New Britain herald., 1929-05-29
Mrs. Pearl Peden Oldfeld Grieves for Husband Believes Her Sex Still Motherly.

Pearl p4dan Oldneld. repreSentat'Ve from ArkansaS, and the widow of William \. Olddeld, the former den- ocratie whip. today declared that ''under no circumstances" would she return to congress after her present term expires.
 Sttl Grieyes For Husband
 She has found active public life no anodyne for her grief over .he loss of her husband. she said. and although she will carry on for the remainder of her two year term. which follows her election to fill the unexpired term of her late husband. she will do 50 simply in the spirit of taking care of things" for her husband. Then she will gladly re- tire to the sphere in which she be- lieves woman belongs-her home.
 T came back to the office to look after things before anyone was here to keep things going" she said. re- ferring to her election to i'll out her husbands term, and l accepted the nomination believing should serve only q few weeks. Before tho spe- cial election I announced my old fashioned belief about women and the home. and that belief still hold"
 Then Mrs. Oldheld observed that In fact she has no home to which to retire. For 21 years she lived in Washington with her husband. re- turning to their home in Batosville. Arkansas, for occasional visits until i2 years ago. when her elderly mother came to live with them. Since then she has not been willing to leave her mother alone-and a few years ago the home in Batesville was destroyed by fire.
 Plans to Buy Home
 Probably, she said, she will eS- tablish a home for herself and her mother in Kansas City. when she re- tires. and there they wi' he near her brother and his sun and daugh- ter.
 These children. she said, are one of the few vital personal interests she possesses. She pointed to q pho- tograph of 2 battleship hanging in her oHice-the cruiser to which her nephew was attached last June when he graduated at Annapolis. He will be at homo in Kansas City during leaves, she said, and the niece will be with them during col lese vacations.
 But despite her personal dstaste Var N1h1io lifA 1ru aAl tablishsd record for faithfulness on the job. She has never been ab- sent from . session of the house. Slight of figure, grey-eyed, her hair [ tinged slightly with gray and ,n- vartably dressed in black with | string of pearls at her throat. she ts always to be found in her office during the morning.
 ' suppose take everything seri- eusiy," she explained.
 |. Attends Every Conference
 Shs has attended every conference or her state delegation and she has given up all duties in tho apartment she shares with her mother-though formerly she found trying out new recipes "entirely delightful"
 When she was new in the capital, she said, she found the social life interesting, but later she spent most of her evenings at home. Since she has been | member of the house, she has given many evenings to studying tho Congressional Record, which she reads from cover to cover.
 But when the house recessed, ], before the special session." she add ed. T took another kind of recess -1 went to . newsstand and stock ed with every woman's magazine l could md. I'm looking forward 10 reading them again when the ses- sion is over"
 Before her husbands death, she said. she considered adopting a child. but she has given up this plan and will devote herself after her retirement to 'her niece and nephew and to doing things flor children" whenever opportunity rises.