The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-27
MISS LOLA WILLIAMS
She's THE PRETTIEST REASON FOR
SENATOR CURTIS GREAT POPULARITY
Nominees Girl Secretary Is
Easy to Look at 80 and
Efficient Too

Washington. July 27.-One factor
contributing to the popularity of
Senator Charles Curtis, the Republi-
can vice presidential nominee. is the
fact that no one ever gets tired wait
ing to see him in his outer office.
One can always look at Lola Will
liams, his blond secretary. and that
makes time pass quite rapidly. One
can even talk about the weather with
Miss Williams, if he likes.
Strangely enough, besides being
the most beautiful blond on Capitol
Hill, the lady is ais, remarkably eff
ficient. 1nasmuch as Curtis has been
majority leader in the Senate with
more important work than most sem
ators, she had to be. Curtis wouldn't
trade her for anyone you might
name.
Every week. says he, II get
letters from people thanking me for
the fine treatment she has given
them. She knows how to receive and
entertain people and understands the
duties Of secretary as we'll as any,
one l ever knew"
Drives Them Around
Outside the Senate office building
is parked Lola's car. When Kansans,
strange in Washington. come to the
office, she often drives them to the
White House or elsewhere. Curtis
is too busy to show the home folks
the town. so he thinks that pretty
fine. Mighty few secretaries like
that one!
Sitting in the car with Miss Will
liams, few persons would miss the
senator.
Haven't had complaint about
her management Of the office in
eight years." says the senator, with
enthusiasm. "She's wonderfully eff
ficient."
The Curtis office is the busiest on
the hill. Other office forces can
loaf during the summer but not
Miss Williams AMI her staff. The
mail is bigger than ever now that
Senator Charles a national candi-
date. Miss Williams is down in the
morning by 1880. The senator comes
in at $3.50 and she believes in having
all the mail opened by that time.
Often he works nights.
Hard work is good for little girls.
Miss Williams insists. But she
hunts, fishes and motors and is one
of Washington's best women golfers.
She was born in Columbus, Kas.
While she was little girl she en-
tered business. First she collected
accounts for her father. One debtor
kept Sailing. Finally little Lola be-
gan to get vegetables from him from
time to time and sell them till the
debt was squared.
There's strain Of Iowa blood in
Miss Williams. When she was IA
and found she had earned and saved
considerable money, she took trip
to California-just to travel. Her
mother was born in Iowa. Before
finishing high school, Lola had been
to California three times.
She began to contemplate a Euro
pean trip. She and another girl put
in a crop of potatoes on her fathers
land and sold them from door to
door. But not enough for a Euro
pean trip.
Along came q newspaper SUBJ
scription contest and the prize was q
trip to England and Scotland. She
entered and won. The potato money
took her over the continent.
While still in high school she won
another prize-a diamond ring for
her debating ability.
Came as 4 Clerk
She worked in . lawyers office
and when the war broke out passed 4
civil service examination and came
to Washington as . clerk in the avia-
ton service. Curtis found her there
in 1920 and has had her ever since
Soon she may be secretary to the
vice president. q job now held by I
man. At the recent Kansas City
convention she was one Of the most
active Curtis supporters and had
charge of the Curtis headquarters
Senator Curtis recalls that when
he first came to Congress from Kan.
sas in 1893 there were about two
women secretaries on the Hill.
The senatorial secretaries now in.
clude Is women and House secre.
taries are too many to count, Won.
en- have generally replaced the male
clerks on the Hill.
WOMAN RACKS CAR