Evening star., 1945-10-14
Mrs. Bradley Forecast Career
by Red Cross Service Choice

II VIC NHOISC
/ Behind her, Mrs. Bradley now ha'
a Kaleidoscope background OF ovel
20 years as an Army wife.
Harmonizing Life.
In no wise a clinging vine, or
woman without definite conviction.
and interests of her own, she Is thu
gracious type of helpmate whose
greatest happiness lies in harmon
izing her life with her husbands
Characteristically, last winter she
reviewed her college German ane
studied French, when it looked a!
If she might possibly join him 1r
Germany or France at the war!
close.
This congenial and devoted hus'
band and wife were childhood play
mates and boy and girl sweethearts
in the little town of Moberly, Mo
Her grandfather, Col, William
Quayle, born at Kirk Michael on
the Isle of Man, was one OF the
towns colorful heroes. Her mother
Mrs. Charles Quayle, jr., was Omar's
Sunday school teacher. They hao
the same grade school teacher
They went to high school together
Both joined the same church when
they were Is. Today, their Chris
tianity is still an integral part OF
their lives.
While Gen. Bradley was at West
Point winning the honors which
were to fit him for the outstand-
ing part he played in the war. Mary
Elizabeth Quayle, the girl back
home, was not standing still. She
had two years at the st. Cloud
Mimi, Teachers College, where her
fathers sister, the late Miss Pepita
T. Quayle, was a professor OF Eng
lish. Then she transferred to the
University of Missouri, from which
she was graduated with a B. S. de-
gree.
Keeps Dog Around.
After the long separation of the
war years, Gen. and Mrs. Bradley
are glad to be back again in their
already smoothly running suburban
Virginia home. Here, bowls of late
summer roses and rooted ivy plant
ings add a gracious note to the
drawing room. Particularly charm
ing are several Colonial fiddle
backed chairs which once belonged
to Mrs. Bradley's Virginia born and
bred grandmother. To indulge her
husbands fondness for hunting dogs
she is keeping Gen. Walter Bedell
Smiths handsome black and white
setter. Usually the general has at
least three hunting dogs about his
quarters.
The Bradleys expect to be joined
by their daughter Elizabeth, when
her husband, First 1t. Hal Beukema
goes overseas as a B-29 pilot. Like
her mother. this attractive, fair
haired member of the family mar
ried her childhood sweetheart. He
is the son of Col. Herman Beukema
famous military geographer and
classmate of her fathers at West
Point.
Always a scrapbook enthusiast
from her school memory book
days, Mrs. Bradley takes great pleas
ure in the scrapbooks which she
has accumulated of the general s
war years and most recent ex-
periences. The range is a wide
and colorful one from a famous
comic strip series, invitations to
Buckingham Palace, a cartoon
showing the general personally lead
ing his own foray against an enemy
sniper bold enough to try to match
his Workmanship with the generals
and the pictures of his tumultous
welcome in his native State OF
Missouri.
Has Bergman Original.
A particularly priced possession of
both Gen. and Mrs. Bradley's is
the framed original of Clifford K
Berryman's cartoon of Gen. Brad
ley in The Evening Star at the
time he took over as administrator
of the Veterans Bureau.
Mrs. Bradley is an enthusiastic
walker, and rides horseback. But
in all sports she admits her willing
ness to leave the honors to hei
husband who piles up champion
scores in golf, skeet shooting ano
other craftsmanship. They both
like to dance, enjoy the theatel
and good music. Above all they
are fond of people, and share ar
enormous curiosity to see how thing,
are done and made. They ar,
trying to live very quietly now
though, in order that Gen. Brad
ley may devote his attention t.
the job in hand.
There is nothing they really like
more than an evening together
when Gen. Bradley reads aloud
while she sews on her quilt pieces
Eight beautifully designed quilt.
show her skill in this old fashioned
art, which she learned as a little
girl.
She is an avid reader, particularly
of history and biography. During
her most anxious times about the
generals safety. their daughter
Elizabeth declares, her mother &C.
quired the pernicious, mystery story
bedtime habit.
Mrs. Bradley definitely feels thai