Evening star., 1923-12-06
TALKS and TALES
With and about
CAPITALS GUESTS

There has been a lot OF talk In
political circles and elsewhere OF the
results of the nineteenth amendment
to the Constitution. Miss Betsy j..
Edwards, one Of VIII Hays former
lieutenants and a member Of the ma
tional republican senatorial commit
tee. stopping at the Washington Ho-
tel while in the city to attend the
! meeting OF the republican national
committee, Is we'll informed on the
subject She has travelled the coun.
try far and wide. and 1t Is her bust.
ness to keep fingers on the pulse Of
the political world. The word repub.
lican is the open sesame" to Miss
Edwards views.
Women have got to learn the art
of politics. They got the vote. think
some of them are sulking." Miss Ed
wards said that some of the hardest
workers for the enfranchisement Of
women were letting things slide.
In response to question as to
whether women had cleaned up poll
ties, Miss Edwards said. women
jumped into the fray and thought
they would do things right away.
but they found the political world a
Miss Edwards. who was vice chair
, man OF the state suffrage -organiza-
ton of her home state, Indiana. and
the nrst woman Will Hays appointed
to republican organizatio work when
he saw the coming of the nineteenth
amendment. deplored the fact that
the people of the country do not un-
derstand the issues of their respective
parties. 1T is mistake for women
to advocate voting for the man and
not studying party issues. for every
candidate has to conform to fhe plat
form Of his party" declared Miss
Edwards.
The school Of hard experience is
wards for women who wish to enter
the political field. She deplored the
fact that too many women were ap.
pointed heads of political clubs who
see about twelve women in Congress.
but first they should get their ex-
perfence by running for the state
legislature and engaging N state TO-
litical matters, as the men do" she
, said.
Miss Edwards is not believer in
the equality" movement. Women
will lose so, many things X such a
clared.
Government employees are not the
only ones interested in matters per-
tanning to civiN service, nor are they
the only ones Interested In the re-
classification act. The National Civil
Service Reform League is meeting at
the Washington. and William Dudley
| Foulke of Richmond. Ind. president
of the organization and former civil
service commissioner under President
Roosevelt, will preside over the meet
ings.
j One thing that Mr.. Foulke is con-
vinced about is that there are errors
! cation act and that there has been an
increase in politics in the appoint
ments to certain governmental de-
| partments since the war. He singled
out the Post Office Department, in
| ternal revenue, prohibition unit and
| the Veterans Bureau as the chief Of
| tenders.
THE civil service system in Eng
! land is better than the American sys-
| tenn in some respects and there is less
Mr.. Foulke urges abolition OF the
three eligibies for postmast ships
| and rural free delivery appointments
The highest man should be taken
/ and given the position" he declared
! saying that 1t would be an immense
| gain" If these appointments were
! kept out of politics.
New York has the reputation OF
being the most cosmopolitan city in
Hayes Curtin Of New York city. who
/ is staying at the Lee House. II any
| one desires to see a cross-section o1
I the people Of this country all they
| have to do Is to sit in a National
/ Capital hotel lobby. According tc
DR.. Curtin every type Of American
humble and great, and from all parts
/ Of the country may be found there.
The doctor believes that the med
ical profession and. in fact, every
/ man, should take more interest in the
affairs Of the nation and become in
terested in some public undertaking.
SO in order to show that he prac-
tices what he breaches he came to
washington to attend the rivers and
harbors congress. He is chiefly con-
cerned in the development OF the
Hudson river in connection with the
canal at Albany to make a navigaole
waterway to Lake Erie.
Another thing DR.. Curtin Is very
keen on. and that is the centraliza-
there should be place In the cabinet
for q. secretary Of health and that
health matters should not be munich
nal or statewide In scope. but they
should be run by the federal gov
ernment." declared pr. Curtin. who
thinks that In ten or hfteen years
after that plan had been put In ef-
feet the government would have
something to work on In thf way OF
eliminating diseases from the infor-
nation and statistics CLEANED from
the nation.
"one Of the great things I believe
in is physical examinations at least
once a year for everybody, and the