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ings, a linge battery of KI' eig lights is turned on fromn the west side of the hall and a parade of practically ail states begins, if il can be called snucb, for the reasoxa that the aisles are already crowded beyond eapacity. Roosevelt Nomination Assured 'The break. is on. 'Plie Roosevelt, nomination is assu red. Succeediîag states, previously in file doubtful col- umn,' promptly switch, 'aIl of which is reflected by a quiick cxodus fromi the galleries oif thée*Smith and the Ritchie adhierents as early.as 10 p. m. Illinois is reached and Cermak, head. of the Illinois delégation sim- ilarly, requests the privilege of ad- dressing the audience wbicb is also granted. Hie pays, tribute to ibte qualifications of James Hamilton Lewis, after whose withdrawl tbe Illinois "favorite son" reverted to Traylor, who now witbdraws,ý en- abling, Cermak, in thle dual capacity of representative of Illinois and Indi- ana, to cast the entire ý88 votes of these two delegations for Frankln D. Roosevelt.^ Smith EffectiveIy "Suak" Smîith is finally and effectively1ý "sunk." ýHe is not ini the stadium. 1 leave' my seat and by admnittedý subterfuge, gain access to the 'main floor at the sectionocCupiéd,'cùhieflyA by the' deleg.ates from tbe South. Women predomninate, the old time. southern courtesy gives the south- urn wonlen delegates the privilege cfi. answering the roll caîl,. and their high-pitched voices, accents and antics are really amusing. 1 see most of the notables, includ- ing ex-governor Byrd of Virginia and bis brother, the explorer. Ritch-. ie, of Maryland, the Idol of thte wom- en. Walsh,, the human automat whose motto.is -ap)parently -fair field and no favors" sits quietly in te rear of thie speakers rostruni await- ing. bis, duty whenever he may bc called upon., Well up in years, be seems to be a mant of remark able ý staminia.: His face is' seared like the Montana, mountainside from Which he bails. McAdoo, suaive, pleasant, but with.-1 ai energetic and determined. is alsoj the field so mucn so, inat ne gainea a majority of the votes of the dele- gates on the first ballot. McAdoo's emiergency effort definitely coin- pleted the job. Smith lacked organization.,. His "sop Roosevelt" -attitude I do flot think was well taken, and for that reason that' rank and' file America had i o idea, and even this morning has, no idea of that whicb caused the reputed. breecit between -Smith andý Roosevelt,: once the closest political. ffiends. A Pinl Hât-dte SwaIIow *Old scores are effectively wiped Out inthe naming of the nomînee. It must have, been a bitter pill for Smith to.see.bis old.timé enemy Mc- Adoo place the, nomination within' tbe grasp of'Roo)sevelt.. Rumor bas it.that Garners. coui- sent to sàw-li-h the Texas vote was gained -at the sacrifice of the vice- presidency to him, and if soi it is to be regretted, because tbe premium 'is entirely too great. Garner is an. ol tinte politician unworthy oif office. His political actvity is a famiily af- fair in tliat his wife is bis secretary, similarly on the payroll ýof Uncie Sain. During these tintes of wide- spread unemployment, Mr. Garner could advàntageously provide biniseif with an unrelated secretary and thu,, aid unemployment to that mnodest extent. "Cactus Jack" lie is called and he seemis to be just that. Not even or- naniental, mucit lesa useful. An ex- cow-puncber. Seasoned, no doubt, in the administration of routine chuties, but who is not so seasoned in Washington? Even thie pages in thie House. of Congress know procedure. I . think it would be an appropriate compliment to the modest Newton D. Baker of Cleveland to noninate. hlmi for thie office unless. it 80 hap- pens that Roosevelt, if' elected, bas in mmid reinistating hinu to the office of secretary of war, which office.Aie bheld under tAie last Democratic pres[- dent, the late Woodrow Wilson. .G&ap.r Chanc« Hopolesa The demIse of Smith may be sad, but the events of thie evening -have time for the making or unmaking 01 character," she pointed out. "'Play* reaches. the innuost emotions of a child's nature. He is most himself when hé plays. On playgrounds under competent leadership, children de- velop cooperation, sportsmanship, good citizenship, loyaIty and other habits thait'make for good character. Tife knows no better testing medium than the game. Through the. meditum of spgrts,.