Evening star., 1928-06-14
CHANCE TO STRUT
DENIED TO WOMEN
Quick Ending of First Night
Session Halts Promising
Fashion Parade.
BY MARTHA DALRYMPLE,
Associated Press Stan Writer.

KANSAS CITY, June 1.-THE alb
rupt ending Of the first evening session
OF the convention last night ruined
what started out TO be a perfectly good
fashion parade.
Sleeveless Summer fFocks. no hats,
ana a general evening festive appear
ance marked the feminine arrivals, but
their day was short one. for they
we're forced TO file back right again 10
tne DoieS OF the hotels and the various
clubs being used as delegation head
quarters
Business activities Of the ladies in
cluded everything from the New York
delegation keynote speech, delivered by
the blonde, slim national committee
woman, Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, TO the
aH-day tea party presided over by Mrs.
Albert I. Beach. wife OF the mayor OF
Kansas City, and the unofficial hostess
OF all the woman visitors.
More Than 1000 Attend.
Mrs. Beach. tall and gracious, was the
officiating genius at a party that num-
bered well over 1000 guests both men
and women. In cool, family figured.
green georgette frock. she smiled as
pleasantly and sincerely at the end of
the day as she did upon the first guest
Of the morning.
On the floor below, Mrs. Alvin T.
Hert. national committeewoman from
Kentucky and vice chairman Of the
committee, was busy being gracious 70
the woman delegates and alternates.
Mrs. Sabin. who has just been re-
elected to serve as committeewoman
from New York, made a pleasant pic
ture as she stood before the co-delegates
and told them and the worlc that New
York State was soiidly behind Hoover.
A large, navy blue straw picture hat
framed her yellow hair and made
convenient shade for her dark brown
eyes.
The Kansas City League OF Woman
Voters held meeting. at which Miss
Belle Shervin, president Of the Ma
tional League. made the principal ad-
dress. Stressing the fact that woman
voters are urging definite planks for
the party platform. not vague general
tiles. Mrs. James w. Morrison of
Chicago. who address the resolutions
committee for the league, also spoke.
Woman's Party Hopeful.
Mrs. Jane Norman Smith. who head
ed the representation Of the National
Woman's Party. IN it. effort TO secure
an equal rights for women constitution
al amendment, Is convinced that her
plea and that of her party will be
needed by the Republicans. II not at
this convention, certainly at the next
one.
The new committeewomen who have
been selected so far will take their
places with the State delegations at to-
days session. Seventeen States have
voted TO keep their former woman rep
resentatives on the national committee,
while 20 have so far appointed new ones
Among the new ones who have al
ready assumed their duties are: Mrs
A. c. Remmel. Arkansas: Mrs. John z.
Hillman, Colorado; Miss Katherine
Byrne, Connecticut: Miss Ethel War
ner, Delaware; Miss Clara c. Grace.
Florida: Miss Bertha Bauer, Illinois:
Miss Martha Mcclure, Iowa: Mrs. Ro-
berta Bass Grimmett. louisiana: Mrs.
Nathanial Thayer. Massachusetts,; Miss
Viola j. Cameron, Nebraska: Mrs. Mary
Franman, Nevada; Mrs. Nellie D. Par
kC:. New Hampshire: Mrs Bess Kennon,
North Carolina: Mrs. Minnie d. Craig,
North Dakota: Mr.. Worthinzton, Scran-
ton. Pennsylvania: Mrs Blanche T.
Redfern. South Carolina: Mrs. Beulah
o. Hughes. Tennessee: Miss Elizabeth
Mccormick, Wisconsin; Mrs. Virginia
White Speel, District Of Columbia, and
DR.. Marta Robert. Porto Rico.
The figure OF Miss Helen Cannon.
daughter OF the Illinois Uncle Joe, T"
and a convention attender for many
years, IS one about which a crowd is
always TO be found.