The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 8, 1929, Page 10

Re 2A FT CAavazs seewme i By RODNEY DUTCHER ' (NEA Service Writer) Washington, July 8—One thing | the special session of congress has |!i#*. ha demonstrated is that women members are more on their own feet. hood becomes less a requirement for entry. | Emphasis to these facts has been provided especially by the ladies nown as the “Three Ruth: h McCormick of Illinois, Mrs. of Florida and Mrs. Pratt of New York. Observation of these ladies in ac- tion leads inescapably to the conclu. sion that the number of congress- women will increase gradually and |; that it is no great jump for promi- nent women already actually en- saged in public life. Jeanette Ran: fin, the first congresswoman, w not a widow, and there is every re son to believe that there be many more single ladic: Didn't Need Her Hu: Before the “Three Ruths” came here there was but one congre: ‘woman whose husband had not pi ceded her in the house. Mrs. Mary Norton of c who for years before her election had served actively in Democ state politics and whose husband is| standing more and | cipall Widow. | inc vith distinction a Co as heard frequently. wherein she rat hy in , Ruth has ¢ rself prin- ht against the sugar tariff as pro- po: ho} : gar industry in s ry ca sibly expand to a point v n even begin to sup- ly ou .” she si “The cane growers are limited by climate and the beet growers by the employment ormick is the daughter and the widow of r Medill McCormick, s the daughter of m nnings Bryan, but al- though both have long been identi- onships neither is Both went out. and won nomination and election on Mtheir own Neither stepped I's or a father’s seat. |Both are capable women and both were in public life long before they . Now each is stand- n feet and neither is a Real Battle e and ability of both best indicated by @ business man. Mrs. Katherine |} Langley of Kentucky was no widow, either, but she had succeeded her husband when his seat was vacated by his sentence to the Atlanta peni- tentiary. The widows of congress, of course, have given satisfaction to their con- stituents and seem likely to remain here indefinitely, except for Mrs. Pearl Oldfield, who is understood to plan to retire. One only points out that the deaths of their husbands een an opportunity for comi! ere which they would not otherwise have had and so considerably swelled the number of women members in the last congress. Of the “Three Ruths,” Mrs. Pratt | gi is the only one whose husband or| father did not make a name for hi self in national politics. Mrs. Pra turned to politics on her own. S had several children, but was wealthy enough to afford the ti She became an associate Republic leader in the Fifteenth assembly d. trict of New York City and in 192 became the first woman to be elected to the New York board of alder. men. As an alderman—or alder- Mrs. Owen is go- denied report tha r own when the ing to announce h |time comes IcCormick’s fight comes + Mrs. Owen can't run until which is when the term of 's Cormick has a real battle jon her hands, but she has already Jachieved more in political struggle ‘than any other woman because she it the only congresswoman. -at-large, which means that her candidacy went before the whole state of Illi- instead of only a single con- ional dist! Owen engaged in selling herself to Florida b iving a dem- i fficiency in her A congressman's job depends importantly on keeping s own constituents happy, and Mrs. Owen, by dint of personal effort here, a summer program of speeches and some unique arrangements for keeping in constant contact with them, ought soon to have hers in a state of ecstacy. Whether she was physically aware ef something tremendous afoot or whether she simply “ran in” because |. she had seen Sandy come home, T never knew, but just when the s wiches—made with the most loving care that any sandwiches had ever received—were being crammed into @ shoebox, Mary Burns entered the So Ross kitchen by the back door. Not for the first time her dispensing with ih, maybe he loved her so anted to spare her the » Kitten! No time ndy ordered, and usly pretty, little backed out of the door, her black eyes co- |quetting with him and reproaching formality of knocking stabbed Tony's! him at the same time. overcharged heart with jealousy Thought she was already one of the Gully, did she? Tony demanded of herself fiercely. Well, she wasn’t—| yet! And if the Tony Tarver! charms had not been grossly exag- gerated by their many admirers, she never would be! ' heartily. “Where’s Sandy? doing, ed, all —and you—” she added, with unm takable reluctance—‘“to come over to my house tonight to 2 ‘tacky’ par- ty. I declare, it simply slays me how ignorant you Nawthe’n folks are! hen I was gettin’ up this party at the store this evenin’, on the spur of the minute, like I love to do things, they wasn't a soul had the least i-dea what a ‘tacky’ party pa What are you Tony?” Mary Burns demand- Sandy called loudly, Mr. Ross, his eyes suspiciously red, but a cheerful