The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-14
AMERICAN WOMEN
DOING FULL SHARE
FOR THE COUNTRY
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Wife Of
Republican Nominee, Praises
Her Sex.
DISCUSSES HIGH LIVING COSTS
Declares in an interview That
Present High Prices Can Be
Reduced by Votes.
BY ,EsteIIine Bennett

BY EsteiIine Bennett
Mrs Coolidge sat in a day coach on
slow local train between Boston and
northampton and talked about her
husband, her g id..n the high cost Of
living and the ioliesfic problem The
conductor and i'ir hrakeipan stopped
as they went Through the car to talk
to her. She had made friends with
them In her frrqgeat Journeys back
and forth to Keep IN touch with her
children In school In Northampton and
her husband al his duties In the state
capitol. She knitted diligently as she
talked. During those trips she knits
oil the winter stockings and sweaters
Tor her two b0ys--John. aged four
teen, and Calvin, twelve.
st.Too many people are afraid Of
york" she thinks is he fundamental
feas0n fer the high eos, ef living and
the much discussed domestic problem.
u think the only thing the women
Of the country ran do now" she aid.
with the quiet conviction Of one wto
has thought II all out, "!s to vote for
the men whom they think viii make the
right laws and see that they are en-.
forced. They have done all they can
s N me home. think the reason there
n - mach sugar on hand now Is be.
ause people are doing without Il In
seheir homes
Women Havs Done Their Share.
= American women have done, and
:Atill are doing. their full share. They
4 avessacrifced and saved and substi.
! nted and made over. But that Isn't
nSugh. They'll have to vote the high
oost Of living down.
"Here ip New England, where II 10
n little hard for Us to give up pie" she
lspghed Il tie tradition that has be-
corne q Joke. I'VE have learned to use
oil kinds Of cheaper substitutes for
butter and lard, and In my own house
hold we have experimental with dif-
ferent fruit combinations to find some
thing we like and that will take the
least sugar. Apples must be tart to
male good pies, but we have found
that blueberries take less sugar and
the eomblnatIon Of apples and blue
berries, half and half, is delicious. re-
quires less sweetening than apples and
has. more Character than the blueber-
ries alone
Knows No Domestic Problems.
The domestic problem, which is clos
ing homes all over the country and In
creaslng the hotel population, Is some
thing Of which Mrs. Coolidge thinks
she has no personal, practical knowl,,
edge She never keeps but one maid,
and she never has been without one.
Ir the fifteen years Of her married life
she has had only two. The first one
she inherited with the furnished house
into which she and Mr.. Coolidge
moved when they were married and
took with her when she moved. The
second came when the frst left to 90
and live with her sister.
There must be reason for their
staying, It was suggested to Mrs. Cool.
idge, and she thought possibly there
were several. She thought the type Of
maid had something to do with It
Hers both have been American wo-
men old enough to have sense Of re-
sponsibility to their work and intelli.
gent enough to respond to reasonable
courteous treatment.
"A good many women who keep only
one maid have trouble In their house.
holds because both mistress and maid,
but chiefly the mistress. are afraid Of
work. A woman expects one maid to
d the cooking and scrubbins and ~.
srythlng else ana still be dressed up In
black dress with white cap and apron,
ready to answer the doorbell any min
ute. It isn't humanity possible. l al.
ways answer my doorbell myself. l
do II for two reasons. In the 6rst
! pIace. there Is no one else. and, In the
\ seDnd, 7 Ike to greet my friends At
! ~ door myself" t;y
k hsys Homo Orchestra.
Mrs. Coolidge IL Of medium height,
with brown hair. hazel eyes that hold
COED deal Of merrlment and q very
quick sense Of humor. Atshoms she
and her children have little prches-
49, Mro NnnltA~a MA - kh> rsfsun
John the Violin and Calvin. after con-
siderable discussion, In which he H.
vored bass drum. compromised on 4
banjo-mandolin. They play hymns and
war 6onss usually-the hymns they
leaxn- n the Congregational church and
Sunday School " Northampton. They
AVOID diMcult and unfamiliar music
beeasas The object q the orchestra b