Evening star., 1948-06-22

were plenty far out last night, bu
you never would have guessed it i
you had watched her without listen
ing to her speech. She waved thai
arm like a ballerina, and with every
wave, the charm on her wrist swung
and cleaned in the Kleig lights like
dewdrop in the sun. 1t was 9
kind of artistry that Gov, Green
knew nothing about, which is prob
ably just as well.
Mencken Has His Claws Out.
2. don't want to seem to pick
on Gov. Green. but the second thing
that stuck in my mind was Henry
Mencken's comment on that gentle
man. He said he thought the Gov
ernor, who has a clean, precise air
looked as though he would make a
very competent bartender. He
would keep the glasses SO nicely
stacked" said Mr. Mencken. proving
Mrs. Luces weren't the only claws
out yesterday.
3. A foolish impression was New
York Times reporter who seemed
to spend the entire time that Car
roll Reece was talking in, reading
Little orphan Annie. One strip!
While in the same time, a fellow
from the Boston Globe read a whole
page of funny papers and started
on the crossword puzzle!
4. The slow, hesitant-but COM
| IN{@
crowd in the auditorium came te
its feet as the Metropolitan James
Melton reared back at microphone
and cut loose with the Glory, Glory
/ Hallelujah' part of the Battle
Hymn of the Republic.
5. The fact that Katchaturian'!
"Saber Dance appears to be one
of the favorite songs of the Con.
vention Hall Band. What will the
Kremlin. which already has con-
'demned the Soviet composers music
for its decadence, have to say about
that?
Side Show Worth Price.
OF course the side-shoW-the stun
that goes on around town outside
Convention Halls always worth
the price of admission. One cab
driver today was offering to bet
anything that the ticket selected
here would turn out to be Gov
Dewey and Gov. Warren. in that
order. He said he had overheard
this from two previous passengers
of his-passengers so important
that their very identity seemed to
be a sort of military secret to him
None of the bunch Of us riding at
that time offered to take his bet
He seemed so darned sure!
One interesting thing is the at
tempts of the various candidates tc
get their names on the kind of ar
ticle people are likely to carry
around with them. Gov. Dewey has
his name on a paper shopping bag
very popular with a lot of women
here. Senator Taft has his on q
cardboard fan, even more SO.
Ford Gets in the Licks.
The candidates incidentally aren't
the only ones who are getting II
their advertising licks in Philadel-
phia this week. Some of the luckle1
delegates we're transported to the
hall today in a brand-new feet OF
49 Fords.
Conventions have always, OF
course, attracted unlikely people
as we'll as unlikely things. None
of the oldtimers seemed surprised
by the fact that this Republican
session has attracted James A
Farley, Leon Henderson and Nor
man Thomas. These men prob
ably know very well what they are
doing here.
Not all OF the outcasts are so
lucky, however. There was. for
instance, the little man standing
out In the middle of Gov. DeWey's
headquarters this afternoon.
II don't feel like I ought to be
here" he kept saying to anybody
who came along. I'm a Demo-
crat."
Nobody paid any attention at all.