Belen news. (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947, 1920-10-14
hMERIGhN Wo1EI'
DOING full SH.a:
FOR THE C0v"..T2Y
Mrs. Calvin CooIilre. wife Of
Republican Nominee, Pr ;scs
Her Sex.
DISCUSSES HIGH LIVING C)GTS
Declares in an Interview That
Present High PRICES Car Sc
Reduced by Votes.
DISCUSSES HIGH LINING C)3TS
By EStellin1 eannett.

Northampton and talked abam he,
husband, her children, the high cos' o.
living and the domestic problem The
conductor and the brakeman stopppd
as they went through the car to talk
to her. She had made friends with
them in her freqaent journeys back
and forth to keep in touch with her
children in school in Northamptu, and
her husband at his duties in the state
capitol. She knitted diligently as she
talked. During those trips she knits
all the winter stockings and sweaters
for her two boys-John. aged four
teen, and Calvin, twelve.
'FToo many people are afraid of
work." she thinks is the fundamental
reason for the high cost of living and
the much discussed domestic problem
II think the only thing the women
of the country can do now" she said.
with the quiet conviction of one who
has thought it all out, "is TO vote for
the men whom they think will make the
right laws and see that they are en-.
forced, They have done all they can
III the home. l think the reason there
is so ttiuch sugar on hand now is be.
cause people are doing without 1t In
their homes.
Women Have Done Their Share.
american women have done. and
sill are doing, their full share They
have sacrificed and saved and stibsti-
tutcd and made over But that isn't
enough They'll have to vote the high
cost of living town
Here in New England. where 1t is
o ittle hard for us TO give up pie" she
l'4%hed at the tradition that has be-
lAe n joke. 1--WE lave learned to use
ali Kinds Of cheaper substitutes for
butter and lard. and in my own house
fo'd we have eXnermCnted with dif.
f,tt ni fruit combinations to find some
hing we like and that will take the
least sugar. Apples must be tart to
make good pies, but we have found
dat blueberries take less sugar and
the combination of apples and blue
berries, half and half, is delicious, re
cures less sweeteninE 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
rreasing the hotel population, is some
tAing of which Mrs Coolidge thinks
she has no personal, practical knnwl
edge She never kee0s bnt one ma d
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 first left to 60
and live with her sister.
There must be a reason for theil
staying, It was suggested to Mrs Cool
idgn, and she thought possibly there
wore several She thought the type of
n1Tid had something to do with it.
Hers both have been American wo,
men old enough to have sense of re
SpOnsibilty TO THEN work and intclli
gent enough to respond to reasonable
courteous treatment
"A good many women who keep onli
one maid have trouble in their house.
holds because both mistress and maid.
but chiefly the mistress, are afraid Of
work woman expects one maid to
dc the cooking and scrubbing and ev
nlg nd ctiI he Il ,t., in,
black dress with white cap and apron
ready to answer the doorbell any min
ute 1t isn't humanity possible al,
ways answer my doorbell myself.
do it for two reasons. In the first
place, there Is no one else, and, in the
second l like to greet my friends at
! the door myself"
| Have Home Orchestra.
| Mrs. Coolidge is of medium height
with brown hair, hazel eyes that hold
q good deal of merriment and very
quick sense of humor. At home she
and her children have little orches
ira. Mrs. Coolidge plays the piano
John the violin. and Calvin, after con
siderable discussion in which he fa
vored a bass drum. compromised on =
banJo-mandolin. They play hymns and
war songs usually-the hymns they
learn in the Congregational church and
Sunday School of Northampton. They
avoid difficult and unfamiliar music
because the object of the orchestra is
entirely recreational and not educa
tional. That is part of Mrs Cool
idge's educational pollcy-that chill
dren should work when they work snt
play when The y and keep lnp wv,