New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
By Arnold Prince

4 7 is true that Mrs. Calvin
4 Coolidge can drive a nail and
81 bake pie. She drove the nail
with marvellous credit to her
self on her recent visit to New York
City, and she has been baking pies
for many years to the very great
satisfaction of her husband, her chill
dren and her neighbors-it still be-
ing the custom in Northampton,
Mass, where she lives, occasionally
to share the delicacies of the table
with the people living next door.
But Mrs. Coolidge has other traits
to recommend her. She has a very
clear perception Of the Importance
of the coming election to the women
of the nation, and just as she has
been her husbands faithful ally in
her home for years, she is ready,
now that he is a candidate for the
Vice Presidency, to do her share in.
helping to bring about his election.
Importance of the Home
And in this readiness there is one
thing about Mrs. Coolidge that
stands out. and which she sought to
emphasize on her recent visit to this
city: She is d woman of the home.
Notwithstanding that in talking to
newspaper people she said she was
not "horribly domestc,' and she is
firmly convinced that the one way
for any woman to help her husband
on the road to success is to make his
domestic life attractive, no matter
what her social obligations or other
duties.
SO when Mrs. Coolidge was in the
city she consented to do certai,.
amount Of quiet, personal campaign
ing for her husband, but she never
permitted the visitor to lose sight Of
The fact that she had other duties
which she considered equally im-
portant.
When she was not otherwise en-
gagged she brought out her knitting
She admitted with what some per
sons considered alarming cheerful
ness that she had never voted in
political election. She confessed
with equal candor that although her
husband had been in politics most of
his life, she herself had never been
active in that field, although "of
course" she believes in woman suf-
frage. She made friendly, homely
references to the management of
her household, to the wholesome
healthfulness Of her two children,
both boys, and to other cares which
are absorbing to a woman accus-
toned to spending most of her life
within the circle of her own fireside.
Is Well Informed
But, lest these attributes of Mrs.
Coolidge give an entirely erroneous
impression Of what she is like, GER
tain explanations should be made at
once. She is not of the type some
times described as the "human car
pet sweeper and if she is fond of
her husband, her home, and her
sons, she is almost nervously intel
ligent and in complete touch with
the affairs Of the day. She is not
intense in manner; she absolutely
refuses to make political speeches,
but if such little things as driving
nail will help, or if she can assist
her husbands cause by telling the
newspapers that she can make good
pies and that her husband sometimes
made funny comments about them,
she is cheerfully willing to do it.
Mrs Coolidge gave the women of
New York a good chance to get ac-
ouainted with her on her visit. AS
the wife Of one Of the quaintest and
most interesting men in American
politics and also, as many believe,
the coming Second Lady Of the Land,
her arrival was eagerly awaited, and