying hatred Of the republican
organization. and all It's guns.
big and little. viii be turned loose
on her. Hut Mrs. swesfman
isn't worried over that. To tell
the truth. she rather likes q good
fight.
The scene Of the coming political
battle Is ideal for n really spec.
taculnr campaign. A downtown dis.
trset. In which the feminine vote Is
almost negligible. u offers many In.
tcrestinx possibilities for fight be
tween tire sexes.
In one way tho district Is unique
II contains one precinct. No. sfe. in
which there is not single woman
voter registered. Mrs. sweetman'.
own district. No. 22o. has no WOMEN
voters outside OF those who live per.
manentiy Mt tho Frye and New Rich.
mond Notes.-The latter Is Mrs.
sweetman'~ residence.
But this masculine superiority
doesn't make her npprehensive.
1--WE got a good organisation In
tho district" she Nays. And I think
the usn win understand"
Mrs Sw~~tman's appearance
gives no hint Of her turbulent
career.
4 woman inst entering into
middle life. she looks like . good
wife. y capable houseke~per. n
devoted mother. Her hair Is
frankly sireakei with gray: her
gray eyes are eirar rs 4
young girls: her complexion IL
clean and wholesome. and a few
tiny crows feet serve TO set off.
rather than mar. her features.
She dresses neatly and becom.
ingiy. but with no hint of
'.styiishness."
Possibly the most remarkable az
her personal characteristics is her
speech--she talks with her eyes as
well as her lips. and Ia wonderfully
expressive.
In her ordinary intercourse she Il
known for her unfailing good ma.
ture. She always has a smile on her
lips and abe can even laugh al her
own troubles. But when she IL
aroused--she seems TO undergo a
complete metamorphosis Her eyes
glitter Ike snaks's--ths compari.
son Is uncomplimentary but unavold.
able; her dark. heavy eyebrows
bristle like n retired major Of cav.
alry's, and her mouth becomes a thin.
straight line. as lnflexibie as a bar OF
steel.
For all that. she Il feminine m
every way. She takes the nor.
mai woman's interest in her an
pesrance; she always tries TO
make a good impression on new
acquaintance. and her pride lies
not In her political or business
exploits--but In her three sons.
She was born Oct. 81. Is7e--and
isn't ashamed to admit tin Yer.
non. Mich. Her home was in Port
Perry. Ont. however. and IL was
there that she spent the first 1s
years OF her life.
She started teaching school In
Port Perry when she was Just IS.
but stayed at the work only two
months before her home was broken
up by her fathers sudden death.
Then she moved 10 Relnbecl
Tama county. Town, where her
uncle was-and still is--county SUI.
perintendent Of schools. She taught
school there for three years and was
deputy county superintendent Of
schools for a year.
II was during this period that she
married and had her first son--Ed.
son Hufford. who was recently
graduated from the University of
Washington with y. s. degree.
Ten months after the boys birth her
husband died.