Show r I 7 l' l mii t j ii ii l 7 t li f ii i Ri I I Boudoir Mirrors of Washington 6 VlY VJ WJ M l. LV IV V Copyright I Isi In V. V S. S Cnn Cnn- nun ly hv II SeMIe f Sue Ine by flue North Alliance All Xen e rc cred TUB CONGRESSMAN A congressman's wife in ov overalls ralls DId yOU vou ever me meet t her No I tho thought riot not You dont don't find her at atthe the tho women's clubs at the bridge luncheons at receptions or Jazzing tilt till dawn da Her life lite Is too full of work of sacrifice and most wonderful wonderful won won- of all or of a geat joy for what she in has ach achieved eved One door in m the house office building building- bears the inscription Thomas D P. Schall Minnesota TIn Inside We you you vou find Thomas Schall the I blind Mind congressman and Margaret his hs wife wit e. e Not alone his wife hotI lint hot I I his lila eyes eves his secretary In very ery truth I hIs hs helpmeet I must tell you of or orthe I the Uie couple they are an Inspiration I to Washington I Mrs Schall Is short of at stature I with tiny hands and feet blue e eyes es I that twinkle t and a mass of wavy I blond hal hal- haland and as a sartorial settine setI settin set- set I tin th tine for these these blue e blue overalls 1 I 5 began oe to wear them In wartime wartime war war- I time she sho sas sais when we didn't have much money for dresses andI and I they are aro so comfortable and conI convenient convenient con con- I I always wear them for theoffice the I office Just think of ot It it The They were both bolh at college and Margaret first saw him when a thrilling thrilling- baseball game w was as being played There w wee e e jeers at the losers followed by bv a lesson In manners Tom Schall leapt in with handy fists and diverted di a at attention at- at from a vanquished comrade ide who had bad got mixed up in It Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- vl ir- ir garet Huntly saw It Sho wasn wasn't t surprised d when she learned that his middle name was David You I know now how it is with girls girls' They were both winners prize-winners Tom won all the leal honors hOllors and Margaret gathered in the trophies trophies trophies tro tro- tro- tro for French and German They hadn't hadn t much to start in their matrimonIal matrimonial matri matri- partnership but a great faith Tom had struggled from ity I I as a chore boy bootblack newsboy I and janitor to his own law office I in Minneapolis It was wasP a small office neither crowded with furniture nor clients who sou sought ht assistance paid raid for his services services' in farm pro produce uce One offered a dilapidated old cider press Dress in exchange e fo legal advice FOUR YEARS AND I But those these two youngsters playing pl tho the game g of life laughed at obstacles obstacles cles des and Margaret managed the littIe lit little little lit lit- tle tIe apartment called home with the same economy and energy as lie he did ld the office Tour lour happy 5 years rears ears w with th success just in sight then then tragedy The hand hind of fate tate shut ot off r the world and the face he loved loveil An electric cigar lighter had short short-cl and was the Instrument t of destruction Thomas Schall was zas as blind bUnd What hat shall I do do he asked I I will be your eyes a and ani d you vou shall still practise law said Margaret Marguet Schall V She has never failed me n me-n never me-never n ver That is the tribute he pa pays s her after atter long long years of or ng a night t. t l Ia Ma-garet Ma garet Schall studied law in order to brief her husbands husband's cases ChAPS Unlike the thu seeing lawyer he could not refer to authorities or notes lie He had hall to depend entirely upon upun nis lI m memory At first she had to r read acl and aM reread re re reread re- re read the facts for him to memo i e But the darkness has led to gr greater ater concentration and now after alter ono one reading he is almost letter perfect They have won But there thero we ere c t times when ahen even his wife didn't know the blackness of his soul Success at la law laV V rew rewarded their gallant effort and Thomas Thomas' decided to ente ente- politics lie He is now nw serving his fourth term sun SHE DRAFTS DILLS BILLS Margaret didn't didn t know anythIng about politics then then now now she sho