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lrJ. iW' 2rjf j Running for Audi-
ter, but dim nas i ime te superintend
4C hie ken Farm and Cook Tempting
Meals for Her Husband
WAS TRAINED BY FATHER
TO TAKE A K&AL INTEREST
IN AFFAIRS OF HER PARTY
hefused Nomination Until Assured Time
Had Come for iew voters te "(Jet
Inte Game" by Running for Imper
tant Offices '
li.i. .
HTTAVE seme mere ciucneu
"Full activity for women in politics has come sooner than I
lepected."
"Perhaps you uuiu n.u ovum muic ui Hitst iiitc xiuau reapucrriua J
"I shall campaign net only for myself, but for the entire Democratic
teet" , ...
"Would you liKe te see our cnicKcns ( we nave a ineusana."
"I believe in the strong enforcement of law, including prohibition."
"Ne, I won't ever get tee busy te take care of my house and te de the
ieeting"
Thus does Mrs. Mabel Derby, Democratic nominee for Delaware State
Auditor, introduce politics into her pantry and democracy into her dining
Beem
If you can write a Dcuer doek,
ling a better song or make a better
mousetrap, tnen me wena wm
make a beaten track te your deer,
n though it be in the wilderness
M observed a sage of yesterday.
The track which has been made te
the deer of Mrs. Derby is a path
jwhese stene3 are marked with the
letters "p-e-l-i-t-i-c-s." Fer Mrs.
Derby has blazed the way toward a
better day for women in Delaware
politics.
Frem an ardent advocate ei sui-
frage te a nominee for responsible
office, and from an enthusiastic nd nd
tecate, but an outsider, neverthe
less, te the foremost woman in the
Democratic ranka of the State, are
long ways te travel. But much hr.s
been accomplished by Mrs. Derby,
and it is for that reason that her
party sought her out and placed her
name en the State ticket.
Se surprised was she when the
nomination came at the State con
tentien at Dever last week that at
first she refused. But when nom
inated again, this time by acclama
tien, she accepted, and with the ac-
iteptance resolved te put all her en
ergies into a geed hard political
fight.
Advocates Party Rule
in Political Affairs
Charming, gracious, quick-think-g,
alert, straightforward these
re a few of the many varied im
pressions one gets in a few minutes'
conversation with Mrs. Derby.
And one also learns that she:
Dees net approve of the League of
Women Voters, although she was
president of the Dever organization
in 1920, because it is non-partisan.
ie is a party woman.
That, although "dry" herself, she
Is net u rabid prohibitionist, but
'ince it is law she will bend all her
efforts toward enforcing it.
That bhc was the only woman rep-
ftsentattve of the Democratic
women of the State at the meetings
, the Legislature.
That she is the only woman del-
gate-at-large en the Democratic
State Central Committee.
That havinsr worked untiringly te
obtain the vote for women, she is
a favor new of letting them de what
ftey will with it, without compulsion
or coercion, te vote if they wish or
tot.
That she is opposed te birth
control.
That she helps her husband man-
' a chicken farm, and that she
Personally supervises the care of a
8000-egg incubator.
That she does her own work and
took just as mother used te.
That she would prefer a spotless,
Ifflaculate Rnrt rn dnrnrntpH Wreriim
t new frocks for herself.
Bfn In Mulen. N. T.. fortv-feur
'.'" aS. Mrs. Derby was one of three-Wldren-elie
hud a brother and a sta
ler.
"r mother ttng niiUf nnmmnmlnff
J8' noted houbekeoper. It was from
J" Mabel learned hew te make her
'meus fruit enke and just hew lnrge a
' of Malt te put in the biscuit. She
"Mned at what angle te place the tidies
Ja the backs of the choirs j just hew
did. Father worked for years for, the
Dcmecrutlc Party, but he always re
fused te consider any reward of office.
"He encouraged me te believe that
women should have the vote ; and with
my natural liking for politics and my
father's help, It just came natural te
me," she smiled.
