Evening star., 1924-07-10
WOMEN AT CONVENTION

New York. July 9-The coloners
lady and Judy o'Grady would have
exactly the same thrills if their hus-
bands were named candidates for
President of the United States.
Mrs. John w. Davis is authority
for that.
II feel" said Mrs. Davis, who is
very much the coloneIs lady, to a
mingled crowd of women in her first
official statement exactly as any
other woman would whose husband
had received such high honor"
A slim, dynamic woman, with
CLINT of humor, a hint of tears, Mrs
John W. Davis hurried in to her first
meeting with newspaper women i'm
mediately after the nomination Of her
husband yesterday. without forrality
or hauteur, and with a gracious in
terest 4-.-..
Tanning nervously, she seemed to
be depressing laughter at the unex-
pected humor Of the most stupid con-
vention IN history nominating the
best available man-her husband
and delight at the event, and tears
over the mixture Of the whole event
added to grief over the sudden death
of her sister, Mrs. Percy Gof. on the
second day of the balloting.
Mrs. Davis is small woman Win
a thin oval face and clear-cut fea-
lures. with the unmistakable imprint
of generations of breeding and cul-
ture upon them. She speaks In low
voice, in clear-clipped words :.
Her mourning is so smart that II
gives the impression OF the , lass ,.S W6se
rather than any hint of recent sor-
row. Her severe black satin gown
was draped at the side by the hand
Of an artist, and her BLACK satin h,ae, nat
suede slippers and thin black hose;
handsome pearls and a pink opal
dinner ring.
ment Of Davis, nomtnation over sse sae
lady of the land was almost speech-
4 didn't expect it at all" she said.
st knew anything might happen, put
we didn't plan on ~. II. ana sSe hos+ we han an
which the American Bar Association
sails next Saturday. Now we'll have
TO cancel them" there was even a
trace of regret in her voice
TO attend the convention of the bar
association in London, and were then
to visit the candidates daughter'
Mrs Julia Adams, in her home IN
COpenhaRcn,
Mrs. Davis, formerly Miss Ellen
Graham Rassell, had known her hus-
band all her life. She was the dauSn.
ter of one of the leading lawyers OF
Clarksburg, W. Va, and he the son
of one of the city's most promlnnenl
attorneys. In 1912, some years after
the death of his first wife, laws
married his old playmate, VINO was
one of a family OF four handsome
young women.
4 woman Of great social tact and
charm, Mrs. Davis was popular IN
England while her husband was
American ambassador at the court or
ST. James She was liked ny the
English and members or the olpio,
matte CORPS because OF her carerui
and essentially un-American regard
for the small formslities and ntceties
cf diplomatic society, and sne was
popular with the Americans because
She was distinctly one OF them
Davis was educated At nome
.I n ever went to school at all: sne
smiled. Nevertheless her learning Is
said to be profound
A woman of quiet tastes and fond
of her Locust Valley home, Mrs.
Davis has had the unusual experience
of RECOMMENDING a man through scme
of the highest positions the country
has to offer, from the ambassadorship
TO the ONCE of solicitor general IT
she assumes command in the White
House She will be thoroughly trained
snd ready. Undoubtedly she would
he one of the most charming hostaSseS
the Executive Mansion has known