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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30

our Office in 1895 to study law. after
graduating from Amherst. He had
been there for about three months
when one day | picked up a copy of
The Springfield Republican, which
printed an item reading something
like this:
"Calvin Coolidge. student in
.hc Office Of Hammond q Field.
i'm Northampton, has been award
ed the $50 gold medal offered by
the American Historical Society
to seniors in all the American col
lcges for the best essay on a his
torical subject.
Il took the newspaper to Cool
idge's desk" Judge Field will 60 on,
land asked him if he was the
Calvin Coolidge mentioned IN the
article. He admitted that he was,
and he admitted, too, that he had
had the medal in his possession for
six weeks. He even took it out Of
his desk at my request and showed
it to me. When | asked him why
he hadn't told us about it, he replied
that he didn't know, and when I
asked him if he had informed his
father that he had won the medal,
what do you suppose his answer
was? He said;
"'No. Would you tell him.?
"Now. say" the Judge will con-
clude, putting heavily at his cigar,
chat a man who doesn't know how
to advertise better than that Is
thoroughly lacking in what. from
practical political view. is the es-
sential qualification in the science Of
se!f-exploitation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30

leading from Main Street into the
office, Mr.. Prouty found it deserted
save by a slender young man at a
small desk, whom he didn't know.
The young man was studying law
book and replied pleasantly when
the visitor asked if Everybody was
out" that everybody was. Appar-
emily it never occurred to the select
man that the young man was any
body.
Mr.. Prouty moved impatlently
about the office for several minutes,
hoping one of the partners would
come in, and when neither did de-
cided to explain his mission to the
young man. He had an important
engagement to keep right away, and
the disposition Of the body had to
be decided at once.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
The Blacksmith

There is "Phil'' Gleason, for eX-
ample. Gleason is Irish and proud
of it. and a Democrat. Although
until recently the city's only black
smith. he was once a power in local
politics and in years gone by sat
with Coolidge as a member OF the
Civ Council. His giant frame. sur
mounted by a hairy stubble which
gives his face an undeservedly fierce
appearance, has been a familiar
figure on the stump in every cleo
ton the city has held in nearly a
half century.
"Sure I'm a Democrat" he SAID
at his home, bringing his mighty hst
down on the table with a crash
which caused the legs to culver like
am aspen IN a hupN9AN4. "WD0 u
.,,.-<. .na..li say III, ,,otp Hut chen
far as I'm concerned we voted
for him for everything, but once
when he ran for the Council, IN SIX
teen wears. SO have lot OF other
Observation-Disclosures how the man
oets 'em TO do it heaven only knows,
because so far as | know he mas
never slapped man on the oacN
or bought him a drink at the bar
He's rotten politician when II
comes to that.
81 guess" concluded the black
smith simply, "that it's because he's
never gone back on friend IN MS
life. Or maybe it's because when
he saws he'll do thing he does IT,.
The mans a very divvil when 1t
comes to that. And maybe again II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30

would do credit to municipalities
much larger in size.
It's population is divided into
three classes, French, Irish and
Yankee and the city, save when
"Cai" Coolidge is running for
Office, is subject to violent political
fluctuations. Sometimes it goes Re-
publican and at other times Demo
cratic. but when Coolidge is can
didate it is almost undoubtedly
Coolidge.
Why this should be, however, IS
mystery to the inhabitants them
selves, as any of them will frankly
tell you.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30

some generally assigned to coroners
in cities like New York. One day
a man was shot to death while row.
ing on a small lake in Mr.. Prouty's
Jurisdiction, and the selectman went
to the office of Hammond e. Field to
get some information. A question
had arisen as to his right to move
the body, and Hammond e. Field
being the foremost lawyers in that
part Of the country, Mr.. Prouty de-
cided to consult them.
Climbing the short Sight of steps
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
The Judge