"I was a buffraglst years before we
get the vote. I am n strong ndvecatc of
party spirit. I don't think the Imper
tance of parties can be ever-cmphaslzcd.
And that Is the reason I am no longer
interested in the League of Women Vot
ers. I was Stnte president in 1920,
but new that the suffrage fight is wen
I think mere geed can be accomplished
in the party and by pnrtisan rivalry.
If there is ever occasion for the Demo
cratic and Republican women te get to
gether again, it would be a simple mat
ter te arrange a meeting without having
a league."
Mrs. Derby is especially vigorous in
her denunciation of the use of money in
politics. Qualification and net enor
mous fortunes should govern election
te office, she thinks.
"I have always directed my efforts
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JVas Enthusiastic Suffrage Worker, but
Quit Voters' League as Pretest Against
Its Nen-Partisan Stand in Lecal and
National Affairs
WILL STILL BE MANAGER OF
HER HOME, EVEN IF HONORS
ARE WON IN FALL ELECTION
,
Opposes Birth Control and Has Seme
Decided Views en Civic Questions and
Insists Public Life Need Net Inter
fere With Heme Ties
llngness te talk about chickens and the
farm and her husband's flour and feed
mill than about the woman who is
running for State Auditor.
It wnsn't until lunch time, and Mr.
Derby nppenred te help "dish up" the
dinner, thnt much information about
Mrs. Derby's activities wns obtained.
And when the steaming chicken, the
newy drifts of mashed potatoes nnd
the many ether dishes were en the table
the husband gave his view of women in
politics.
"I am satisfied with women going
Inte politics," be said positively, but
the twinkle in his eye didn't denote
much confidence in what the women
were going te de when they get into
politics that is, any women besides
Mabel. It is Mr. Derby's firm con-
Mrs. Mabel Derby (without hat) with two political friends en
State Heuse steps at Dever, Del.
means te finance a vigorous and exten
sive campaign."
As te her platform, Mrs. Derby
mentioned these general principles:
Streng enforcement of laws, in
cluding prohibition.
Geed schools and geed reads.
Ileal budget system.
te
band.
smooth the lust wrinkle from the
Crnnlinf k.1,. l. .l. 1 A
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u w cow and hew te keep house.
v8 Trained by Father
ln Ways of Politicians
rm ner brother shn 1mm n fnnrt.
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Mrs. Derby and two of her pets
The Derby farmhouse which Bhe will net desert,
even if elected State Auditor
toward trying te elect the right man
. .t. ...i. i... h. kaIcI. "There
1 wai father's favorite," she ex- te the right place," she said. There
rjM, "and I alwaya took mere in- ere tee many men In Delaware wne go
wt" la politics even than my brother Inte office simply because they have tie
Ousting of all unnecessary com
mlttees and reduction of expenses.
Tax en nil corporations.
A public utilities commission.
uatien taught ln the grade schools e!
Constable.
It was about twenty years age that
she married Marshall Derby and went
te Woedslde, Del., near Dever, te the
farm udjeinlng the old Derby property,
which was bought in 1770 when Mar
shall's grandfather came down te the
fair.
"We have lived here ever since,"
said Mrs. Derby, as bhe looked around
the kttchen, which shone golden ln Us
new coat of paint.
Mrs. Derby were u brown nnd tan
dress, with brown cellars and cuft's,
brown cotton stockings and stout brown
oxfords, for which, when the dinner
hour approached, bhe changed te a cool
green and whlte voile frock with white
shoes and stockings.
Her eyes are keen and deep, at
times earnest and nt ethers amused.
Her features nre firm and decided,
hcr mouth wide nnd serious, but bur
smile, which crinkles first at the corners
of hcr eyes and then lifts the corners
of her mouth, Is the smlle of a woman
"tender, merry and wlse." ncr brown
hnlr, threaded slightly with gray, is
drawn down ever her forehead, simply
and neatly.