grin on his face, came from the dining room, trailing the afternoon paper. “Ready, boy? Don't go to sleep on the job,” the father counselled “When do you figger on gettin” home?” | “Oh, Friday night or Saturday in one breath. “I want San | morning, Pop,” Sandy said easily. ou and Tony take good care of Mom. Don't let her try to stand on that bum ankle yet.... So long, Pop «.. Ready, Tony?” And after a brief, awkward hand- shake with his ' father, 5 atched up thermos bottle and sand- |wich box and clumped after Tony wn the hall. | ‘The phone was ringing. In spite {of the need for haste, Tony auto- “Sorry!” Tony interrupted brisk-| matically took time to answer it. ly. “Sandy’s got a job on tonight,| I’m going to drive him to the aviation field.” her tongue out before she would have let Mary Burns into the secret of Sandy’s flight to Nica- Oh shucks!” Mary drawled dis- | engeel “You Nawthe’n folks nev: ve sme to play—Oh, hello, Sandy! Wheah you goin’? ey Ross grinned at her, teas- ingly, fondly, and Tony could have her, so hot was her jeal- ousy. “Who wants fe know, Kitten? & passenger who wants to go from_here Ponce in a big hurry oe. Ready, ? ““yes, Sandy!” Tony cried, her “Tony?” came Crystal's breath- less voice over the v “T've got She would have |to see you tonight. Got to tell you thing—” orry, Crys!” Tony answered. “Sandy's off to Nicaragua in his plane tonight, taking a woman to see her dying son. A marine. Old friend of mine and Sandy's. But you can meet me at the Aviation field, if you like. ... Yes, we're just off. "Bye!” Sandy was glowering at her, his brows drawn over angry eyes. “Pest!” he exploded. “Now we're in for it! Reporters and photographers and all the rest. Come along! May- be we can beat them to it.” NEXT: Proud Tony humbled. voice ringing with triumph. He hadn’t told Mary Burns! If he (Copyright, 192: ‘A Service, Inc.) GOING PLACES SEEING THINGS Los Angeles, July 8.—Some of the of Los geles, not to be in the guide books . the avocado salads... And swell orange aI ; apenas 32 “nts a big glass - - - the fednesday luncheon turnouts at the Li ... the late night movie rl ‘3... and a suf- chauffeur drove for the Prince of Wales when his highness was hunt- ing in Africa. He saved the prince’s life once when a would-be assassin walked up with a gun. The r shot the man down cold. And later came to America to avoid the un- pleasantness and possible publicity. At least, such was the story I heard ‘k,| while driving along in the car. ee * 11 ball The noontime lunch hour in the studio restaurants of Hollywood is a trip into fantesy land. It is though some costume ball were go- ing on endlessly, what with the as- teeblage of hussars, princes, foot- players, minstrels and what- nots, Thus escaped | taf tn the wor! THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1999 LOOK AT THOSE SPARROWS=— “SHE LITTLE PIRATES $ MEY CHASE EVERY OTHER BIRD “AWAY = ) JUST Bur SHAT MOUSE FOR THE LITTLE WRENS= AND THEY'RE DRIVING | |) THEM OUT~ LOOK AT "EM: WS eoaRsbNRS RECKING = NOMES > You RIDE AEAD AN’ TELL TAG WERE OOESNT ANSWER: TWERE'S His waT!! JUST SCRAWL YOUR JOHN HANCOCK ON THE MORTGAGE AND THATLL CLEAN UD @ THE RED TAPE. HERE'S NOUR DEED! TO THE HOUSE AND t HOPE YOU'LL BE RITZLEIGH'S HAPPY IN YOUR NEW HOUSEYOU VE HOME, MR. GUNI ; BOU JAM ON YOUR BONNET, MOM, IVE A BIG SURPRISE FOR YOU AROUND THE CORNER KS FOR WORKIN’ OVER- TIME, SAM- (TS SO LATE Now, WHY OON'TtHA come. ONT Ta MY House AN STAY ALL NIGHT - Witte, I'm TiRED! “TELL *@ WHAT ('Lt) 00, SAM ~ I'LL RACE Ya TS, SEE WHO CAN GET TO SLEEP FiRsT! Each director is making “my” pic~|of Shriners, Elks, Moose and all the| A young man by the well-known ture bd so is ae Rela wee ion Test came so fast that the idea of|name of Jones, so they tell me, so is smallest player in the cast.| general harmony was hit upon. Now|started it all. He was merely a Lge Saints ad vigel ng ror is| decorations are in readiness for all|salesman in a decorating house a das anything much of importance] °ccasions and are made to otder on|few years ago and now has a hun- pees @ wholesale scale, dred thousand dollar outfit. is * Specialization brougl.t h good) said to ha ft the it elab- Thanks to the high position of|results that other convention as orate pollectides « of flags in America ere | Los les among the convent:on| began to the ides. The com- Ange ng con’ adopt com-|and when some international grou; the | panies here now supply a number of ited the of 68 nations st ‘fagons| convention’ in Lavlore face [eee Chace ones ce aot sv) a iy = ‘. a, own] stance, was in the hands cf the ka? ing the. a poe two-dugen: pioneer some two-dogen —- » AEDS #bpeared. Fo ouvaucaus NHATS WRONG 2 ISNT HE HERE Z? TMAT'S HIS HAT, ow poe! sust ‘YO THINK IT'S, ALL ours! Yes-BUT ne ISN'T WERE Bom Ma eo ‘NELL, KIN You BEAT THAT !! WE GOTTA LOOK FOR LIM AN’ YEP, ALL OURS— INCLUDING THE MORTGAGE ANYTHING OF THEN “W’ Race (s OFF! ame EOULEO IN (OATS RoeNEoN | CRUSOE \ GILBERT SWAN. (Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc.) je sTRETCH! WEL WANE, } MATCH Leer f or