The Washington times., 1936-08-26
NOW
Women Failure
In Politics
GOOD ON JURY
By HELEN EssARY

Anyhow-"Knock! Knock" IT.
Minnie, Minnie are called bu
Phooie are chosen"
And "Lemke Call You Sweet
heart" is also coy.
When Harvard College, in cele
brating its three hundredth birth
day, announced that it would ad
NIT Indians but not LADIES,
wondered, as I do ever so often
If the emancipation of women
Is the success we pretend it is.
Are, for instance women prov
ing themselves a blessing in poll
tics?
I asked two men, Democrat
and a Republican, this question
Both men are important in Their
parties. Both gave about the
same answer-in brisk whisper
"No!"
Then both said, in different
offices, of course:
For heavens sake, don't
quote me! The ladies are run,
ming around in circles this fall,
thinking they're saving the ma
ton. So keep my secret. Women
are a failure in politics."
Both parties seem to give
them honOrs," / replied feebly.
Call tn e m hOnOrS, if you
must. But mostly they work out
as nuisances for the professional
politician"
This was the burden of both
gentlemen's unflattering opinion
Women can't be trusted in an
emergency-not in politics anyhow
Oh, no. They don't steal or bride
But they go feminine on you. They
keep thinking of themselves as
''the dear little woman" If they
are six feet tall and have the
strength of a New York tug boat
they're "the dear little woman
to themselves.
It isn't necessary for them to be
masculine and aggressive. Spare
me from that kind Of female
But they've been voting and work
ing long enough to realize that
they can't ask for special consid'
Grafton because they're women
That politics is a sexlesS business
is better word. Therefore It's
time women stopped being afraid
that men are going to be too
personal" Whatever that is. If
women knew how few of them ever
inspired a man to be personal,
as they call it, they'd be inSulted
Answering my question in a phrase
both gentlemen concluded about
like this: Until women learn that
the Job is more important than
the individual and that the test
for success is achievement-not
whether the worker is man OF
a woman-they'd better go back
to their knitting and cook books.
Which brings me to this subject
do women darn nowadays? How
many women have a darning bag
a darning egg or even darnlne
needle?
Maybe I don't know many Fine
Housewives-but I haven't heard
the word darn" used except In
a conversational explosion since
prohibition and bath-tub gin came
into American folklore.
Women in public life got severa.
kind words from person &c
least have expected applause
Judge, a very distinguished judge
This Daniel came to Judg
ment" feminine, wouldn't ot
quoted. Campaign year caution
overlook him, too. But he SPOKE
out freely if anonymously.
"WOmen are better jurors
than men," he said, taking off
his spectacleS and relaxing from
the judicial pose. "MOSt men
are too cOcky. Successful men,
particularly, are too opinion
ated. too sure of themselves.
They are almost certain to de-
eide before the testimony is all
in whether a prisoner is guilty
or innocent. 1 could mention
several highly regarded bank
presidents and brokers and law
vers I've hated to have on my
jurieS.
"a woman-a public woman
nr a hOuSekeeper-iS slow to de-
eide on acquittal or punish
ment. Regardless of that fem
mime intuition you hear about,
She waits until she's heard all
the evidence and then, troubled
and anxious, she comes to a
final decision. like women to
sit on my juries."
Westinghouse
DR.. George F. Zook, chairman
of the National Council on Edu
cation, and his wife met in thei
college days at the University O.
Kansas. Mrs. Zook shares he
husbands interest in education
She reads lectures, and contrib
utes to journals upon educationa
subjects. DR.. and Mrs. zook'
home is the gathering place O.
many young men and women stu
dents.
Mrs. Charles H. March, wife O.
the Federal Trade Commissioner
does not go in for civic and clul
lan.. cictnns NHf.e