Evening star., 1934-07-01
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Art, Literature, Politics
The President and Winkie Like Tussle.
Mrs. Charles Hamln, Leader of Woman
Democrats-Westward Ho Glass.

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Winkie .winks at the President. This
is the countersign between them; then
Winks ambles over to President Roose-
velt's chair and stands at attention,
with his nose scenting the wind and
his tail at well-bred settlers angle.
Winks has learned that discretion
is the better part of valor. since he
recalls that two of his predecessors
were banished from the sacred pre-
cincts of the White House because
of undue familiarity on the part of
one of them with a distinguished
woman Senator from Arkansas. Until
there are more woman Senators this
one must be taken care of, and, be-
sides, one does not take liberties with
Senators. It just isn't done, and
especially with this particular Senator,
for she is so courteous and so capable
Winks knows the secret sign Ian
guage between his master and him.
self, and when he gets close enough
to look right into the Presidents
eyes he forgets his We're de We're man.
ners and rousing old tussle begins.
Then, when his master calls time. he
goes back to his corner, stretches out
in setter fashion and peacefully dozes
Major, the German police dog, and
Meggie, Mrs. Roosevelts black Scottie,
did not have a gold-plated tag like
Winks has just received. inscribed
with his number-"1"-and his name
But they we're much beloved and had
to learn sad lesson in diplomacy
like many another, and, after all, pri-
vate life has its consultations, and while
Winks may flaunt his gold-plated tag
in the blue room, Meggie and Major
had tasted the fruits of officialdom,
too, and found it just dead sea fruit.
Looking over the list of books in
the Presidents ships library on the
Houston, the vessel which is carrying
him on his long voyage to Americas
island possessions, and which will
stop en- route to pay a neighborly
call on the President of Colombia,
one finds a miscellaneous lot of liter
ature-profound. gay and exciting.
There are, of course, goodly number
of sea tales, including John Mase-
fields "On the Spanish Main"-oh,
to hear the author read from it
and a number of mystery stories.
macy" and American Diplomacy in
the Orient by the late John Foster,
diplomat and statesman; Business
and Politics in the Far East" Ships
Data-U. S. Naval Vessels" The Old
China Trade" Thank You Jeeves,"
for a good laugh.
Capt. Walter B. WoodSon, COM
manding officer of the Houston, as
sembled the books and from the list
seemed to know what he was doing.
With the opening guns of a general
political campaign soon to be heard,
ones thoughts naturally turn to
party affairs and preparations for
wnat Is undoubtedly to be a hard
fought battle this Fall. Women are
going to charge the breaStworks
and show that there is none of that
laissez-faire policy that Undersecre-
tary of Agriculture Mr.. Tugweu talks
so much about when they start into
action.
The two national political women's
clubs with headquarters in Wash
ington are girding on their armor
and getting ready for a campaign
such as they have not taken part in
before. The presidents of the Wom-
ems Democratic and Republican
Clubs in the Capital are Mrs. Charles
s. Hamlin and Mrs. William Fitch
Kelley. Women of broad culture,
widely Travelled and with a sincere
interest in politics and general So
cial welfare. Neither is fond of
publicity, but both are willing when
it comes to working for the good OF
the party.
Sitting under a Rembrandt Peale
portrait Of President Washington-Just
returned home from the Bicenten-
nial Exhibition at the Corcoran GAL
leries, and surrounded by her house
hold gods, charming old furniture,
a heritage from generations Of Dutch
ancestors who first came to these
far western shores in 1865, and set
tied at Albany, N. Y, Mrs. Charles
S. Hamlin, president of the Woman's
National Democratic Club in Wash
ington, chatted about many interest
ing things in general and about
Democratic politics in particular.
She was reared in political atmos-
phere for her father, the late John
Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn, OF Al
bany, was one of the Outstanding law
yers and Democrats of his time. He
was first member Of the Thirty
eighth Congress. He was also a men,
ber of the Fortieth Congress, held in
the period following the War Between
the States and which was known as
the long session. 1t assembled on
December 2, 1857 and did not ad-
journ until November 10, 1868-last-
ing 345 days With the exception OF
the Sixty fifth Congress during the
World War, which convened on De-
cember 3, 1917, and did not adjourn
until November 81, 1918, 354 days,
this was the longest session ever held.
The Fortieth Congress, however,
really completed its work on July 81,
1858. but remained in session after
that date in what is described as "a
tactical maneuver in the conflict be-
tween Congress and President john
son." It was at this holdover that
Mr.. Pruyn made notable speech
favoring Andrew Johnson.
Then Mr.. Hamlin, Mrs. Hamlin's
husband, a governor of the Federal
Reserve Board. has long been dis
tinguished in politics in Massachu-
sets, his native State. BY the way,
1t Is interesting Mr. Hamlin has per-
haps the unique distinction of serving
under three Democratic Presidents
Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.. Wilson and Mr..
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He could
not have done more, for in the 10