sst
If this sounds somewhat discon
nected and emotional more pol
ished and we'll balanced explanation
NAV be had from Henry p. Field,
Associate Judge of the Probate
Court.
Judge Fields Office is on Main
Street, just across the road from
the courthouse. Twenty-four years
ago he and John c. Hammond,
father Of Major T. J. Hammond,
were partners in the law firm OF
Hammond e. Field, but the latter
took separate office some time be-
fore he won his place on the bench.
Any afternoon between a and D
o'clock Judge Field, who was for
merly chairman of the executive
committee of the Republican State
Committee of Massachusetts, may
be seen picking his way carefully
across the car tracks to his office.
The Judge has the reputation of be-
inc one of the best after dinner
speakers in New England and one
Of his favorite topics on those and
other occasions is Calvin Coolidge.
calvin Coolidge is a Vermont
Yankee, with a Massachusetts edu-
cation" he will tell you solemnly,
after settling himself comfortably "
sorn BIN Ia. "a e,
But even so. l do not understand
how he gets the votes. 1t was IN our
office that he studied law. when ne
came to Northampton in 1895, after
graduating from Amherst. 1t was
in that year, l may say, that Mr..
Hammond was elected District At
torney and l Mayor. So, you may
say. Calvin Coolidge acquired his
first taste for politics in our office.
"But, however, that may be,
still cannot see how Calvin Coolidge
does it. He. has absolutely killed
every tradition we've ever had IN
Massachusetts as to the qualities
one must have to be a successful and
a practical politician. Yes, SIR so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
Governor Lives in a TwO.Famil>
House, Has No Automobile
and Uses Party Line Phone

miles north Of New York City, and
about the same distance west of
Boston. In its residential districts,
at least, it has something of the
atmosphere of iona Gales Friend
ship Village" although it should be
added with all possible haste that
Northampton is not village at all,
but n thriving and a beautiful city.
with a population of about $4,000
and several public buildings which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
By Arnold D. Prince
npru MDTN\- Noe

ORTHAMPTON, Mass,
~ perchcd comfortably on
- the lip Of the Connecticut
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30


- the lip of the Connecticut
River Valley. is being be-
sieged these days by a host of in
vestigators commissioned to inquire
into the strange report that the
chief executive of a great common
wealth. although safely reelected,
persists in scorning the f1eshpots of
easy living and the stratagems of
practical politics. Apparently the
report has travelled far, for maya
zine writer's, politicians. motion pic
ture operators, leaders in industry,
newspaper men, publicity experts
and others, are constantly arriving
from all parts of the United States.
Should it fall to your lot to be
one of those seeking close up"
intimate impression of Governor
Calvin Coolidge, here is a word of
advice:
When trying to get the Governors
home on the telephone be careful
to say Nv" very distinctly in giving
the number to Central. Otherwise
YOU may find yourself talking to
he Rev. Amber Garnett, of that
city. and under the necessity Of ex-
planning that your business has no
connection with the First Methodist
Clutch, but with the Governor OF
he state. The reason for this is
hat both men are on the same party
wire and Governor Coolidge only
answers-and he will generally do
I himself when he is there-when
the bell rings once. When it rings
.hree times the pastor answers.
Then, if the Governor of the COM
monwealth wants to use the tele-
rhone he must wait until the min
ister is through with it.
Should you, however, decide to go
A. Co,orpor'S homo in pprSOn.
thereby avoiding the risk Of inter
rupting Mr.. Garnett when in the
midst of composing his Sunday ser
mon. il will be well to give the
taxicab driver specific directions.
Else you may subject him to en-
barrassment, as did visitor to the
Massachusetts, city recently.
This visitor. stepping one morn
inr from the train which had
brought him from New York, asked
the driver of taxicab standing in
front of the railway station II he
knew where Governor Coolidge
lived
II know the house." replied the
chauffeur, and drove off with ms
fare.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
uisgiuings