-crafts, dramatics. music and other activities.of the plaýyground.and recreation center, cbildren learn to be persevering, alert, self-reliant, In- genious, and courageous."- Trfaîdg for Lèlsure Turne '"Lead.iing educators agrée that pow it in as Important.to train-children for the wlse use of lelsure time as to train them for inaklng a living," Mrs. Km-ý near stated.. She quoted Dr. John Dewey, professor - of phUlosophy at Columbia university, as ,foliows: **Control of na-, tural forces by means of machinery bas bronght to humanity the possibility, of an, amount of leisure -from whlch the maso of men and women ln the past ,Were hopelensly shut out. At the same Ume, PoP~uramuasemntus. and recrea-. tioni have been seized upon as a means of financial profit. The combination of these two facto bas created what may be truly called a crisis ln our national moral life. A new conception of the uses 0f. lsure has to bc created." Mrs. Kinnear commented, -Now in- 1 the time to determine what use, our, chlldren elected to the office of mayor of New York. Thus New York would bc comforted w ith two mena if dis- tinctly its own stamp, and which no other section of the country appar- ently wants, at any price. Froin the standpoint of harniony, titis may be the formula for a soniewhat dis- gruntléd democratic party. Jacob J. Raskob was not so wbolly obscure as the proceedings might in- dicate. Notwithstanding bis great personal friendsbip for Smith, the success of the party is at stake, go he proceeds to subscribe the . only "4sales" idea of the evening. It came in the nature of a tele- gram froju tbe nominee, thanking the delegates for their confidence, and, in the name of economy, recommend- ing the elimination of thte custonaary extiensive ",notification" cerenloniv pretieit uJWIDINUymenIIl, ienII an Ibomne privation, thero bas neyer been a time ln the life of the .America» peo- ple, when skilifuliy 4organized lelsure time activities or a character-.buiiding nature were more necessarýy. Vlewed, ln any reasonabie fight they lare flot mere- Iy the things that we., the people, woul like to do for IikeIy iyoung boys and girls-they are,,the, thingxs we have to do0 If our social' structure is to ,;trvivo', the furlous strafins of, Industrial de- p)ression." "Furthermiore," Airs., Kinnear con- tinued, *'We are rapidly âpproaehing at flve-day -workIng week and another twenty-four hours of leisure time wiii be thrust upon us en masse.. It Is fitting that the child learn now, on the play- grounds, how to make the utmostý use of this extra time." Miss Martha Tencher of 828 Asti- land avenue. is expecting Miss Bar- bara Billings of Boston, a classmnatc of bers atý Smith colIlege., to arrive Saturday to be ber bouse guest for some time. imh erere times when drug store service becomes Most important At suda limes, would you not mnuchfprefer being served by W sk 111fuleexperiencédpharmna- cist . . . particularly one with the responsibility of "sto re ownership . . . who WiII take a keen personal interest in your. behaif, ornd..in whose Ftenti 5~, ~ .,. ~.. ~... '~*4'V~r lA uuversree AU1oni 15Fea- good background. In inaking this' New York to succeed Franklin D.I sonably assured. Your guess is there- remark 1 do flot bave reference tco Roosevelt should be his and due 'toi fore as good as mine. 1 do, predit, CtrlWilmette Avenu.& his remote relationsbip to thie great bis close intirnacy with Jimniy Walk, bowever, that prohibition wiII be- tirely out of tAie picture, titis man tbe mouth") the latter should be re- i ampaign Progresses. I i. I