The Washington times., 1924-10-03
II AIDES AIDER
PI AY F ART I'M
POL les
Wives 0f Progressive
Leaders Start New
Fashion

ut would seem that the wives Of
the residential and Vice Presi-
DENTAL nominees Of the two old
parties viii have to snap out" of
their easy abstinence from visible
campaign activity, or be left far in.
the rear by the vigorous. traiIblaz-
ing wives Of the progressive indie
pendent leaders. who are making It
harder and harder for women to
stay only IN the home.
There are some who can recall
the time when q Presidential wife
had only to help her candidate by
{ standing beside him on train plat
forms and smiling a. friendly inclus
sive smile. But those days can soon
be numbered among the good old
Gays. When You Hlld I We're
days, when you and I were young
Maggie"
Mrs. La Toilette, by many years
the senior member Of the Maybe
Mistresses OF the White House. has
begun q speech making campaign III
support Of her husbands candidacy,
the first time, so the story goes.
that the wife Of q Presidential as.
pirant has ever done this. After her
debut In this role on Sunday after
noon at Mountain Lake Park, Nd.
when q large crowd gathered ia
hear her, she returned to her thome
here just long enough to get q GOOD
nights sleep and to repack for q run
up 70 New York, where she SPOKE
TUESDAY night. And now she. n
pack IN Washington for a few DAYS
before sallying forth again to win
Dy the voice votes for the La Fol.
lette-Wheeler ticket.
IN New York, Fola La Follatte
Middleton, the older daughter ~
Senator and Mrs. La Toilette. also
appeared in q vocal appeal for The
candidacy OF her father. n general
she has no especial interest n
politics, but she has q very keen
interest in the success Of her father
Her major preoccupation lies IL
htstrionic fields IN which she made
q success before her marriage fo
the playwright, George Middleton.
Mrs. La Toilette has spoken pub.
Hcly in behalf OF national issues
many times and so this experience
Il new to her only In the coal
toward which she Is working.
Mrs. Wheeler, the. wife Of the
junior member OF the Progressive
ticket, Is not being outdone BY Mrs.
La Eollette- Tor she ID with her
husband ION his tour all over the
country and for every speech he
makes she matches him with. one
addressed chiefly to groups Of
women. Just now Senator and
Mrs. wheeler are ii, their oId home o111,a
In Butte, Mont, for few days
but soon they viii be going speech
making down into California and
thence back eastward
Davis Daughter in Town,
TO Be Guest 1t Political Rally.
Feminine aid In the families Of
the Democratic and Republican lead
ers, however, seems to be kept un.
der coveror it certainly IS not be-
ing voiced publicly. 'Silence gives
consent seems to be the wifeay DO
Mtical slogan.
Mrs. William 1 Mcmillan Adams
has come back from Denmark to
this country to vote for her father,
John w. Davis, the Democratic
nominee, but her help is to be OF
the quiet, private kind. And as far
rs the public knows Mrs. Coolidge,
Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Dawes and Mrs.
Bryan are just "sittin' pretty, :.
hoping for the outcome.
Mrs. Adams WIN be guest OF
honor at a meeting of the McDon-
d-Washingto Blackburn Davis for
President Club this evening at $50
o'clock in the hoA4e OF Mrs. Jennie
Blackburn Moran. 2315 Massachu-
sets avenue northwest. She win
be in town some time and is sOsing
IT the Wonlen's. National Demo
cratic Club.
Officials in charge OF the speak
ors, bureaus at the three party
headquarters are busy lining up
and sending out their spellbinderS
in the name of politics. For this
Is the month for the populace to be
made to see that its salvation lies
in the support of the Republican
party, the Democratic party, and
the Progressive-Indep dependent group.
District Women to Plead
For Coolidge Instead Of Chaos"
The women are determined to do
their part vocaliy to this end. And
although the District has no vote.
still 1t has women who are eager
to help in the national campaign.
Locally there are not many Re-
publican women who win plead on
the stump for Coolidge Instead Of
Chaos" There are few, however,
who win speak q piece" in public
in behalf Of thor party. Among
these. are Mrs. Virginia White Speel,
wife Of Rear Admiral j. N. Speel;
Miss Ella Lorraine Dorsey, AIRS.
Mary D. Lightfoot and Mrs. William
Wolff Smith.
Mrs. speel has long been fecog.
nized as a leader among the Re
publican women Of Washington, and
es an orator she is q pronounced
success. She is 50 thoroughly Inn
bued with Republican data that she
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