Evening star., 1934-06-03

full sympathy for them-eSpeclally
when they are criticised unjustly, or
not quite understood.
She has reared two charming
daughters and speaks enthusiastical-
ly of her synthetic" children, boy
and two girls which she inherited
when she married Senator Vanden-
berg. They were little children then,
and now they are grown up-some
of them married, and she points to
them with pride.
To the wife of the Junior Senator
from Michigan, the Il just didn't
.mean to-" is taken with all sincerity,
when the young person commits some
.thoughtless act from lack of mature
Judgment, or just the bubbling over
,of youthful spirits. She was a coed
'at the University of Michigan, from
which she was graduated, and IN
which she is still so interested. She
likes co-educational colleges and be-
lieves they give one a broader out
slook on life in its more human as
spects.
: Mrs. Vandenberg. does not believe
altogether in letting George do it,
but she thinks that woman can be
Aof as much assistance to her husband
.in public life, without going on the
shostingS, or taking an active speak
ing part in political campaigns. But
-she saws she admires immensely some
women who do that sort of thing
successfully.
Out in the great open spaces where
wwomeH's clubs thrive, and where they
care such a vital part of all progress
ssiye movements, Mrs. Vandenberg, is
sin great demand as a Speaker-she
Mwould doubtless say as talker, Tor
sshe takes on just a conversational
Stone when addressing an audience
sand rather likes when some one
Ebreaks in with a question or some
sapropos observation. When met in
= the drawing room she irnpresses one
with the eternal feminine, handsome
dainty, vivacious, wears her clothes
well, smokes and is a good listener
= She reads five newspapers day and
ALWAYS takes a look at the Congress
: sional Record.
: She finds that a ma Jorlty OF the
assemblies she is asked to talk to in
her home State, have lively inter-
est in what goes on in Washington
TlrSC manu- lIllOl POAASA~S' ~
acietv. departmental activities and all
those little happenings that throw
sidelight-not in the newspapers, on
. life in the Capital.
Senator Vandenberg is member OF
= the Foreign Relations Committee
athev dine out a good deal and she
finds that dinner contacts are often
the pulse of domestic and interna-
tional issues. It's not what one says
it's the way they look when they say
it. So the folks at home want TO
know how a state dinner at the
White House differs from other oftl-
cial entertainments; may one speak
to the President or Mrs. Roosevelt
before he is spoken tor is there
! court etiquette about addressing
them? 1t may all sound common
= place to those of the official life, but
2 to thousands of men and women
throughout the country, it is often
very little happening or impression
gained that may prejudice consid-
cradle vote. A majority Of the voters
sof the United States do not under
stand the tariff, for instance-Who
does-it's a more or less elective sub
ject.
Senator Vandenberg, until he came
To the Senate. was editor and pub
Usher of newspaper in Grand
Rapids, but Mrs. Vandenburg was
interested in newspapers before she
knew the Senator. She has had
rather wide experience with women
through her newspaper work. She
came in daily contact with hundreds
of them when she conducted a sort
Z of career bureau in the woman's de-
partment of a large Western paper,
sWhere women and girls consulted her
kabout jobs and professions, and just
sWhat they could do for a livelihood
with the qualifications they may have
Fad but not used
Perhaps one of the first successful
ahridge teachers in this country was
started on her career by Mrs. Van
.denberg. An interesting case and one
zof her first clients A woman who
had spent much time in Alaska and
-who, during the long twilight of that
tcold climate, had played cards great
sdeal-there was little amusement out
aside, but when things went bad she
areturned to the States with no money
sand nothing to do After talking to
sher, Mrs. Vandenberg asked her why
aShe did not teach bridge? The sug-
sgestion was followed, and this person,
ain an entirely new field in Chicago,
Smade a first-claSs living, means
asdopted by hundreds of women today.
Z Members of the British Parliament
Care entitled to the floor privileges in
ethe Congress here, but since Senator
sRobinson of Arkansas was hauled
Rover the Goals for escorting Sir Ron
sald Lindsay, British Ambassador, on
sthe floor of the Senate, foreign visi-
tors have been a bit wary of accepting
the hospitality.
The other day Sir Arthur Steele
Maitland, M. P, former British min
lister of labor and sometimes parlia-
mentary secretary to the Board of
Trade, visited the Capitol with fell
alow member of Parliament, but they
-discreetly sat in the diplomatic gal
slery and looked down on their Ameri-
acan peers.
< Sir Arthur seemed immensely in
kterested in the tariff debate-its in
his line He will be remembered as
pdelightful visitor to these shores last
sFAll when accompanied by Sir Will
fliam Beveridge, NJ P, he visited sew
eeral of the conservation camp, and
swent back home and talked about
sthem. He has written a good deal
Aon social and constitutional subjects
sWhen here last october, Sir Ar
sthur participated more or less Off
acially in the British debt discussion.
= This time Sir Arthur was accom-
,.panied by Mr.. Arthur Hugh Elsdale
eMolson. MP, sometime president of
athe oxford Union, also writer on
spolitical subjects, and member of
sthe Athenaeum Club, that famous
sLondon club, where only the elect can
eenter.
7 Having once won Pulitzer Prize