loves It I was sitting talking to the blind congressman one day when h hiS s wife had been called out of the room She is my eyes she Is my pencil pen pen- ell cil she had faith in me and gave me courage tb go on I have neverseen never ne neverseen seen her In overalls but I know that she wears them with the same grace as she did her silkiest dress dross when I could see Mrs Schall knows all about I the be bills he lie husband drafts in fait fact she has drafted marty marfy of them arid nd knows their status and iy She l knows and loves the people ue lie he represents They are her people too People have found fault with Tom Schall for tor appointing his wife as secretary It It would be so easy for a disinterested disinterested diem diem- crested se secretary to deceive a Mind congressman and incidentally lighten his own labor But with my wife whose inte ests are arc mown myown my m own own nothing is neglected In fact I think we hold the record for answering answering answering an an- congressional mall mail within twenty-four twenty hours he d proud I y Tom chall Schall was a little apprehensive sive when he set out on his f fist first st campaigning trip with a chau chauffeur jr to guide him When he came home he told his wife of oC tho ho success ith h his Is audiences Then Mrs Schall drove the car and selected the loci loci- Von ton for him to speak when tn y cached a town SHE GUIDES GLIDES TilE THE BREEZE Its important to get a good background and to have the wind blowing towards the audience riot not away from it Local i dont don't think o of those things things' I remember one campaign had When hen Tom was speaking Margaret would take a 3 hammer and handbills and decorate the town Do Jo you sou ou know lenow they went wei-tt abroad in 19 1918 8 and Margaret Schall was granted special pe to accompany ic- ic company her husband into the tue frontline frontlIne front lIne lino trenches trenches' At Flume Plume she Rhe was under fire and she translated ft r her husbands husband's sightless eyes eves the pages of history that were being written w-nten In blood Even after atter they were homeward bound her cou age was again putto put putto I Ito to the test The first day out their vessel was struck by a submarine She had arisen early and was fully dressed when tho the shock came She feno hurried below t to assist her husband and bring him on deck Then he e tied him to her waist by T. T op-o op an cal and andas calas 1 as they were both good mers she was prepared to guide guiJo him himat at sea just as she did on land When they came on deck she sue electrified the tho captain by her cheery Good morning mornin captain No hysterics hys hys- no weeping Is Is it any wonder wonder won won- der tier that he recommended that shebe shebe she sue be cited for bravery when in great and that his request wa wag wali granted Even her husband marvelled ather ather at ather her extraordinary coolness Why I I. I knew we couldn't be drowned she said because the theUnes lines Unes in my palm show a rescue trim fruin shipwreck Mrs Schall I may tell v you ou ou J Io Is a wonderful palmist and this is not the only prediction that has come true She doesn doesn't t wear he he decoration Im I m sav saving ing It to give o to Peggy I when she he is old enough to und understand understand under under- r-I r stand she sa says sas s MOTORS OUT TO FARM r I Peg Peggy y is just lust 2 years old an and al although al- al though 1 O she has lias s a wonderful t nurse nurse- an old t family n fi friend friend it od it OOPS l lo lur hurt rt I to refuse refuse her her pleading Take Tale Pegg Peggy Peg Peg- g gy mother when Mrs Schall leaves for tor the tho office ev every erv day Peggy has two brothers Tom Jr and Dick and they seem to have solved the question of pe m mo tion Hence the farm in Maryland I I Margaret argaret engineers a ra ragged car ear I out to the Ule countr when shen the dav days day's s I work is done That is homo home home-home homo with plenty of space t to o romp with I children an orchard a It vineyard and qU quite This I I a ambitious home which vegetable Tom gs garden Schall 7 i loves so well 11 he le has never nevar si sen n I except th h the eyes eves of his And he Ins has never seen the faces of his children Tomorrow AMien the fite Climbers Try to Ic h |