Evening star., 1928-06-14
BY BEN M'KELWAY.
Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 14.-Be-
tween three and five thousand tired
persons have booked reservations to leave
Kansas City tonight. Beginning at
8 o'clock this evening train will be
pulling away from the convention city
every three minutes until the refugees
from boredom have been removed.
But these tired persons are only the
spectators and the camp followers
whose feet have given out and who,
being captains Of their souls, are able
to leave town when they want TO-
Other thousands Of tired persons, in
Guiding the delegates and the alter
mates. cannot leave until the last speech
has been delivered and the nomination.
already informally conferred is formally
presented to Mr.. Hoover.
Until yesterday afternoon there had
been spirited attempts by bodied
persons to maintain the cheerful and
animated atmosphere of national con-
vention among the crowds Swarming
the down town areas. But yesterday
these able bodied persons also grew
weary and things began 10 come TO
doleful standssill.
Anything TO SIT Upon.
Ladies and gentlemen who previous
ly had been noted doing a great amount
Of huzzing about stopped their buzzing.
An empty chair was much-sought-
for prize Instead of standing about
in groups. laughing and talking and
listening to spell-binding speeches, the
convention crowds sought any type OF
furniture so designed that it would
receive the burden heretofore SO nobly
borne by the human feet.
After the remarkably short session
Of the much-talked- -about night session
last night the crowds just about gasped
their last and went to bed. The mys-
teriouS underground channels which
convey information rapidly among the
delegates must have informed them
that the night session would be a COM
plete Washout. For when Senator Moses,
in his dinner coat, walked out on the
speakers platform and pounded with
hts gavel for order, the chairs OF the
delegates weren't half filled, while the
spectators seats in the galleries were
mostly empty.
Senator Moses recognized a delegate
from California, who moved to adjourn.
The motion was carried. and Senator
Moses took his hat and cane and left.
while several hundreds OF the residents
of Kansas City, who had been unable
TO attend the day sessions and had hap
PLY counted on being present for some
fun last evening. sadly left their places
and swarmed out OF the hail.
No Life Shown by Crowd.
Crowds from Convention Hall return
Ing TO the usual milling-about places
In the hotels found the various head
quarters comfortably filled with persons
with their tongues hanging out, but
there was no life In them.
The headquarters are the havenS In
this storm tossed area, and they are al
ways sought. But the faces OF the
seekers were blank and their eyes we're
heavy and listleSs,
This has not been long convention.
as conventions go. The many veterans
OF previous conventions who are here
point with pride to the fact that they
survived the Cleveland convention when
there was nothing TO do but nominate
Vice President. as Mr. Coolidge was then
choosing TO run. The trouble with this
convention. the veteran convention at
tenders point out, is that when the
crowds began to gather there was some
excitement which gradually worked it
self to something approaching frenzy
until the arrival In town of the Penn
sylvania delegation, which unkindly re-
vealed the plot before the actors had a
chance to put on the show.
Nothing TO DO hut Walt.
Since then there has been nothing to do
but wait, and waiting Is one OF the most
tlresome forms OF exercise that have
yet been discovered. While there was
entertainment In the form OF playing
bands, minstrels, singers and orators, II
wasn't so bad. But now even the farm
ers have gone. 1t Is terrible The most
casual thing attracts crowd An am
bulance. with Its siren shrieking. pos
slbly ON Its way to supply oxygen To
some delegate who is expiring with
boredom. creates great interest
IL rivals the gaudily bedecked Hoo
yer bandwagon" which still moves up
ana down the street, as a breeder of
curiosity. One would think that the
crowds had never seen an ambulance
before. newaboy who has pair of
healthy lungs and can shout very loud
President went To the frar nIatf form and