The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-08
NEA Service Writer

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 Chicago.-The women at demo- cratic national conventions are al- ways a memory that fingers on.
 Some of them are foo.s, like most of the men, but they add vastly to the color, the zest and the Gttractiveness of what ether wise would resemble little more than an ovcrgrown lodge meeting.
 Tn C democrats, perhaps owing to the strong influence of the south where chivalry remains a favorite fetish. or perhaps be- cause they usually are more in need of votes than the repub- licans, customarily give the gals q better break. They give them more. places, on the delegations, and more conspicuous roles on the platform.
 The results of such policy are not invariably fortunate, but it is a fact denied by nobody that the females to be seen, at these den- ocratic meetings are younger, snappier and prettier-includfns even those in the galleries-than those exhibited by. the repub- licans, the socialists or the com municts in convention assembled. No doubt the traditional. consery- atism of the republican party has something 10 do with the fact that the estimab1e ladies of that faith are more likely to tend Howard matronly features and di- mensions. ".s @-
 No Bathing Suits, but ' Bathing suits are not common- | ly worn at conventions, but other wise promoter seeking to organ ize beauty contest could do little better, than annex-just to mention a. few sample groups | the covey of wives, stenogra phers l and daughters brought along by the Maryland delegation, the Tammany girls from New York, the Virginia belles who came to scream for. Harry Byrd. or Alfalfa Bill Murray's kiltte band from Oklahoma City (sometimes called Bills Bare-legged Babies" be- cause they were so much better looking than the average chorus). So much. for a general bow to democratic fcmininity in the az gregate. Getting down to indi- viduals, young and older, one found a more picturesque galaxy at the latest convention than at any other since women became a factor in politics. They bore up nobly and even gaily when the men put them through an un- precedentdely. wearing experience I-that all-night and early morn ing session. when the Roosevelt | managers tried to jam through their candidate on an immediate ballot.
 Mrs Woodrow Wilson, who might be described as the heroine of all factions of democracy and dodges all the publicity she can, was one of those who stayed up all night. so was Mrs Katie Smith, AIS wife, a loyal and devoted cohsort who took lot of abuse from snooty wo- men during her husbands gallant fight in 1928. And the Roosevelt gir1s-Mrs Jimmy, the governors s daughter-in-law, and Mrs Curtis Dall, the daughter, both young and lovely.
 Those Grecnway BoOs
 Mrs Isabella Greenway of Ari. | ZOlIds 0nVlhCk 0b "AVAi oAy osO- eliminating person would take two good looks, won the distinction of being the first woman to be booed thoroughly. But 1t was only at the outset, when she made the gallery gums sore by her enthusiastic sec- onding of Roosevelt. She made a splendid speech and finished it without any more booing-a speech on which the governor congratulat- cd her by telephone.
 | The girls who led the singing during the demonstrations were outstanding hits of the convention
 Malvina Passmore. of Texas, way. ing two Lone Star flags and singing "The Eyes of Dixie Are Upon You" swaying with the music. captivated
 10000 or more persons during the Garner show.
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