Her appeerance Is just like her man
ner the kind te Inspire confidence and
confidences; capable, reliable the man
ner and appearance which could only
belong te n wemnn both interesting
and lntercbtcd.
Just off the read a few miles from
Dever the old wentherbenten house
where Mr. and Mrs. Derby have lived
for twenty years sits back In the cool
shade of the aged oaks, its rambling
structure and inviting little perch giv
ing hint of the sincere hospitality with
in. The living room is quaint ln its quiet
duskiness, with nn old -fashioned cl.nrm
the couch In the corner heaped with
many colored cushions, a long mahog
any mirror ever a marble pedestal : and
the plnne against the wall leeks as if
it would tlnkle out "Annie Laurie"
or "Sweet Alice, Ben Helt" nt any
minute.
Mixes Eggs and Politics,
but Scrambles Neither
In the hall near the deer steed crate
of eggs dozens and dozens of them
piled high,
"I am hitptng te get these rcedy
te send te New Yerk," explained Mrs.
Derby.
"There are only just a few there
new, but later In the seaten we will get
seven or eight hundred a day. Would
you like te see our chickens?"
Out in the spacious chicken yard ene
call te the fowls and they came hop
ping, hnlf-flying, half-running, until
they seemed a fluttering white cloud at
hcr feet, their red combs llke tiny
flames darting about amid white
Bmeke,
"A thousand of them all Leghorns,"
she snld. "We have a giant Incubator,
for 3000 eggs, which I tend."
Mrs. Derby showed far mere wll-
vlctlen, however, thnt there never has
been and never will be nnethcr State
Auditor like his wife, if she is elected.
Derby again came te the rescue with
the Information thnt she was en the
l'lntferm Committee of the Stale con
vention, te which she wns n delegate J
that she held the biggest county nnd
Slate offices possible for a woman te
bold in grange work : that after being
n member of the State Central Demo
cratic Committee she was re-elected as
a member-at-lurge, and thnt as the only
woman representative of hcr party al
legislative sessions she wns Instrumental
in effecting the passnge of mnny of the
welfare measures which were enacted
at the session.
Mrs. Derby is also president of the
Auxiliary Legien in Dever, nn ijctive
member of the Dever Century Club and
the Wyoming Round -Table Club. Hc
executive ability found nn outlet during
the war In the Red Cress work and
her Liberty Bend district chairmanship,
Helding Office Was
Net in Her Own Plans
"While I have always been n suffra
gist," she explains, "I have net until
recently strongly advocated women
holding office. And I never dream'"!
of running for an office myself. I
thought, of course, that the time would
come when women would be en nn euual
footing with men and I think that Is
true today in the Democratic Party, al
least in this State. Because en every
committee nnd in every convention the
women have equal representation with
the men. And never have I seen any
thing but the utmost courtesy nnd re
spect toward thee women who were
serving en committees with men.
"But I hardly thought that the time
for women te held public offices would
come se seen. Full activities ln the
field of politics would come later, I
thought.
"In fact, I refused the nomination at
first, but the developments of the Inst
few years have made me realize that
women must be readr te take their placi
when duty calls, nnd se I am net only
going te campaign for nnself, but for
the entire Democratic ticket.
Mrs. Dei by wns Interrupted by the
telephone probably one of the count ceunt
iess persons who are s-tlll congratulat
ing her en the nomination.
She" L-nme back smlllne.
"One of my friends," bhc said, "who
has always been n i-tntifli Republican,
nnd be has her husband, but bhe just
called te tell me they both nre going
te vote for me."
"Dever is jut-t n bhert dlstnnee from
here, ami if I am elected I shall con
tinue te live here nnd take care of my
home," she resumed. "I should never
think of giving that up for anv publlq
office. A busy life? Yes, It will be, of
course, but I have always led n bust
life. I never worry about things. I
just tnke them ns they come. We can
always accomplish mere that way."
