The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-14
Inside
Washington
BY HELEN ESSARy

stances you will find close bv IN.
Great, Big, Strong, Wonder .1l
Fellow the Little Woman ~ ~. az
species working away to s N we
cut her husbands career
Proper helpmates are tba,.
tactful, discerning, industrioS S.
wives. AS I watch them wo r.tGus
while they play and playing Will.
they work, my Lily Dache no, ,t'
war model, is off to then, pO w.
and all. ''' one
seldom accented by appIsus.
and orchids is the role of tho e'r WIS
OF a man in public life. CMy Fre gl,s
great aunt once said, Being anp
mans vile is a hard way for
woman to earn a living."D
Be that as it may. in if Cam.
way, the wife of public n,as
mas to be a combination of FTa '
oappho, the Mother of the Gracbbi'
Portia, Horatius at the Bridge
/ Polyanna, General Houseworkssrr'
5ouo speaker, Soft Voice PubNr
Relations Expert, Gree Vsia t
and a Witch Doctor. She nne s'
be unobtrusive and watchful Sbs
must must know all and forgive all
She must be Patient Griselds s a
a Minute Man. She must be ever ls
lastlngly on the job. And whis
oeing all these things she must
refrain, in a moment of too ore ast
understanding, from heaving tbe
grand piano at her hero '''
I've got facts to prove INV
theme. Begin at the American ton
begln with Mrs. Roosevelt. She's
MIR MIR. RooSevelt's Number One Bow
ohe's the travelling salesman Of
MS administration. If you belong
70 the school that thinks she trav,
els too much. no matter-this is
a travelling era. You've got TO
keep moving if it's saving or con.
querlng the world you're bent on
Mrs. Cordel Hull makes the
sehcleman Who made the Moscow
conference click, her complete "a.
reer. She watches his diet and
his rest hours, she receives in.
formally assorted personalities
from all parts of the world She
used to give big parties in the
grand way before the war,
When the Judge, as some Of
Mr.. Hulrs old friends call him.
was a congressman running for
office, Mrs. Hull went with him
on campaign trips up mountains
and across creeks. Sometimes she
heard him make the same speech
six times day. The wives Of most
men holding elective offices listen
to|the same husbandly peroratons
over and over again and criticise
and approve as they listen,
Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg,
wife of the Michigan senator, is
another good wife who is always
on the tip of her toes in her hus.
bands interests. Wherever Mrs,
Vandenberg goes, it is Old Homo
Week. Or you think it is. Dozens
of friends spring up, Democrats
and Republicans, with Hazel
how wonderful to see you again.
And before you can say "con'
stituent," Mrs. Vandenberg has
increased her husbands popular.
ty with her own war intelligent
enthusiasm.
Wives of public men have 10 be
'joiners. They must belong 10
both intellectual and honey Or
CARNATIONS and be ready at any
time to whip up a fruit cake cf0
Chef a jacket for a new BABY OF
dash off an essay.
Wives have got to be name re-
memberers. When the husband l0E-
gets whether the man wno mas
just clasped his hand is Dr. jones'
president of the medical SocIe,
ty, or Mr.. Smith, secretary o.
the county fair, the wife mus
prompt with a "Oh, how do you
90, DR.. Jones. I hear you ieau
wonderful paper on flat les.
last Tuesday three weeks ago
| Wives of pu.;ic men have 10 1--we
constituents and smile at 'neln
until the face is about to cFs's
in two. They must entertain anu
entertain and never show INN
of boredom. They must tote w,
ers to the top of the Washlna'Yn
monument on sightseeing trlos =.
bear the most unchic woman i.
the entire district to the HI ".
chic party in Washington Il U'
moment demands. ..;..
Wives must adore state SoIiv
ties and know every officer III 1,' Wv
parent-teacher organizations l"m
must hear no scandals, know IN
dark deeds. They must peAeYsJ,
openly, only the best OF one an
all and manufacture a httle guY'
if none exists-especlally as ei''
ton day approaches. ,ondd /
Mrs. Robert Taft is spIellG..s
example of a smart wife. The WI" !
of the Ohio senator Is arnus anS
and friendly and can make a gD.,
speech herself to pinch MT 10r IN
husband. Able Mrs. Bennett Cnamf
Clark, wife of the Missouri S r,ifs
tor, is another example Oh | her
who has given support 10 vi, n
husband. So is Mrs. Lister la
lovely wife of the senator ,5 nth
Alabama, and Mrs. D. N0,~
Clark, who helps keep Idaho s a,its
torial constituents pleased %,%
her husband. Mrs. Allen Barh ss,
has aided her husbands cass =,
in Kentucky and in WASHINGTON
ma ior;tv leader of the senate |