Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-06
ONLY ONE WOMAN
INNEXT CONGRESS-.
IS WEARY Of JOB
BY CAROLYN VANCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
downright. 1923


Copyright, 1921
WASHINGTON, March 3.-Mrs
Mae E. Nolan breads being the only
woman in the next congress. AT
noon tomorrow the other two mem
bers of the ''woman's bloc" Mrs.
Winnifred Mae Huck, of Illinois,
81 and Miss Alice Robertson, of Okla
homa, go out of office, and the pros
pect of facing the next two years
alone is torturing thought to Mrs.
Nolan. Miss Robertson contributed
considerably to her discomfort by
confiding her own narrowing eXpe-
riences while in congress, adding
that she never expected to be the
same again.
Mrs. Nolan has been in congress
only a few days, but she has already
had a taste of what is in store for
her. She is becoming considerably
fed up on the job that once looked
so rosy out in California.
You have no idea how [ am pes
tered all the time," she says. when
1 am on the floor of the house, at
least % cards a tday are sent in by
people who wish to talk to me out
side. Just think how it must look
to people in the galleries to see me
jumping up and running out and
in every few minutes. Just put
yourself in my place! And these
people who want to see me are only
curiosity-seekers. People come to
my office with all kinds of requests,
thinking that because am a WON
an, I should help them. The pho
tographers worry me to death. l
have had my picture taken enough
to last for the next 200 years. The
newspaper men come to me and ask
me all kinds of silly questions and
then go off and misquote me.
shall never talk for publication
again"
Anxiously Mrs. Nolan waited the
outcome of Mrs. Winifred Mason
Huck's contest this week in Chi
cago for the seat of the late Repre-
sentative Mann. Upon learning of
Mrs. Huck's defeat, she became de-
cidedly panicky. Mrs. Nolan and
Mrs. Huck became well acquainted
during the short time they were to-
gether, and Mrs. Nolan counted on
Mrs. Huck to shield her somewhat
from the great white light that
inevitably beats upon women MEM
bers of congress.
Mrs. Nolan has been suddenly
thrusf into public life from the Sc
clusion of the home. She is essen
tally a home-loving woman, and
not a politician. After her hus-
bands death, it, was decided by his
friends that the finest way they
could show their devotion was to
elect his wife to office. She never
stirred out of her apartment during
the campaign to elect her to con-
gress, to make a speech or help in
any way. It was all engineered
by her husbands friends.
She is decided anti-feminist, per-
haps an even more vehement one
than Aunt Alice. Miss Robertson
carried on bitter war with women S
organizations. all during her term
Of congress, while on the other hand
Mrs. Huck proclaimed her sympathy
with the woman movement and
stood ready to help all the organ
izations of women, not even play
ing favorites. Mrs. Nolan has al
ready offended one Womens organ
iZation by refusing an invitation to
appear at one of their meetings. She
plead Legislative duties" as an ex.
cuse.
Mrs. Nolan owes nothing to the
women, as far, as her election is
concerned" said her secretary, who
is also her sister. 1.-THE men checked
up after the election and found that
not 10 per cent of the women had
voted. It was a. stormy day, and
fhnI1crh 90 automobiles
in operation by our campaign man.
ayers, the women refused to come
and vote. The men voted and every
vote for my sister was a vote Of
sympathy for her in her bereave-