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Show I Wives of Politicians I Advised to Get Bttsyj Those Who Shrink From Party Battle Are Very Apt to Be Mates of "Lame Ducks" After Election I BY CAROLYN VAXCT. i special Correspondent of the SUincl- j nr!-Kxaniliier. (Copyright. 1922. by the Standard- Examiner J W ashington-. May 20 WlVI stattamen, both the frivolous social butterflies and the timid -hnnklng domestic drudges, arc warned that unless they get out and actlvelj Lid i in their husband' political campaigns, H they are quite apt to become the wives of lame duckfl. H They are still blinking over the sneotaculai manner n which Mrs. Oir-1 Oir-1 ford Plnchot helped her husband H achieve a most aBtoumilng triumph I over a powerful ring Onlj th Witt I of a politician can truly understand i just what it was th Plnchots were up against 'n Pennsylvania Mr-. Plnchot It unipcd the state asking women to make her husband the Republican nominee, for governor. And whit s more they did. Fven the rlnp polltlC- lann conceded that Plnrhofs victory iras a "personal triumph" und that he ' able to capitalize the .nthiisdam of the newly enfranchised voters." Vo-I Vo-I men political worker- In every State are pointing to the Plnchot victory M an example of what the wife of a V Politician can accomplish. ! -You can't expect women to get out and work for your husband If I vou arc not willing to work for him "yourself." Is the point that women Dolltlcal workers are seeking tactfully To Impress upon wives of politicians SOCIAL CROWD STARTLED Women workers are particularly - miffed with the attitude of a wile of a senator who Is up for re-ejection In one of the eastern states. Before I'' her recent marriage tlv wile u is a M member of the Cave Dweller clan, the I Very conservative, very exclusive old residential set of the capital made famous by Mark Twain Inhcrltantly opposed to participation hy women In public life of any form this senators' wife haa consistently refused to have anything to do with her husband's II On the other hand at the last week- ly luncheon of senators' wives In the marble room of the capltol one of them announced that she was going to undertake un-dertake the management of her bus band's campaign for re-election thisj summer. The other senators' wives I were aghast at the idea and flutter-, lngly plied her with hows and whys B and whats. Up until the present It was thought that the proper way to "make" a husband was to engage in social intrigue, angle about for lnvl-Li lnvl-Li tatlona that would advance one's social so-cial position Now it is realized that If social position has precious little influence in-fluence where politic" are concerned They are all eager to help their hus-U hus-U bands but are scared stiff at the prospect pros-pect of actually participating In the broil of a political campaign. I. F AB VUl AUIjl' The budding statesman of the future fu-ture no doubt will seek a Wife Who has the gift of gab that can be utilized to advantage in a political campaign. Courses In public sp aklnsr will be as necessary a household economics and drawlngroom manners in the "flnish-f "flnish-f tag" of the future wife of a statea-I statea-I man. At any rate women ought to be good at kissing babies Since the time of the Duchess of Queensbury who kissed a butch-r In I the heat of her husband's political campaign British women have been far more active in campaign work than American women. Dady Astor burlng one of her addresses here refuted re-futed how she participated In her hus-jj hus-jj band's campaign for a scat in the British house of commons and stumped stump-ed Plymouth in his behalf He was defeated but the experience Lady Astor obtained and the Impression she m ute on the voters made It easier for In I when she herself, became i candidate. It Is not at all unllkel 'hat Mi cifford Plnchot will achieve a poll-, ileal office of her own some da She in typically B "woman's woman." Tall, wlllowly with tltlan hair, and qnpcnly type, she satisfies women's Idea of the esthetic Her ability to dress up to her type is another trait that gives women peculiar satisfaction Anyway she wears colors that are once a per-fect per-fect blend and yet a perfect contrast with her hair Her gnwrn- arc Individualistic Indivi-dualistic and striking but they are never freakish Though a woman of Wf ilth and unquestioned social position posi-tion he ha. been keenly inti a number of years In the working woman wo-man and particularly In th- National Women's Trade L'nlon league. She was Instrumental In obtaining for 'hem a number of laws that benefit women In industr She is a power in Mie League of Women Voters holding In office of financial chairman MRS: TOO LATE Mrs Harry New nlo made a number num-ber pf speeches In behalf of her hus-toand's hus-toand's candidacy In Indiana before :the primaries In which her husband ' was defeated for re-nomlnatlon. She .-ntered the campaign too late, how-ex how-ex i r, to bo of much help and only be-K.an be-K.an assisting when It was seen the powerful Inroads that Beverldge was making in impressing the women voters. vot-ers. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, xvife or i hi a--s. slant se retarv of the navy, has bad experience in stumping district In the state of New York when her hii-bAnd wanted to go to the legislature legis-lature The pioneer among women electioneers Is Mrs. John A. Logan, now over 80 years old. Mrs, Logan did not make speeches but she took her stand in hotel lobbies and other public placet button holing the voters. DAUOttTBR OF STRATEGY Mrs- Medlll McCormlck. wife of the senator from Illinois, Is one who is quite capable of helping her husband In a political campaign. The daughter daugh-ter of Mark Hanna she was brought up in an atmosphere of political Stratr try At the prepent time she has tak- n upon herself the burden of cham-Ipioning cham-Ipioning the whole Republican congress, tfhe Is going about the country making speeches recounting the achievements of the present session. Mrs. McCormlck McCor-mlck is one of the most active women of the seven who are on the Republican Republi-can national committee. Mrs. McCormlck McCor-mlck has a family, too. a growing family fam-ily at that She has several daughters, daugh-ters, one of whom Is around a year old. Senator Robert LaFollettc of Wisconsin, Wis-consin, has a famlnlne champion In his daughter, Fola LaFolletto Sho Is active in politics in Wisconsin. There are those in Washington who maintain that Mrs Harding i8 the post politician In the White House. "They" claim that It was Mrs Harding's Hard-ing's idea first of all that Mr. Harding should seek the nomination and It was her courage which kept him in the fight. -oo |