Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-10-12
kasiE.:2IGhN 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.
DISCUSSES HIGH LIVING COSTS
BY Esteillne Bennett.

WI D SoolluSo Sdl III q OuT CUSCH on
a slow local train between Boston and
Northampton and talked about her
husband, her children, the high cost OF
living and the domestic problem. The
conductor aud the brskeran stopped
as they went through the car to talk
to her. She had made t1e1ds with
them in her frequent Journeys back
and forth to keep in touch with her
children In school in Northampton and
her husband at his duties Ia 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
TOO many people are afraid Of
work." she thinks is the fundamental
reason for the high cost of living and
the much discussed domestic problem.
Il think the onl% 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
la the home. l think the reason there
is so much sugar on haHd now is be-
cause people are doing without It In
their homes.
Women Have Done Their Share.
american women have done, and
still are doing, their full share. They
have sacrificed and saved and substi-
tuted and made over. But that isn't
enough. They'll have to vote the higf,
cost Of living down-
Here In New England, where II 10
q litae hard for us to give up pie" she
laughed 1t the tradition that has b.
couse q 1oAe. "ve have learned 10 use
all kiads Of cheaper substitutes for
butter AID hard, and IN my own house
hold ve have exver4meuted with dff.
ferea< fruit cs<xb4oations 10 fad SOME
thing ~ like and that win take rhe
least sssak. Appies must 10 tart 10
mako good pies, bat w ha~e found
that blueSerr4es taks hess sus~r and
the combination Of sppies and biue-
berries, half and half, 10 deiicioux re-
quires less sweetcnins than apples and
has moro character than the biueber-
ries alone"
Knows No Domestic Prsblsrns.
Tho domestic problem, which Is cies.
ing homes all over the country and In
creasing the hotel population, is some
thing sf' which Ara Coolidge thinks
she has NO personal. practical knowi-
edge She never keeps bat one maid.
and she never has been without one.
In the fif,oaa yoars ef Aes married life
she has Asa saiy tws. The fra enc
she inherited win the srrntshed house
hate wAidA she aad Mr.. Coolidge
moreA vhxA her v0s married gnd
took vita her whom So Moved. rhe
seeeaA cane vhea the arss lefs - 50
and live with hcr sister.
These msst Be q reason for their
staying, II was suggested to Mrs. Cool
idge, and she thought possibly there
were several She thought the type Of
maid had ssnetAiax To Dc With II.
Hers hstA Aaws keea America we-
neu I'D assRsA b hs1s . senss u re-
spenstStffU - 0eir vsrf aaA iAteifi-
geat 0sssA b rssDs.A b resssxabis
cDurteous tcnnfsae0&.
"A gcWd many vcRea VIE keep only
s1e maid Aavs spsutis In thetf house.
holds bscauss bstA nistrsss sad maid,
but chtedy he Hrfstress are afraid Of
WORK A wesaaH expects enc maid to
Dc the ccoirtsg ard scrubbing and CIV.
eryththx disc sp1 SIN be aresssA Up In
black dress WITH vf,tts cap s.d sprsn.
rsady to answer the desrbsIl any min.
ute. It isat humanity possible al
why's aAsver my Sesrteu myself.
DO It fer tive reasons. In the hrst
place. there Is ne enc else and, IN the
second. IKE to greet my friends at
the door myself"
Hsve Homo Orchestra.
Mrs. Coolidge Is of medium height,
with brown hair, hazel eyes that hold
COED deal Of merriment and a very
quick sense of hunor. At home she
and her children have q little orches-
thu NVShu8u tuc
Jshn the violin, and Calvin, after con-
siderable GhssssstSa, In which be IA
vcrcd Q ban &rsm, compromised On a
bsnjo-nandsfin. They play hymns and
war songs usually-the hymns they
learn In De Congregational church and
Sunday School cf Northampton. They
avoid 3HlSsit aHA unfsmiliar music
becauss he sAssst q the srehestr1 n
eattrs6 ysxse4ts1as an ret sSucs-
desai. xaak ID Z part u Mrs. Csei-
idgs's sdsntisnaI pciiey-that chill.
dren Should work when they WORK and
play when they play and keep the two
separate. That was why she sent her
bcys to ths public schools Of North
ensresa wAen tAsy were avs ycars old
n~sv psnAisS When shs h IN North.
srests,, xrys SsSa.tss tHhss her Dss.
~ tss ana e,s@s - sssJkst n me
sefs1Kbsr ssxf deer h esfHs Mrs Cool.
~ ps<s VII Sss h ne I'll. Uthsv.
tXN ~ vltA sAs hos ~ ksnsstfe
p<ssAe. ~ tsys aks sayA "wbkt the
fAs1ky HssA and en- strsrl,"