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Show (Former President's : Wife In Politics Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Quietly But Actively Engaged En-gaged in Promoting Organization Work Among Democratic Women of Country By CAROLYN VA2ft E Special correspondent f The stand aitl-1 Examiner H .'Copyright, 1D2:- by The Standnrd-Exarr.lncr.) Standnrd-Exarr.lncr.) WABBIKOTON. Jnjy 15. Mm. HH woodrov Wilson la becoming somo-H somo-H thine of a political ptrSpnaffC in h r own right. HHH Quietly hut nevertheless actively, Ghe H hrus i)bon promoting organisation work H uniony Democratic WOtrtOD for SOlilS- H time. Two months ago iio received H the Democratic nntlonal committee Hj women in Washinpton and conferred H With the mon thenr Club nlnns. H The lustrous personalis ot the for- H mt-r " first lndy" Is a decided aeset In H the organization work of the Demo- H trats, but .'hey are not advertising her HI as one of the stars in tno women'. H department. Mrs. Wilt-on, no doubt. would object to exploitation of rhls kind. "Mr?. Wilson Is deeply interested In H organisation work amoni; Democratic H .'i.icn." Ihey have admitted, "and H wc have jJans " but further thnn thai thfi, would not go at Democratic I j ' ''nu.u i ra SU1TLYS OKCWM.Vt. BRAIN H I have never heard Mrs. "Wilson H make u speech, and don't kuov. wheth- H cr 3he Cyer makes one. Her fort.- in politics, it is said, lies in supplying H ,Ujo organizing brains This iiinu- H spins, strong-tealurou woman of unuv- H ual reserve, would Instinctively ilif-- H like the beating of tom-tom.", the , newspaper headlines the not adulu- H tfon of the crowd that is the breath H Jt ilie to the demagogue typo of pol- . H hJciun. inrui or woman. It Is s:ated j H that the secluded atmosphere of the H v . hlte ilcu.'.o during the last admin'- bbLm tratlon was due to her influence That she is destined to be a power, though K silent one. amonir political women Iib predicted. She Is foremost among many south-tin south-tin women who are awakening to their opportunities lu political life Born u Virginian, politics la In her blood. Her predilection for politic was Inherited from one of the F. P. y.'a as well as fostered by her marriage marri-age to the tormer president 1 ROM BOLLING'S FAMILY Mrs. Wilson's family, the Boiling-, .as one Of the ruling families of Vlr-t Vlr-t inla for many years, many of its members having held public for many years ia the explanation offered of the Hart for politic" that Mis. Wilson has recently axhibltted. Mrs Kmlly Now ell Blair, in charge or organization work among Demo-CVatlC Demo-CVatlC women, claims that southern women are going through a great I transformation In their attitude toward. to-ward. actie participation by women in public life. More and more of them are constantly announcing themselves sssj as candidate for offlcs. IltOM CHILDHOOD UP Among the aristocratic families of the old south, the children, girls as well as boys were brought up on political po-litical talk. It is natural, therefore," I States Mrs, Blair, "that southern wo- iivm should be keenly Interested in po-I po-I litical affairs. To be sure the south was almost solidly opposed to the en-rranchiacmcnt en-rranchiacmcnt of women and the entttbern women, themselves, were op- ; posed to It. But lately Ihey have be- j Kun to overcome not only public prejudice pre-judice against active participation by women in public life, but something '..ilhln themselves that Inhibited it. lire. McLaren Stevenson of Missis-j stppl, ilaughter of ex-Governor McLa-I 1 . n. and a former very activ e antl-ragisti antl-ragisti is now running for the tuU- legllaturo. She explained to them that the Lord gave women the and he will hold them accountable account-able for the way In which they use Southern people, It seems to me, t l . more religious than iu 30ine other fl parts of the country, and they are apt H to look upon enfranchisement of wo- xf on as an act of God and to act ac- cordlngly." VIRGINIA WOMEN ACTIVE H " Virglnla: one of the most aristocratic "states of the old south, has produced a largo nurnbir of active women politicians, pol-iticians, in addition to Mr-. Woodrow H TVllson. there Is Mrs. Blair Bannister. I tister of Senator Carter Glass, former H ret&ry i me treasury under iho Wilson regime. She L3 established at I the Democratic headquarter.- in Wush H :::gton. Ms Westmoreland Davis is acting H as manager for her husband's cam paign for the Democratic senatorial nomination in Virginia. Davis, an ex-governor, ex-governor, is running against Swan-on, Swan-on, the present occupant of the sen-ato sen-ato seat. It has been facet it lously rc-irked rc-irked thai it la apt to 0 hard with Senator Bwanson, becautoe he has no i(e to aid him In his campaign. Bwan-;un Bwan-;un ll a widower The caxdtol is very much Interested In the eonte.--t FLAPPERS TAKE HAND The young SOUth a nd the Old SOUth pilfer on several subjoct as was evlc denoed by the four flappor.-' who at- I tended thS laat convention ot Mie League of Women Votoi' The fotlf girls Just out of college comprised ; Mls.tl.sslppl's delegation to the cjn-ve-ntlon. "We arc bored by society." .m-nounced .m-nounced one apple-cnerked MI?o In a Jaunty red hat who hnpyened to bn a dauRliter of cx-Goornor Browot, "so wo tnougnt we would like to try politics, and some of our people are , 30 Bhockod." Mrs Kate Tibbits of St. Petersburg, ' Fla.. Is an intr routing woman In the running tor tno state lefltlftlurt. Bne has attended all of the big nntlor.nl meetings of women lately In an effort t- find out whnt other states ire doing EhVen the Republican party Is rb- ported by women politicians In the south. Mrs. J. W. Tlloon of Atlanta. Is trying to build up a respectable white-controlled Republican organization" organiza-tion" In that stat;. Another w mian Mrs. Llndsav Patterson I? running in North Carolina for the scnrto on iho Republican ticket. I |
