Evening star., 1924-04-06
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

of Representatives, has kept a de-
tailed record of every important hap
pening In the public career of her
late husband, John l. Nolan, who
was for years the labor leader in
the House, as well as her own during
the last two Congresses. All the
newspaper articles or printed matter
of any kind has been arranged with
great care in chronological order.
This forms a complete history of the
Nolan family-the only family since
the foundation of our government
that has had husband and wife in
Congress. Even now little Corliss
Theresa Nolan, ten years old, brings
out this family history for the edifi-
cation of callers. She is able to ex-
press in considerable detail all of the
events in connection with her daddy's
work in Congress
AS time goes Oh this record will
be invaluable. In fact, historians in
the future may turn to 1T for some
enhghtenment regarding organized
labor,s legislative struggle. for from
the Sixty-third Congress to the be-
Representative Nolan took the lead
In every legislative fight for the
beneft of the wage earners of the
country
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Mrs. Nolan, although a member of
Congress, is a mother in the right
way. Having been a homemaker and
housekeeper during the eleven years
or married life, she refuses to give
up her home and live in a hotel, but
continues to do most of her own house
work. Before she was married Mrs.
Nolan was for five years stenogra-
pher for the Wells-Fargo Express
Company and before that worked in
a large dry goods store, run by her
father.
Mrs. Nolan is a good cook. We hear
much OF chicken q la Maryland in
this part of the country, but Mrs.
Nolan prepares a chicken a la Cali
fornia, garnished with pork sausage,
baoon and garlic Epicures regard
this dish to be superior to any that
they have ever tasted. Every Cali
fornian coming to Washington seeks
an invitation to enjoy a home-cooked
the Somerset.
Mrs. Nolap's favorite recreation is
golf. She is an honorary member of
the Indian Spring Golf Cub-the
only honorary woman member of the
club. She resents the impeachment
contained in the sentence that Mrs.
Nolan is the best woman golfer in
ongreSs." She admits she plays a
fair game, although her friends in
The club are urging her to compete
IN the next women's championship.
Mrs. Nolan's favorite indoor rec
reatlon is bridge. Her opponents say
she ranks with the topnotchers in
TINS game. Owing to her pro
nounced views on Chinese exclusion
she has steadfastly refused to play
NAH jong.
There is another woman daily on
duty in the Capitol who, although
not a member Of Congress, yet is
absolutely indispensable in conduct
ing affairs for the tenth district of
Minnesota, because her husband.
Representative Thomas D. Schall. is
blind and he gives her full credit for
being not only wife, secretary, chauf-
feur, eyes, guide and pal, but for
having saved him at the time in his
young manhood when an electric
shock deprived him of sight and de-
spondency might have swept him
over the brink, OR might be selling.
PoANliS On corner, as he himself
Mrs. Schall claims the most mile
age or any woman in congressional
clrcieS. During his first campaign
Representative Schall spoke on an
average of five times a day, and his
wire drove him all about the dis
tr1ct, sometimes being on the lob for
twenty-thre hours at a. stretch. She
mas driven back and forth between
minneapolis and Washington-a dis
lance Of 1,S41 miles-three times. and
once she drove over the road alone
with her two small children, sleep
ing by the roadside at night.
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Mrs. Schall was decorated for
bravery during the world war with
the service chevron. She was on the
Mount Vernon with her husband when
that vessel was torpedoed $50 miles
off Brest September 5, 1918. Admiral
Wilson sent her the service chevrop.
and the log of the Mount Vernon
says, We wish to pay a tribute here
te the cool and COURAGEOUS daring ne
Mrs. Schall wife of the blind Con
sressman, who showed the real stuff
ana was cheery companion for her
husband, informing him at all times
she was in the front-line trenches
during July and August, 1918, enter
tanning the soldiers by reading their
palms, and with her husband followed
our boys in the Chateau -Thierry drive.
Iney spent one night at Fere-en-Tar-
denois. The following night DR. DiI-
lon, in the very bed in which they had
slept, had both legs broken by a shell.
My little old college French carried
US through" Mrs. Schall boasts.
While engaged in Office work and
especially when on the dirty job Of
running a mailing machine Mrs.
Schall frequently dons overalls.- How
she first came to wear them is an in
teresting story. Three years ago her
baby daughter was born in September
and the next year she did not dare to
wean the baby during the hot weather.
In order that the child might be prop
erly nourished Mrs. SchaIl, although
only hve feet and one inch in stature,
ran her own weight up to 10 pounds.
Her clothes wouldn't fit her. She
couldn't afford to buy all new clothes.
especially if she had no intention of
remaining at that weight. So she put
on overalls and they served the pur-
gose very niceiy until She had re-
duced again to her normal 125 pounds
Mrs. Schall is a good gardener and
wears her overalls regularly while
raising vegetables to help out on the
family bill of fare.
Out of her experience as her con-
gresham right hand man
MIS- Schall has drawn the conclusion
that while woman's horizon in the
home gets smaller her own has dou-
pied, since she has to see for two and
she has taught herself to read matters
OF interest to him in newspapers and
magazines and to do the research
work under his direction for prepara-
tlon of his speeches.
Pershing's History.
Anticipation with regard to a book
has haa.. ut;~~ad "a M. ezzAa4A. -..x~.