Evening star., 1935-10-20
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.


There is so much politics and polit-
ical activity in Washington this Fall
that even the voteless inhabitants of
the District are becoming enthused,
and one would almost think they were
enfranchised citizens and had every
right in the world to be taxed with
out their consent, as we'll as to help
in the upkeep of the millions OF dol
lars worth of untaxable property with
which they share their budget. or
course, these voteless inhabitants are
allowed to go before congressional
committees. but when they do they
feel like a poor man at the least
untold riches spread out before them
Of which they are not invited to par
take. And then one meets them at
political clubs and gatherings OF all
kinds. They like to be in the know.
Judging from the intensive plan
ming and energy of the Democratic
and Republican women's clubs. not
only here but throughout the States,
the 1886 campaign is already on and
the women are working to fill their
own Golfers while the men are sweat
ing over the question of raising
money. OF course the women are
doing it in their own way: Card
parties. luncheons, teas, dinners and
what not. but the money is coming
in and they remember about the little
drops of water and the little grains of
sand and about that tiny mouse that
gnawed the rope and freed the big
lion-in this case it's the donkey and
the elephant.
Speaking of donkeys, so gross of
donkey banks were ordered by Mrs.
James H. Wolfe, chairman of the
women's division of the Democratic
National Committee, and they went
so fast that she has now ordered 100
gross additional. She says the women
are asking no money for the national
division. but are leaving the money in
the towns, counties and districts OF
the States. The harvest of pennies and
dimes has begun, and she found in the
Middle West, where she recently
spoke. that the children were taking
an interest in putting pennies in the
donkey-maybe they, too. know little
bit about the social security act, and
that the money has to stay put.
Judging from a table full of dom
keys in the womens division head
quarters in the National Press Build
ing. Mrs Wolfe is waiting for the last
roundup. Silver donkeys for Sen
ator Burton Wheeler and others OF
the Western States; gold donkeys for
the Wall streets of the East; blue
donkeys for bright skies and happy
days are here again; green donkeys
for the big harvests of the Fall, and
brown donkeys for the magnificent
tobacco crops that are rolling in. BY
the way figures show that in the past
two years women have smoked more
cigarettes than men-how about cock
tails?
Not to be outdone by those donkeys
Mrs. William Fitch Kelley. president
of the Women's National Republican
Club-she of the charming, delight
full, peppy. peppery personality who
can almost persuade an old dyed-in-
the-wool Democrat to become a Re-
publican, so keen is she in argument
and Republican propaganda. pulled
off wonderful stunt at Republican
rally lately when she presented to the
audience a pretty little girl of II
years who is so enthusiastically in.
terested in seeing the party win in
1886. that she contributed-unSought
her dollar to start the ball rolling
for the children's part in the cam
paign.
Gov. George H. Earle of Pennsyl-
vania, World War hero and sometime