The Washington times., 1936-06-13
NOW
No Fair Peeping
At Platform
PLATITUDES
By HELEN ESSARY

OC11dGO1 4SOSNAO w SoAASA
of New York in the lobby OF the
Shoreham Hotel last night with
the prospective Democratic plat
form under his arm.
It was in big yellow envelope
sealed tight. I asked If it would
be possible to see what he thought
would save the nation during the
next four years. He laughed:
"Tf you stage a wrestling
match and follow it with high
way robbery you might find
out"
The Senator from New York,
who is again chairman of the reso'
lutions committee of the Demo
cratic convention, looked calm and
cool in a white linen suit. He was
obviously pleased with life. He
said:
81 see that the Republicans
are talking about social security,
too. That has been my favOrite
child for years"
I have a list of some of the old
reliables to add to my last weeks
suggestions for campaign spell
binders of either party.
"The liberties handed down
by our fOrefatherS."
Humanitarian impulSe!"
"ROckbOund cOaStS!"
"Sunny plainS!"
Administering genius"
"a united 'front.'"
"This is no time for per-
SOnal ambitiOn!"
And the most popular phrase OF
all
'Tn cOncIuSion!"
Those lady orators who shrek
into megaphoneS the heart rend-
ing words "I am woman and
mother" annoy me frightfully.
I've never yet heard man pat
himself publicly on the back with
IT am a man and a father!"
Catherine Curtis, National Di-
rector of Women Investors, In.
corporated, in America, is on her
way from Cleveland to Philadel-
phia. She is going to speak her
mind to the Democrats as she
did to the Republicans. Her
words, and wise words they are
too, will sound something like
this:
Gas women pay more than
five billions of dollars yearly
in State and Federal taxes, it's
high time they demanded
economy in government and
careful spending Of taxpayers
money"
Miss Curtis, when she appeared
before the Senate Finance Com
mittee recently, was the first rep
reSentative of any woman'S organ.
ization to have such hearing.
Notes From Cleveland by Airmail
"The Union Club is the smart
est place for luncheon in town.
Saw the Belgian Ambassador
and Countess van der Straten-
POnthOz, the Robert Low
BacOnS, the William Allen
Whites, Senator Metcalfe, Of
Rhode Island, Representative
Allen Treadway and John Ham
iltOn lunching there.
"MrS. Arthur Vandenberg
Hazel is looking radiantly
happy, the gorgeous Elizabeth
Barbour mrs. Warren Bar
bOur), and the delightful Mrs.
Louis Caldwell were at one
table. By the way, Irene Cald-
well, Dolly Gam and Mr.. Gam
were sitting side by side in the
front row at the Convention
Hall.
"The Chester Bottoms, the
Eugene Meyers, Mrs. McCOOk
Knox and the Merle ThOrpeS
were scattered about the Union
Club at dinner last night.
"The acoustics at the COnven-
tiOn Hall have been terrible. I've
been sitting directly over the
press tables and haven't heard
a word that has been spoken,
even through a megaphOne. 1
could have heard the speeches
better at home over the radio"
The Democratic national COM
mittee paid 500 to a. student at
Yale University for an essay on
"The Supreme Court"
It is not thought that the essay
praised the court too highly.
Lookers-on in Charlottesville re-
port that almost as many dogs as
students graduated at the Univer-
sity of Virginia commencement.
Most of the young men who
marched solemnly up the platform
for their diplomas were followed
by their pets.
Also the B. S. degrees and B. AS
were in ratio of about 81. OBJ
viously the young men at the south
ern university have given up study
ing Latin and Greek, the require
ments for a Bachelor of Arts.
My cornmencementrgoing friend
said also that except in one or two
cases the names of the graduates
were definitely Anglo-Saxon.