Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

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| The headliners this week are. the
five sisters-Goldie, Vera, Marge. Bill
lie and Jean-who are seeing that the
| work Of Congress and official Wash
ington Is we'll done. These five Dunn
sisters, only recently off the farm
at Fremont. Neb.. have all been Sec
| retaries to members Of Congress and
| are efficient as well as decorative.
"Are there any more at home like
you? Jean and Billie were asked, and
| they promptly responded: ooh, yes,
we have four more sisters and three
| brothers at home" Because Of the
ave Dunn sisters" and their record
in the House office building, there are.
number Of offices of members of
Congress where places will be wait
Ing for the other sisters when they
come off the farm to the National
Capital. Three at least are coming
the other is already married.
Miss Billie was the first Of the five
sisters to come to Congress. She had
: been educated at York College and
was secretary there to Melvin O. Nc
York College. Then Miss Jean came
ID. Clarke Of New York. Next, Marge
accepted position with Frank w.
Mondell when no was House leader.
lGoldie now adorns the Office Of Rep
resentative Robert G.. Simmons of
Nebraska and Vera was until the last
rev weeks with Representative James
A. Freer OF Wisconsin,. a progressive
ices in the office of Eve. Snyder,
United States marshal for the District
of Columbia
Billie. as has been said. was edu-
Gated thtea,e at York Gollegs Marge went rnt
other three are alumnae of Forest
Park College, st. Louis
These sisters are ito the manner tof
leslslation2 born" for their father,
in Nebraska. Their mother. however,
raised the family Of twelve on a farm
All the sisters are athletic. They
swim, play tennis. ride horseback and
have been invited to join the Metro
basket ball team. Billie is the chauf-
feur, for they keep their own car
here and have driven over the road
from their home in Nebraska, q dis.
tsnt; ,, OF 500 miles, three times Once
days. They keep bachelor apart
ment In Kew Garden, Georgetown.
{
former Speaker OF the national House
lof Representatives. nearing his nine
tieth birthday anniversary, Is remark
ably preserved. attends to his law
practice daily and as diligently as any
!of the younger members OF the bar.
He has aroused the interest of many
patriotic organizations by disclosing
the fact that niece Of Gen. stone
WALL Jackson, the famous Confed-
crate commander, is buried at SPRING
field, Ohio. At his request a flag and
wreath will be placed on her grave
by the Grand Army On next Me-
mortal day.
Gen. Keifer tells the following
story Of how he first met the sister
and niece of "Stonewall" Jackson,
who throughout the war were loyal
to the Union:
THE first general battle of the
1851. at Rich Mountain. Va. tnow
West Virgtnia). and the Union forces
reached Beverly the evening of July
IL and there stopped for the night.
was was then major of the Sd Ohio
by Cen. Mcclellan to act as officer
OF the day, which involved ali-nieht
service In looking after our own
troops and the pickets. etc, for the
might
In going through the town I dis
covered only one Union fiag-the
stars and Stripes--on the front Of a
s l promptly went to the
occupants and found there one wom-
an and her daughter. about fifteen
years OF age. Mrs. Arnold and daueh-
Ter, My oner to station a soldier
guard to protect them was rejected.
Mrs. Arnold saying that the flag
Oracle.
Il asked whether there were any
man 1oiks: and was told by Mrs.
gone Off with the Confederate forces
ana that she had brother. a Con.
1ederate general Thomas J. Jack
son, later renowned as "StonewalI"
jackson, the most celebrated of Con-
and rapid movements.
Mrs. Arnold and daughter con-
tinued loyal throughout the civil war
and as long as they lived. Later on,
s anoat 1859, when Union troops were
Charles II. Evans of Spring fieid, Ohio,
met the daughter Oracle, fell in love
, ana they were married and came TO
Springfield to live. where he was
1eacher In the public schools"
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For more than twenty-five years Rep
reSentative Allen T. Treadway has
| acted as moderator Of the town meet
ing, annually, in West Stockbridge,
Mass. Tho only break in this long line
| OF service was when he first came to
Congress and President Wilson called
Congress into session on the same day
| that the town meeting was held. Rep.
! resentative Treadway has just returned
to the Capital and is having some fun
| with his friends on the appropriations
committee by pointing out that be-
sides attending to all the town business
| Tor one year. electing officers, the meet
ing OF which he was moderator appro-
schools, etc. and cleaned up its entire
town government business for the year
in an hour and half.
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Representative Dan Reed of Dun.
kirk. New York, who in his day was
one of tho best foot ball tacklers in
the country and who for many years
went back to Cornell as foot ball
coach, has for the past twenty years
gotten one of the biggest thrills out
Of life by helping young men to
make something better out Of them
selves. He averages fivo young men
a year whom he assists in getting
through college.
AS an illustration of how such in
loouragement and inspiration as he
believes the Sterling-Reed education
bill will give through dignifying edu-
cation with q cabinet Office, Repre-
sentative Reed recalls the case OF
a little Italian boy who came into his
of1ce soms wears ago ceiling mara.