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...Nellie Tayloe Ross* of Wyoming...
Governors appeared on the floor: Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, dressed in Prince Albert; Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Governess of Wyoming, wearing mourning, came in with Senator Kendrick of her state, was applauded. She conversed with the venerable Mr. Warren, father-in-law of General Pershing, now dean of the Senate, also from Wyoming. Other Governors wandered in, most of them unknown to the galleries. Governor Ritchie of Maryland, strikingly handsome, stood out from the rest. Old Senators went around shaking hands with Governors, while new Senators assembled to be sworn...
...Pinchot, following in a car. Some 1 Governors and Lieutenant Governors followed, riding in cars. Governor Trinkle of Virginia was escorted by the Richmond Light Infantry Blues in their tight-fitting blue uniforms with high helmets and waving white ostrich plumes. Last in the procession rode Governess Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming, in a car with two other women. She leaned out and bowed. Messrs. Coolidge and Dawes lifted their hats, Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs. Dawes smiled and waved...
...inauguration saw three women at once on the floor of the Senate. The rules of both Houses admit to the privileges of the floor, members, ex-members, the Governors of states. So it happens that Representative Mae E. Nolan, ex-Representative Alice M. Robertson, Governess Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming appeared. Mrs. Ross was the first woman Governor to avail herself of her privilege...
Pitching candidates have showed up well in the past week. Besides Captain Pond, Scott, Ashburn and Ross, who occupied the box last season, two former Freshman stars are showing great strength. Moran, of the 1927 nine, under the tutelage of Coach Wood, has done some of the most effective work this year. Holabird, 1926 pitcher, who was not in college last year, is even better...