He drove confidently for about
ten minutes, but upon turning into
pretty residential street, lined on
both sides with shade trees, seemed
suddenly seized with misgivlngs.
Drawing up finally in front of a
large frame house, painted white,
he shook his head doubtfully as he
pcered over the side of his car.
r'.aThought you said you knew the
house." remarked his fare, observ-
ing his perpiexity-
..o,, his "a the house. all right D."
dyes u half OF ", an" I'm DANCED
81 en- remember which half IT is
A great deal has been written and
said about the simple habits OF Nv
mp and the original character OF the
man who, in breaking the slriAe Vi
the policemen in Boston, is credited
with having turned the tide for la"
and order in the industrial strlfe
still raging throughout the country
But that this is not a "poiiticai
pose" on the part of Governor Cool
idge will be admitted by the most
prejudiced person after he has spent
few hours in the Governors home
town.
Northampton, where Governor
Coolidge has lived for more than
twenty-three years. is about 10"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30

may be because he'll help you out
any time you go to him. Anyway.
I'm too good a Democrat to wreck
the party by voting against him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
No Mixer

so far as know ne has never
had a nickname in his life. People
who know him call him Cal, but
that is as far as any of them will
90. He is not what you would call
an orator. He is not what you
would call mixer. He Is the quiet
est man ever knew.
why, when he was running for
reelection he didn't even make
single speech in the town. he came
TO vote. but no one knew he was
here until they saw him at the polls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30

far as | know, he has wrecked EN-
all. I've known him intimately dur
ing the entire time he has lived III
this city, which is during his entire
political career. I've never known
hin 10 qlGB q MQn ID lnf DhGh
o,,ee-n .EveryboAv IN No4thAmptOn
trait in the Governors character
which seems IL surprise to them ALL
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-07-24
GIRLS CLUB OUTING
Entertained at Lakeville by Friendly
Club and Mrs. Joseph Parsons

The much-anticipated picnic sup
per at Lakeville has come and gone,
but it will live long in the memory of
members of the Winsted Girls club
who attended. Leaving Winsted at
o'clock Thursday afternoon the party
reached Lakeville at 6 o'clock. The
girls heralded their approach to vii
lage or town by ringing bells and
blowing horns.
After visiting the clubhouse which,
by the way, is model one, the Win
sted girls, in company with the Lake
vile girls, wendell their way to a
pretty grove near Lake Wononscopo-
mac, where supper was served. This
place is an ideal one for an outing
and with some of Mrs. Joseph Par
sons famous coffee, the supper was
more than enjoyed. Later the mem
bers had a sail around Wononscopo-
mac, through the kindness and gen.
crosby of Mrs. Parsons. During the
remainder of the evening games were
played. After giving three cheers
for Mrs. Parsons the Friendly club
and the state secretary, Miss Ida V.
Curtis of Waterbury, who was pres
ent, the party started for Winsted,
arriving about midnight. All de-
clared the trip one of the finest the
club ever had.-Citizen.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-07-24
Words of Appreciation

The following words of apprecia-
ton were received by the author of
The Horse MackereP from Mrs.
Samuel Eddy, Santa Barbara, who
keeps in touch with Canaan, through
the medium of The News, in which
the poem lately appeared.
81 want to thank you, personally,
for my pleasure in reading your
Horse Mackerel poem. l, too, have
lately been absorbed in the beauty
and Splendor of this great fish. Your
nature writings touch always a most
sympathetic chord, and l respond
to the same beauty l can feel but
cannot express"
The above named poem has been
greatly appreciated by nature lovers
and sportsman since its publication
in Sports Afield 1917. 1t may in
terest Canaan readers and others
elsewhere, to know that the author
was given a toast at the annual
March banquet of the Mad Hares, a
noted Sportsman and Fisherman's
Club of Chicago.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-07-24

