Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-14 | Page 12 | Women First in G. O. P. Scene

WOMEN FIRST FIRSTIN IN IM G GI n 0 O O. O ft 1 n P SCENE ir By MARGUERITE YOUNG Associated Press Staff Writer CHICAGO STADIUM June 14 JP IF Women were first today today today-at at least in making appearances on on this g gar gar- scene of the thc Republican national national na na- na t onal convention Four of the thc nations nation's foremost politico po po- social social figures figure Alice Alice Roosevelt Longworth Dolly Curtis Gann Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms and Eleanor Eleanor Elea Elea- nor Patterson Patterson headed headed the thc host of notable women who were on the whole first comers to the vast audi audio And it was these four who claimed the spotlight and at once took attention attention atten atten- tion away from the of opening convention formalities Women Women Wo Woo men of the voting Republicans on the floor too were in their places early Mrs Gann in a dark costume w walked around the thc stadium with a woman of the national committee before before be be- fore taking her place with her husband hus hus- band Edward Everett Gann in a box just lust opposite the platform To reporters reporters re re- re porters eager er for developments in Mrs Ganns Gann's active campaigning for lor forthe forthe the of her brother Vice President Charles Curtis the stalwart stalwart stal stale wart Kansan smilingly assured all right Well We'll be beall beall beall all right Princess Alice apparently fell Inline in inline line Une to make the rounds of the horseshoe horseshoe horseshoe horse horse- shoe of red plush boxes where sat the notables who long have chatted over the stories of social antagonism between between be be- tween Mrs Longworth and Mrs 1 Gann Mrs Simms neither Simms-neither neither a delegate nor alternate but the center of one of yesterdays yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yes yes- shows for women who backed her campaigns for the house and senate sen sen- ate was ate was with the working press For ForMark ForMark ForMark Mark Hannas Hanna's daughter has a couple of at newspapers of or her own in nearby Rockford Ill and she was covering for tor them