The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-29
SMART FROCKS
 SHOW RIVALRY WITH2OLITICS
Women Delegates Show @ Themselves Alive To IA Fashions
By FLORENCE CLARK

By FLORENCE CLARK NEW YORK, June 2S.-Roses tied with red, white and blue streamers de- noting any and every political senti- ment and tabs of royal blue ribbon stamped with gold letters that read : .For President Alfred E. Smith" " sg share honors as a smart costume note Z among the women delegates to the dem- neratic national convention.
 These bright ribbons liven the tweed suits and dark travelling dresses of those who have just arrived and the dashing afternoon frOcks of those who { have been here long enough to delve into their trunks and don the prettiest \. of their frocks for the preliminaries to the big scene of the political drama.
 The thrill of being part of a great struggle of ideas and ideals has not turned the minds of these fair con vention leaders away from the time honored question: "Is my hat on | straight ?" No indeed the tilt of the hat and the placing of the shoe buck les says very confidently How we know our fashions as well as our poli- tfcs.,'
 sg Professional Finish
 If there were any home made frocks in the array, they have been evolved cleverly enough to keep their origin a dark secret. Not a stupendous task in these days. to be sure. With straight 7 lines and professionally finished scarfs to swirl around and drape here and there over the places that didn't turn out quite right, one cant be sure esabout a frock. Paris, France, and Paris, Tennessee. look dangerously alike. At any rate, to my critical eye they all looked like the well known cer- tified check.
 To find a trump or one who looked ! as if she had chosen her clothes with her mind on her favorite dark horse, you would have to look elsewhere.
 When I saw Miss Martha Byrne, vice president of the Woman's Demo- cratic club, she was wearing frock of shiny black satin with hay check ed pattern woven into it with dull black threads. Her hat was black, too. A wide band that dipped into slight points at the hips was tightly sewn with round flowers of soutache braid in a powdery rose shade yellow, Chinese blue and jade green which masses in a flash of color at the waist line. Patent leather shoes with cut steel buckles and grey stockings were consistent with the simple charm of ! her costume.
 Champ CIark's Daughter
 Mrs. James Thomson, who was for merly Genevieve Clark, daughter of the late Champ Clark, also wore black satin with black hat. Her frock was very much pleated as to skirt and the bodice was bl0used over a straight tie belt. A narrow scarf collar, looped over once in front, was inset with cream lace, as were the cuff bands which tucked away under rather full long sleeves. Red leather and black patent leather were Combined in q flat purse, and she car ried crimson scarf with printed border of turquoise blue and cream. Though Mrs. Thomson lives in New Orleans ,she is not delegate for the latest in semi-tropieal fashions.
 A Mrs. Le Roy Springs, delegate from South Carolina, looked a bit of her own flowery southland Georgette crepe the color of orange ice, bordered q dashing bow of brown satin on her large, picturesque looking hat of brown straw. Her dress was of the same curious color, but you could see very little of it for a voluminous coat of brown crepe de chine. It had a soft brown fur collar and groups of tucks at the cuffs and edging the collar. Gold ball earrings hung from fine chains and she wore q corsage of reddish purple sweet peas.
 BObbed For Six Years
 Mrs. Florence Gardiner Farley is a delegate from Kansas. Her lovely au- burn hair is shingled, but it did not happen at the beauty shop she had just ? visited. It has been that way for six years. She wore a black crepe de chine frock ruffled from neck to hem at one side with creamy lace. Our western sisters seem to be less enamor- ed of the cloche than the New York girl, for Mrs. Farley's hat, like that of several other western delegates, was a medium large shape trimmed with a } perky bow. The only jewelry she wore was a tiny perfume bottle of Chinese cloisonne suspended from a silk cord. ii Grey crepe printed with black was combined with plain crepe for Mrs. c. A. Quinn's costume. Mrs. Quinn ! is from Hornersville, Mo-, and repre- sents the ''show me" state. She wore [ black lace hat turned up in front, spansie- trimmed and carried a red fox scarf. Her little daughter, Lucille, age seven, had on yellow linen dress, :, Alanket stitched with black and mark ed with black buttons at the side of the elashed skirt. Lucilles tan coat was the least of her worries. It trailed on the floor, got mixed up with her feet and she finally disposed of it by rolling 1t in a ball and sitting on it.
 Miss Anna B. Lawther, who is rep resenting Iowa at the convention, had a long scarf of Liberty silk knotted over her blue crepe dress. It is twenty years old, she told me. The surface is covered with a Persian pattern of blue, cream and rich red tones.
 Her niece, Miss Eleanor Lawther. is a senior at Smith college. Her laven- der homespun suit was boyishly tailor