The Registrars of Voters for the
Town of North Canaan give notice
that they will be in session at Judge
office, in North Canaan,
on Friday, August LIST, and Friday,
August 9Th, 1919, from IL o'clock
noon until 8 o'clock in the evening Of
said days, for the purpose of making
an enrolment of the legal voters of
said Town, and for the purpose of
making such changes in the enroll
ment lists last perfected, as provided
for in Chapter 81, General Statutes,
Revision of 1918.
Dated at North Canaan, Conn.,,
this 23rd day of July A. ID. 1919.
J. Clinton Roraback
Norman w. Moore
Registrars.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-07-24
LAKEVILLE

Messrs. Peter Davis, Lester and
Bert Ball Jr. started on Monday this
week for Detroit, Mich. where tthey
expect to find employment.
Master Theodore Garnes is the
new assistant in DR.. Twiss' drug
store. =,
Horace Landon has been quite iii
the past two weeks, but is reported
as improving slowly.
VIM. Rossiter made a business trip
to Hartford on Monday last.
Clifford Warner went to Water
bury on Saturday lsat, where he was
called by his brother Sherman, who
was severely burned by electric wires
in the factory where he was working.
He reports him as getting along as
well as can be expected and is
severely burned about the hands and
arms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nelson and
three children of Torrington were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Roberts last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Smith and
Master Darwin spent Sunday last
with Mrs. Smiths sister in Canaan.
Mrs. Clara Ellis of Walden, N. Y.
is visiting her sons in town.
Mrs. M. G. Fem and children ne
turned on Saturday from a visit viii
her sister, Mrs. John Armstrong in
Hazardville.
Miss Edith Joynes of Springfield,
Mass. is visiting her parents this
week.
Henry Wehner of Brooklyn, who
has been visiting his brother Fred at
the home of Arthur Holmes, the past
two weeks, returned to his home in
Brooklyn on Monday.
Mrs. George Belcher Jr. is enjoy
ing her vacation from the Journal
office. .
G. H. Osborn made a trip to Islip,
N. Y. on Friday to look after the
renting of his property in that place.
Mrs. r. w. Dufour went to New
York city on Thursday to attend the
funeral of her father, who died after
a lingering illness.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-07-24
GIRLS SUMMER CAMP
At CORNWALL. BRIDGE
Continued from page y

Continued from page y
left the five pals of berries at the
back door. We passed the garden
where the girls grow their own vege-
tables and the sight of crisp curly
lettuce and the smell of young green
onions almost tasted like a combina-
ton salad.
The camp secretary, an attractive
young Y. w. C. A. woman, met us
at the door to the main living room
and told us something of the history
of Shadow Brook. The site is part
of the estate of Mrs. H. F. Chaffee,
of Armenia, and it was through her
generosity that the girls have such a
wonderful primitive place to live.
The Industrial Committee of the War
Work Council of the National Board
Of the Y. w. c. A. directs the work
and the recreation of the camp,
which is being developed along the
lines of model camps at Altamont,
N. Y. and other places in the North
East Field.
eve want lots and lots more girls"
the secretary said, eve want the
girls of the vicinity to know that this
is place where they can come and
have fun, make new friends, enjoy
wholesome food, outdoor life and
rest. We give the girls information
about birds and flowers. First Aid
to the Injured, and setting-up exer-
cises" which make them strong and
well and able to get the most of
their vacations. We have a spirit of
democracy here, that makes every
one of the new corners zone of the
family here and anyway no one
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-07-24
LEAGUE OF NATIONS

