The state herald., 1920-10-12
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Wife q
Republican Nominse. Praises
Her Sex.
DISCUSSES HIGH LIVING COSTS
Declares In an Interview That
Present High Prices Can Be- J
Reduced by Votes.
BY EsteiIlne Bennett.

Northampton and talked about hCz
husband, her children, the high cost Of
living and the domestic problem. The
conductor and the brakeman stopped
as they went through the car to taIk
to her. She had made friends with
them In her frequent journeys bneis
and forth to keep In touch viii heH
children in school in Northampton and
her husband at his duties In the state
capitol. She knitted diligently MS she
talked. During those trips she kntte
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
81 think the only thing the women
of the country can do now" she said.
with the quiet conviction OF one who
has thought It NIL out, ''is to vote fog
the men whom they think VIII make tho
right laws and see that they are en-
forced. They have done all they car
IN the home. think the reason there
Is SO much sugar on hand now Is be-
cause people are doing without II trl
their homes.
Women Have Done Their Sfare-
american women have done. ane
stlll are doing, their full share. They
have sacrificed and saved and suessd-
tuted and made over. But That tsn't
enough. They'll have to yov4 the higS
cost Of living town
Here In New England. where n 20
little hard for us TO give up pie" s,sa
laughed at the tradition that has ho-.
come Joke. 1--WE have learned ~ rr0
all kinds OF cheaper substitutes foe
butter and lard, and In my own houss-
hold we have experimental with ste-
ferent fruit combinations to find souzs-
thing we like and that will thke ths
lcnst sugar. Apples must be tArs 10
make good pies. but we have fonod
that blueberrics take less sugar and
the combination Of apples and hiueS
berries, half and half, is delicionS, no
quires less sweetening than apples an
hns more character than the bluebsx-
rics alone"
hnoWb NO oofncoIC fT0DieriS.
The domestic problem. which Is clos
Ing homes all over the eouRtry ana In
cronsing the hotel population. IS sru,c
thing Of which Mrs, Coolidge thnn
she has no personal, practical howl
edge She never keeps hur Sne raid
and she never has been without one
Ir the fifteen years OF her married afe
she has had only two. The first Sae
she Inherited with the furnished houss
into which she and Mr.. Coolidge
moved when they were married sus
took with her when she moved The
second came when the first left TO 60
and live with her sister.
There must be reason for their
staying. II was suggested TO Mrs CnoI-
ldgo and she thought possibly thero
were several. SHE thought the type NJ
maid had something TO do with IT,
Hers both have been American wo-
men old enough TO have sense Of re-
sponslbili,y TO their work and lntciii-
gent enough 10 respond to reasonable
courteous treatment.
"a good many women who keep oniy
one maid have trouble In their fou~s-
holds becnuse both mistress nnd maid.
but chiefly the mistress. are nfrHid Of
work. A woman expects one msid TO
do the cooking and scrubbIng and cv-
ery,hlng else and s,lll be dressed up In
black dress with white cap and apron.
ready to answer the dourhell any mln-
ute. II isn't humanity possible. I ns-
ways answer my doorbell myself
do II for two reasons. In the frra
place, there n no one else, and IN tho
second. like to greet my friends ss
tho door myself"
Have Home Orchestra.
Mr.. Coolidge Is Of medium height.
with brown anlr. hazel eyes that hold
a good deal o. morrlment nnd a very
quick sense of humur Al home rlir
Hnd her children have little 1rrhcz
ira. Mrs. Coolidge plays the uisuo.
John the vlliln, and Calvin, after cor.
siderable discussion. IN which be- ID
yorcd thss drum. compromised ga n
banjo mandolin. They play hymas snh
war songs usually The hymns ihry
learn IN the Congregational church und
Sunday school Of Northampton They
avoid difficult aud unfamiliar music
because the object of the orchestra -
entirely rccrcatlonal nnd not cduen-
tionsi. That II part of Mrr. conl
idRc's educational nolicy-thnt cnu
drcn should work when they WORK ~,
play whcn they play nnd keep the tst
separate, That was why sho sent h,i
boys No tho public schools ~ Nurth
nmp,an when they were nyo yrnfs ~
Every morning when she IN m North
nmpton, Mrs. Coolidge takes her Hsa
ton bag and goes 10 market tf TIE
neighbor next door ~ going htra Cod,
ldFc goes with her IN tho car Otuere
wiao she walks She has no domestic
policy. SHE buys. SHE says, "what tbs
family need AMI chn afford"