And then the telephone rang again,
and bhc came back, this time smiling
still mere broadly.
"That." she said, "was my hus
band's mother, nearly ninety-three
ear3 old. She wnited all her life te
vote, and she did two years nge. New,
nil she is waiting for is a chance te
vote for me.
"IIac seme mere cake."
Little Benny's
Nete Boek
By Lea Papa
Husband Is Dubious, but
Is Willing te Be Shown
Puds Slmkins came erreund nftei
supplr Inst Sundey pn Ing, Hay Benny)
did J en see Mnrj Watkins out w;awk
Ikk 'Uli thnt hlsspv Persev Wcevei
He adjusted his tortelse-rlmmed ' this aftlrnoen, wats you knew abeui
glasses and nodded his head se vigor- that? ,.,.,- -i t i.ii
-i jt. . , . ,.,., , . ., ' Thats fcarse. alnt It, G wlzz I hard'
eusly thnt his little red bow tie gave ,y CTfln t,ppei, my hn't t0 her that(
up the struggle te stay straight and re- wnt I thawt of her for wnwklng wltH
mxeu snniy te one side. I tnnt bwey. i ecu. mm rum bi, sum
"It Is tee much te say new what the
women will de when they get Inte of-
like," he said solemnly, "but they could
de u powerful let of geed here In Dela
ware, and I hope they will.
"nave some mere chlcken7" he in
terrupted, ln obedience te a nodded ad
monition from his wife.
His face nsBumed a mock despairing
leek as he asked: "Would you llke te
come out and cook for me If Mabel
gets tee busy with campaigning te
cook?"
But MVs. Derby's vigorous denial dis
pelled the feigned sadness as he said,
"New, honey, I knew you won't."
"Ne, I won't ever get tee busy te
take care of my own house,' said Mrs.
Derby. "I don't like te have any one
de my cooking or my housework. I
want te de it myself, and I can manage
better if I de it all alone."
Then Bhe brought ln heaping bowls of
yellow peaches and red raspberries and
a huge fruit cake. Fruit cake, and this
is net Christmas I
"I just picked these raspberries a
few minutes age," she volunteered.
Still Mrs. Derby modestly refrained
from nny mention of her part in the po
litical battles of the State. But Mr.
cesh sbanc It. If bhe lxpects us t
vwiwK with her she better step wawkln
with him, that's all I get te say.
Sure, lets go erreund and tell hel
se, lets tell her a alnt going te b)
saw with her eny mere If blie's geln
te be saw with that dnrn bls-scy, I sed.
Lets go erreund new and bee If she'i
en her fnint steps, I sed.
Wlch we did and she wns, Puds say
ing, Hay Mary, we saw you wawklnj
with Persey Wecver this aftlrnoen.
O, did you, Iz-scnt he jest the ncetes
thing jeu ever saw ? Mary Watkins sed.
Nect heck, he's a dnrn slssey, I sed
Benny Potts I in serprlzed nt you, II
would be a geed thing for you if yei
lerncd a few things from him, loot
nt our shoes en Sundey, you neve)
see Persey AVeevcrs shoes looking llki
thnt even en week days, bhe sed. Meent
Ing a few axsidental dert marks thai
wnscnt there In the morning, ma qulcl
hanging them down the side of th
bteps se they wns out of slte, nnd Marl
Watkins bed, And ns for you Pud)
Slmklns, leek at that hole In the bad
of your stocking en Sundey, you cat
be rite threo It, you'd never catel
Persey Wecver coming out ln thai
condition en Sundey. Mooning a littl
bit of a hole se small It allmen
wnscnt there, buy Puds covered It u
with his hand us if It was one of th
biggest holes he ever had, and pritt
seen him nnd me get up nnd wawke
a way without mcntleulut eny mer
about Pemey Weever.
Proving Its Imnl te get perslnal abetr
ether people wile cnybedy Is gettlnl
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