The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-08

ing circles and missionary So
cities. sometimes she attended o
dance, but seemed 10 spend more
time talking 10 the cider people
on the sidelineg thai she did
dancing.
In fact, you got the impress
sion that The0 Cobb was the
OldsfashiOned type who kept On
putting her hair up In curl-pa.
pers after the other girls had
gone in for permanents, the
type who kept on with music
lessons long after the other
girls had discarded anything
regarding real concentration, for
radio ana the phOn0gFaph.
II was at about this stage that
Theo met All Landon. She was
then 81, lust on the verge Of be-
coming q spinster. All was ~, o
WidoWer with O daughter 10 years
old. His first wife, Margaret
Fleming Of OH City, Penn, had
died shortly after the birth OF
Peggy Anne.
EcOnOrnizer
Landon was O coming young
man In Kansas politics, at that
time campaign manager for
Clyde Reed, whom he helped elect
governor OF Kansas, defeating
John M. Hamilton, his present
campaign manager, for the re-
publican nomination.
Hamilton at that time was the
pupil and heir Of Dave Mulvai1e,
famous political boss Of Kansas,
and Theo Cobb's father was presi-
dent Of the National Bank Of To-
peka, generally known 90 the
"DaVe MuIVane Bank" Thee,
however, accompanied All on one
or two short auto trips while ne
was campaigning against Haff1ils
ton, and shortly after the CAM
paign, married him.
When they were married,
some Of the neighb0rs said:
"Well, ATS gone and married
himself o rich girl again"
(TheO'S father left abOut $780,.
900 10 her and her mother when
he died. LandOn's personal for
tune IL estimated at about
SSOO,OOO.) But aS wife Of the
governor Of Kansas, Mrs. Lam
don turned out 10 be o more
rigid eCOnOmIzer than her hts
band.
She asked the Kansas legisia-
ture 10 cut the annual appro-
priation for the governors man.
sion from $1,000 TO 1920, and has
been careful TO consult the budget
officer TO make sure that certain
things she needed-improycment
TO the house, garden, extra ser.
wants, etcI-cafne within authors
lied items.
FisherWOnnan
As O housewife, Mrs. Landon Is
equal to any occasion. At the
Estes Park ranch this summer,
she once found herself with no
meat In the house and some TN.
expected guests arriving. 30 she
sent the colored cook out TO fish.
He had no luck, nor did some Of
the men on the ranch.
"FInaIIy," says Mrs. LandOn,
n decided TO try my luck, and
In o few minutes had two nice
rainbow trout for our dinner"
Mrs. Landon has done oil the
entertaining required Of q gover-
nor's wife, but without spiurgirg.
She has given many teas and
small dinners, with on occasional
large reception. These ore held
In the ugly, gabIed and cupola-ed
mansion which Kansas supplies
It's governors, with furniture that
Henry Mencken describes as "early
Bismarck.
Mrs. Landon Is O gracious hos
tess, has the knack Of making her
guests feel OF home, and frequent
ly plays the harp or piano for
them. Before she married, Bh0
was O fneticulous student OF both
instruments, practicing one hour
before her teacher arrived and one
hour afterward. AS her teacher,
Caroline Whittelsey, grew old,
Theo also spent considerable time
driving her to her various appoint
fnentS around Topeka.
Nancy 10
Mrs. Landon entertains the resi-
dents Of Topeka's old ladies' home
once o year at tea, and when
Nancy Josephine, aged four, ceie-
brates her birthday, the children
from the city orphanage are In
Vited.
Nancy 10 was born In 1892,
the same year that All won the
republican nomination and de-
feated Governor WOOdrlng, who
was running for reelection.
That also was the year when
Roosevelt was swept into the
White House, and LandOn be-
came the only republican COVER
nor west Of the Hudson river.
Thee Cobb has bloomed as O
wife and mother, and the neigh
bors In Topeka say they never
would recognize the girl who used
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