The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-11
Michigan in
Washington
By ESTER V. ". TUFTY

NOW tnat the fresiuent IL Dacki
Mrs. Truman will soon come on
from the Summer White House"
In Independence, Mo. Her arrival
viii mark the real beginning Of her
regime as First Lady.
Therell be a rush to see her.
She doesn't have what society edi-
tors call "a host Of friends. yet the
Trumans are friendly folk and have
been in Washington since 1884.
Besides. Bess Truman 10 the kind
OF woman everyone knows because
she's recognized as the personifoa-
ton OF the Average American ma
tron In better than average income
bracket. r-s
You see. Bess Truman might be
you or me,
Many a American woman has
said to herself. This might have
happened TO me-" OF course, she'll
add q lot of 'if's". If her John
had been more interested In poll
tics than per, rs hardware. But
In Bess Trui she sees herself
suddenly IT, lanted into the
White House. With its $50. 900 kit
chen, stan OF 20 servants and the
Great OF the world entering the big
front door. So,
II Mrs. Truman wrote a diary
column, she could answer all these
questions Mrs. America is asking:
How does IL seem to have butler?
Do you miss the privileges of
private citizen and resent secret
service guards? Do you like to
here, There goes the First Lady?
Can you take in your stride nasty
remarks made about the President
when you realize they are made
about your Harry? Would you
seek revenge on that little woman
back home who had been irritating
you for years!
The story Of Bess Truman Is .
familiar one. She grew up on the
right side OF the tracks In q mid
dlesired town In the middle OF
America. Neither rich nor poor,
she had an adeQupte education top
ped of with trimmings at Barstow
School for Girls. Her friends were
teaching school while their hus
bands were overseas in World War
|. So did she. e
When her Harry, whom she had
known since e=siy Sunday School
days, returned as 35-year-old Ma
jor. they were married on June as.
1919. Detroit and Chicago will al.
ways be their favorite spots be-
cause that's where they honey
mooned. The years that followed
we're filled with the familiar pat,
tern of financial struggles Of young
couples caught In postwar depres-
sion days.
Neither Harry nor Bess Truman
try to belittle their friend, Tom
Pendergast, Missouri's machine
boss. She shares his loyalty to the
man who started him on his po-
litical career. The Humans are
so loyal that they took for granted
people. would understand when the
highly respected Senator attended
Pendergast's funeral.
The best description of Bess Tru-
man has been made by. her devoted
husband. In Chicago, when the
convention mace MIN vice presr
dent, ne" put ms arm ABOUT her
ample waist ana saio, She looks
IKE woman snouid VINO mas Deen
married rs years" And by golly.
mes rieht.
sne is nVe ieet Tour, weighs ABOUT
i4o' ana mas yen ior pIihts. one
wears ner sraying mar piue'rihseu,
IN a SOFT, becoming style. her eyes
are SO oiue tney are almost pierre
ing: one doesh smoke anu she
olsilkes NiVio nan poiish' mrs'
humans not the Kino OIL woman
remembered IN = CROWD
what KIND OF omeiaI hostess
Will Bess truman De! we Know,
as hostess 10 her irienos' sne Whi
not change from the easy money
type women ike. One group most
likely 10 De entertained AT the
Whne house VIII De menSoers OF
the PEG" a cultural ana educa'
tonal organization OF Wnicn MRS.
Truman Is member.
AS hostess, she VIII nave one
handicap-she doesn't look ike a
First Lady. But her burning De
sire not TO fail the President and
her naturalness Will make her
stand the test OF entertaining the
Great and the near Great.
Though Emily Post says what 8
served at party shouldn't De men
toned, the food At the White House
VIII be better. certainly tne sam
pies were more dehclous tnan the
women OF the press nad lasted lor
20 years at the tea MIS-. truman
gave Tor them early IN ner resime.
She must nave Drought some Oh ner