November 3, 1914. To a fashionable tea party of ladies, where no mention was made either of war or politics! It was known early that Mr. Beeckman, Republican candidate for Governor, would carry the State. The election has proved a Republican landslide. A good deal more depressed than is philosophical. Well, it’s a long way to Tipperary! This fight goes on under other names and other leadership. The longer I live, the more sure I grow of the justness and wisdom of the middle course Roosevelt has steered, between the rancor of the “have nots” and the greed of the “haves”! The Progressive platform, in its essentials, will gain year by year in the Nation’s councils. * * * * * November 9, 1914. My birthday! Well, I still am glad to answer “here” when the roll call sounds, and that’s all there is to say. I have some cares and some pains, but I like life, I like my husband and my job, and that’s more than many a woman can say. Therefore, I have much to be thankful for, but I don’t like to grow old. * * * * * November 25, 1914. Last night a gentleman said to me at dinner, “When Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, was at the Newport Reading Room last summer, he said, ‘If we win, we shall be over here in another five years.’ Is it possible that he could have said this? If so, it ought to be made public!” * * * * *