When men in this community of
acknowledged reasoning powers far
9bove the average and thousands of
sther men in the state and nation,
ienounce the League of Nations as
a. mass of dangerous entanglements,
IL is only natural for others, even
though not so familiar with this sub
leet, to hesitate before accepting it
without question. Then again if this
proposed covenant of the League of
Nations would prove of such benefit
20 this and other countries, by pre-
serving peace, as we are led to be-
heve by some who favor it, would
some nations be preparing now for
the next war?
In an interview with correspon-
9ent of the London Daily Mail, Mar
DIAL Foch says:
"Look at the out-of date equip
nlent with which we started this
war. The next war will be more
than ever one of machinery. You
should have laboratories with in
ventors always at work keeping
you abreast of the mechanical side
oftwar."
If Foch thus views the situation
and urges England to prepare for
war, will not France also follow his
advice. What then must be their
opinion or views on the League of
Nations? Japan also seems to have
some doubt of the efficacy of the
League of Nations as will be seen
from the fact that the Nippon gov
eminent has recently appropriated
SITS, 100000 for naval and other
military purposes.
The League of Nations was pri-
marily meant to enforce peace.
From the above facts it would seem
That outside of our own country,
men have little faith in it.
The outstanding feature, as far as
we can discern, is that to the senti-
nentalist or visionary who lacks
practical ideas regarding such an
alliance, the League of Nations pre-
vents war and the sending of our
men to fight in foreign countries, be-
cause of a blissful peace which shall
reign throughout the world. In real
ity we are bound to do just the op-
gasite, or in other words to help pro-
Tect otier. members Of the League
and become entangled, more or less
as the situation warrants, in any OF
ali of the disputes Of the many con-
tending nations of Europe, as will be
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-07-24
seen from article 10:


"The members of the league
undertake to respect and preserve
against external aggression the
territorial integrity and existing
political independence of all mem
bers of the league. In case of any
such aggression or in case of any
threat or danger of such aggres-
sion, the council shall advice upon
the means by which this obligation
shall be fulfilled"
The "Boston Globe, which is
loyal to the administration, as it is
bound to be as the leading democrat
tic paper of Massachusetts, is frank
enough, on publishing and calling at
tention to it, to say: at may be the
rock on which the treaty and the
league are wrecked, and it may be
the foundation of the strength of the
league, according to whether one
thinks that article is going to trick
America into wars or keep peace in
the world"
The Monroe Doctrine, which has
many times made it possible for this
country to withdraw from inter-
national disputes, to maintain the
in which this country
was conceived, would be valueless if
the League of Nations covenant was
adopted. Should this and other poll
cies which have proven their worth
through many years be cast boldly
aside for something which guaran-
tees nothing and at best can be moth
ing more than an experiment?
Verify it seems to US that it would
be a League of NOTIONS, for the
one purpose of saddling the United
States with the troubles of others.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-07-24

The senate promises to put the
"sha'n't" in that Shantung deal
Boston Transcript.
s*#
General Pershing received a royal
reception in England even if the
British did win the war.-Baltimore
American.
Now that the president has saved
daylight, perhaps he will not keep
congress in the dark any longer.-Ex.
%**
Have the days entirely lost sight
of the fact that water forms one of
the ingredients of high ball? Why
not prohibit that?-Baltimore Amer
lean.
While congress debates whether
2.75 beer is Intoxicating the hoi
polloi are refusing to drink it. So
how are we to find out?-Baltimor
American.
Assuming that the United States is
ready to furnish it's share of altur-
ism, where is the rest coming from?
What is Japan giving up for the in
stance?-Washington Post.
*%*
There is a difference between the
alleged idealist who shows himself
to be ignorant of American historical
tradition and the other who shows
himself to be ignoring it.-New York
Sun.
That patriotic Frenchman who al
lowed his beard to grow for forty
eight years, having it shaved only
now that Alsace is redeemed, is RI
vailed by Won Tirpitz, who, when
indirectly affected by the same situa-
ton, lost crop of whiskers that
must at least have been half a CEN
fury old.-New York Sun.
Now the Connecticut Co. is to
launch a campaign to make trolley
! riding popular. Trolley riding has
always been popular, the long waits
are what the public dislikes.-
Middletown Press.
| $50
The amendment designed particu-
larly to punish bootlegging intro
duced by Boies of Iowa to affect the
Volstead prohibition bill reveal much
that is surprising and which will be
of interest to citizens of states only
few weeks dry. A bootlegger, it
appears, in districts long legislatively
dry, does not carry on his abominable
traffic by aid of boots with super
abundant leg coverings. He did in
former and less progressive times,
hence the name; now he carries his