Gallery Suckling

In Newport, Tenn. Evert Parker was not able to get enough money to buy shoes for his children. So with his wife and four youngsters he hitchhiked to Washington to be close to the source of supply. One afternoon last week Citizen Parker in overalls and his barefoot family settled down in the gallery of the House of Representatives. In that restful spot, Mrs. Parker unbuttoned her dress, presented her ample breast to her eight-month-old daughter, Hilda Jean.

One touch of nature made the whole House embarrassed. Members whispered nervously to one another. Did the gentleman from Kansas see what the gentleman from Maine saw up there in the gallery? Should someone make a point of order? Hilda Jean Parker had been nursing about five minutes when House Doorkeeper Joseph Sinnott tapped Evert Parker ominously on the shoulder. Fishing in the pocket of his blue jeans, Father Parker produced not one but two white paste-boards--admission cards from two distinguished Senators, Huey Long of Louisiana and Carter Glass of Virginia.

Said Doorkeeper Sinnott sternly to Mrs. Parker: "Would you mind feeding your baby in the Ladies' Room?"

Out stalked Mother Parker, trailed by husband and children.

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