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They'd go into the pink parlor. The rest of us would sit around on little gold chairs with broacade seats, and there was rose colored brocade on the wall, a very fancy Victorian type carpet on the floor and rather beefy furniture on the whole - a little elegant and fussy rather than substantial and comfortable. There was a nice piano in there, Katie would sit down at the piano. Governor Al would lean on the piano and sing old songs in the most engaging way. He had a rather good baritone voice, with lots of dramatic quality to it, big range and perfect pitch. They had such a good time and the rest of us had such a good time. Al was obviously letting off steam. It relaxed him to sing. It took off the strain of the day's work and the night's work that he'd been through. It was a wonderful sight to see that perfectly natural and sort of outpouring of high spirits, and his warm relationship to Katie. He just loved singing with Katie. It was a charming picture. One remembers that because it was a little unexpected. You don't expect that in a Governor's house exactly, but it had that quality. It was part of what kept him rested, at ease and well poised.

During the Smith administration one of the things that was interesting was that Smith, himself, became such a popular figure, not only in the Democratic political circles, but he became a popular figure in the whole social life of the