Show MEET THE WIFE washington gets busy again and so do capitals Capi matrons matrona congress rON GRESS opening opening brings fashing tail kofl officialdom ici aldom into the U i spotlight once more unseen guiding hand behind the of many a legislator and diplomat is his wife who must in in her aver average a go day be three places places at once 1 scattering her husbands calling cards in high p places 0 aces or showing his constituents the capitol capital 2 watching him in the his gallery 3 being his housewife and inspiration at home she must be amazingly well informed yet dis creet enough not to divulge secrets her job is a tough one I 1 y texas idov gov IV lee odaniel OU aniel introducing mrs franklin D Rooi roosevelt evelt said of her husband any good things he may have done are due to her and any mistakes are due to his not taking the mat ter er up with his bis wife mrs roose belts answer was quite truthful A presidents wife see her husband often enough to tell him what to do mrs hrs william E borah wife of ida hos famed senator knows her husband takes his bis pleasures sadly I when an invitation comes to a lovely dinner I 1 just sit down and say fay mr and mrs borah borab regret but it if the he invitation is to a lovely luncheon I 1 write mrs borah accepts with much pleasure she carries the fa fam milis ilys social burden 7 M V mrs james A parley faricy another cabinet wife seldom sees her husband these days day of her job she says it has meant that I 1 have learned to 0 be in two places at once wash logton and new york fork almost at the same time it has meant conform ing to official formality v washington has its beauties above Is mrs millard tydings wife of the maryland senator whose charms helped win many a vote in 1036 1936 when the senator faced the so called spurge issue mrs airs john nail naciye e garner shown with her fier famous husband has been his wife and secretary 40 years she says of his many visitors th the e problem is to handle them hem so that even though mr garner cant see them go away knowing he would have been glad to see them it if he could and to be ot of service to them mrs garner knows her husband dislikes formality J 1 1 4 0 4 mrs edward R burke of nebraska has done much to boost her hus bus bands popularity in the senate phe no cnally mcnally she can manage a morn ing committee meeting preside over a large luncheon sightsee sight see with visitors until 4 p V m and serve a buffet supper for 25 prepared with her own hands ashes president of the congressional club W I 1 A public officials wife must be abl able to look interested at t any time and anc any place mrs cordell hull bove above can sit for hours hour at a stretch retell in i a tiff stiff back chair listening to speeches mrs hazel wife of the th michigan senator Is similarly en dowed 7 another beauty is mrs harry wood ring alfe of the secretary of war her greatest gift to her guiliand hui bus liand bands career Is just being sweet and pret ty that really means quite a bit I 1 you know a J washington wives in the senate gallery |