Dimpled Dorothy

Democrats held a coming-out party at the Capitol for their secret weapon: the Party’s first feminine national secretary. She is dimpled, blue-eyed Dorothy Vredenburgh, 27, a wealthy lumberman’s wife from Vredenburgh, Ala. At a lunch Mrs. Vredenburgh beamed on New Dealers and anti-New Dealers alike. She reassured 49 of her Party’s Senators:

“Ever since I was a school girl I have been familiar with the names . . . and I am more than happy to meet face to face all of you Democratic Statesmen whom I have learned to honor. . . . Our next President will be a Democrat! Our next Senate will be Democratic and our next House will be still more Democratic. No matter what the opposition says. . . .” This somewhat girlish enthusiasm was politely applauded by the grizzled Democrats, who shudder after each G.O.P. victory like trees when a King of the Forest is cut down.