The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-01

charm or both parents, nei priSing amount of common
 The other Roosevelt children have Q long way to 60 before they wear off the rough edges, but Anna makes up for Q lot Of their shortcomings.
 Probably tho best criterion by which Co appraisc any woman, whether she lives ln Q tenement or sits in the seats Of Che mighty, is her children. Rhls. ing children in the White HOuge may lack Che physical disad- advantages Of . tenement, but in some respects it is harder.
 Anna's chief problem during the two yoars-sistle and Bussie lived there was to keep them from thinking they occupied a position more favored than others. With newspapers constantly publishing their pictures, with every adult turning to stare at them on the street, with other children whis- pefing about them m school this was no easy job.
 Her Own Nurse
 How well Anna succeeded will not be known for years to come. But she worked at it hnrd. No school morning passed during those very busy social days, with out Anna, no matter how lato she had been up the night before, coming down to breakfast with her children ct 0:i6, driving them to school herself. A secret service man accompanied them, but their mother both delivered and collect- ed them daily.
 Now that they have left the White House and gone to live in New York, Anna has laid down the rule that as far as. she can control it, sistie and Buzeie are to sink completely out of the the public eye and become normal, everyday children, caring for less for the fact that their grandfather IS president of the United States than for chocolate ice cream with inarshmallow sauce.
 THAT IS WHY SHE WILL NOT EVEN LET HER MOTHER MENTION A WORD ABOUT eISTIE AND BUzzIE IN PRESS CONFERENCES.
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 The two years which Anna Dall (her name ct that time) spent In the White House were not particularly happy ones, al. though on the surface they seemed to Do.
 She was, naturally, the most sought-after young woman in Washington, and there were few functions of any importance to which she was not invited. She attended many, always made friends, remembered names, was never shy. Hauteur was not in her makeup. She had no airs or affectations.
 However, there was a strain un- derneath at oil, because she was living with her husband and yet did not have Q divorce.
 At the age of i0, Anna had married Curtis B. Dall, Q very polite and pleasant young man, who made a good appearance and worked reasonably hard. It was one of those adolescent infatua- tons that did not take. Dall was sedentary, Anna was on the qui vive every moment.
 Even before her father was elected, Q divorce obviously was in Che Oeflng. Ann took the campaign trip with her father,
 but without Dall. And after the ROOsevelts entered tho White House, Dall came down for only an occasional weekend visit. It. was easy t0 see that Anna was chiefly waiting for the publicity following her brothers divorce to wane before going out to Reno.
 This she finally dId, before her father wanted her to, but with the complete approval of her mother, who always has contended that the children must make theiF own lives."
 Economical Anna
 In making her own life. Anna has made considerable money through radio broadcasting and magazine articles. But she has a most frank and naive way oi admitting when she is broke.
 Embarking on Q train from Boston to Washington, she found that the conductor had set aside a drawing room for her.
 sThe Presidents daughter can't ride in lower berth," he said, feeling certain there had been Q mistake.
 But Anna was equally certain there was no mistake, and opened up her purse to prove 1t.
 "I've got exactly $a.Ss here" she said. 'Tf you want to give
 me a drawing room for that I'm
 perfectly satisfied"
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