9/18 There seems to be a sort of idea that dangerous corners may be rubbed off us by a judicious application of turtle soup and champagne." "Cynic!" she scoffed pleasantly. "From any other point of view, some of the entertainments to which I have been bidden appear utterly without meaning. However, it is part of my programme to prove to the world that we Democrats can open our arms wide enough to include every class in life. Therefore, I go to many places I should otherwise avoid. I have studied the attitude of the younger women whom I have approached, purely impersonally and without the slightest hypersensitiveness. |