Evening star., 1937-02-14

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laugh from the members, but II
cold and penetrating, watch your step,
for she is quick on the trigger and
there are some things that you have
to smile when you say them. She asks
no quarter on account Of her sex, and
gives none.
Mrs. Norton Went Twice to the
Races and Lost Both Times.
Mrs. Norton is not a fairy god
mother who can wave her wand and
Immediately all the blessings of JUS
tee the citizens of the District nave
long sought for would spring up, but
q godmother who is trying in season
and out to bring the Congress to rec
ognize it owes real duty to hundreds
of disfranchised men and women OF
the District who share the burdens
of taxation-without representation.
It was she who introduced H. r. 3022,
the racing bill in the House. The
amusing thing is that she never at
tended but two races in all her lie and
when asked if she had ever bet on
the races. she said: Twice, and lost
both times" So it is with no sporting
spirit that she is sponsoring the race
track bill, but simply that it will bring
much needed revenue-she says $780,
900 annuaIly-to the District Golfers
and help to do away with illicit gam
bling, of which there is plenty.
When Representative Bates OF
Massa achusetts-sometime Mayor OF
Salem, the beautiful, old, historic
town of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the
House of Seven Gables'-intimateo
at a recent hearing of the committee
that the racing bill was being rushed
through, it was then that Nine
Chairman's eyes flashed fire as she
declared that there was less politics
in the District Committee than any
other committee of the House" Prl-
vately she has sometimes expressed
herself as being very weary after i
fight for some District measure and
has even thought of accepting the
Craftsmanship Of a committee where
she would not have to give so mucr
hard work. She is the first woman
however. to hold a craftsmanship in
either branch Of the Congress, and
says she feels it a forward step foI
women, and that it is imperative as a
duty toward her sex that she make the
Job an outstanding one. 1t requires
executive ability. a knowledge d
parliamentary procedure and delicats
diplomacy. Of the latter she is past
master.
Women in Public Life Have Yen
For Domestic Duties.
1t is wonderful what yen the ma
jority of women in public life have
for the womanly and domestic duties
of a home and freside. Men fire.
quently think of them as longing for
and glorying in the life Of the big
business world where they can be in
the know; it is found. however
that this is not the case with large
number Of women, but necessity that
has sent them forth. II is found
that a large majority of women legis-
lators in this country went into poll
tics, for instance, to work for some
long cherished ideal or a desire to
benefit their sex. As an example of
domesticity, Mrs Norton just now is
chuckling over having her old cook
with her in her apartment where she
keeps house. To go home after a
hard day at the Capitol and sit down
to her own table and toast her toes
by her own fireSide! She says she
has thought how gorgeous it would
be to have house in Washington,
and bring all her own things-things
the most comprehensive word in the
English language. What visions of
cherished treasures it brings forth:
Comfortable old chairs, beds, dining
tables around which ones chosen
friends and loved ones have sat;
those thin old silver spoons and the
china teacups-and books and pic
lures. How about an old red brick
house somewhere with garden and
box hedges and trees? There are some
left.
America is not alone suffering from
devastating floods as the southern
shires of England, Dovan, Hampshire,
Sussex and Kent are having their
trouble and while the inundation has
been nothing to compare to the flooded
districts here, hunting and racing is
at standstill-or rather has been for
several weeks in those southern coun-
ties of England. Col. Matt Winn,
general manager at Churchill Downs,
does not expect the Kentucky Derby
to be postponed on account of the
floods at Louisville. The track was
damaged only slightly by the flood
and the colonel reports that already
six stables are at the Downs, with
the horses away every morning The
devastation at Louisville and in that
vicinity has been terrible Ambas-
sador Bingham came over from Eng
land to help out with the problems