The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-10-26
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 EstsIIlne Bennett
Mrs. Coolidge sat in day coach on
Q 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 and the brakeman stopped
Is they went through the car to talk
to her. She had made friends 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 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.
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.
II think the only thing the women
ef the country can do now" she said.
with the quiet conviction Of one who
has thought It all out, lis 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
In the home I think the reason there
ID - much sugar on hand now IL be-
cause people are doing without 1t 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 high
cost Of living down.
Here in New England, where 1t is
. little hard for us to give up pie" she
laughed at the tradition that has be-
come a Joke. I'VE have learned to use
all kinds Of cheaper substitutes for
butter and lard, and in my own house
hold we have experimented with dif!
ferent fruit combinations to find some
Ting We like and that will take thu
least sugar. Apples must be tart t.
make good pies, but we have found
t110t UAOCUCIIlC6 tdA0 ACoo oue0A 0AAu
the combination 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 IL clos
ing homes all over the country and In
creasing 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
In the fifteen years Of her married lift
shS has had only two. The first ont
she inherited with the furnished house
into which she and Mr.. Coolidge
moved when they were married ant
took with her when she moved. TIT
second came when the flrst left to &
and live with her sister.
There must be a reason for theil
staying, 1t was suggested to Mrs Cool
idge, and she thought possibly Their
were several. She thought the type O
maid had something to do with II
Hers both have been American wo
men old enough to have sNnse of re
sponsibility to their work ai'd intelli
gent enough to respond to reasonable
courteous treatment.
"A good many women who keep onl,
one maid have trouble In their house
holds because both mistress and maid
but chiefly the mistress, are afraid o
work. A woman expects one maid t
dc the cooking and scrubbing and ey
erything else and still be dressed up II
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.
do Il for two reasons. In the frs
place. there IL no one else, and, in tn
second, like to greet my friends .
the door myself"
Have Homo Orchestra.
Mrs. Coolidge Is Of medium heigh
with brown hair, hazel eyes that hol
q good deal Of merriment and a yer
quick sense Of humor. At home sh
and her children have a little orche:
ira. Mrs. Coolidge plays the piano
John the violin, and Calvin. after cor
siderable discussion. in which he fl
vored q bass drum. compromised on
banjo-mandolin. They play hymns an
war songs usually-the hymns the
learn in the Congregational church an
Sunday School Of Northampton. The
avoid difacult and unfamiliar mus
because the object Of the orchestra
entirely recreational and not educ,
tional. That Is part of Mrs. Coo
idge's educational policy-that chill
dren should work when they work an
play when they play and keep the tw
separate That was why she sent HI
boys 10 the public schools Of Nortl
ampton when they were i've years oil
linz yuxhan cha In In Noxfl