The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-10-27
Mrs.. Calvin Coolidge, Wife Of
Republican Nominee, Praises
g. Her Sex. 4 /.
DISCUSSES HIGH LIVING COSTS
Declares in an Interview That
Present High Prices Can Be !
Reduced by Votes.
~ Estelllne esnnett.

Mrs. Coolidge sat in day coach 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 and tho brakeman stopped
as they went through the car to talk
to her. She had made friends with
then, 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 che
talked. 3 During those trips she knits
al 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
tho much discussed domestic problem.
7 Il 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, rs 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. ! think the reason there
IL = much sugar on hand now is he.
cause people are doing Without II in
theiE homes.
Women Have Done Their Share.
"sAmerican women have done, and
stilf are doing, their. full share, They
have sacrificed and saved and subsfi.
tuttd sand made. over. But that isn't
enough. They'll. have. to vote the high
cost Of. living down. ~ .s.,
here in New England, where 1t Is
little hard for US to give up'pie," she
laughed at the tradition that has be.
come aioEe., I'VE have learned to use
oil kinds OF chesper substitutes for
butter and tlard, and in my own house.
hold We have experimental. with DIFF.
ferant fruit combinations to And some.
thing we~like and that will take the
least sugar. Apples must be tart to
make good pies, but we have found
that .hlueDcrries take less sugar, and
the combination Of apples and blue.
befriess.. ha hsand half. is delicious, re.
CURES less sweetening than apples and
has more character than the blucber.
ries. Alone, 3 ~ ,sss ~.
Knows No Domestic Problems.
The domestic problem, which Is clos.
ing homes. all over the country aud in.
eveasing the hotel population. is some.
thing Of which Mrs. Coolidge thinks !
she has no personal. practical Enowl.
edge. She never keeps but one maid, !
and she never has been without one. !
II 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 hrst left to 90
and live with her sister.
There must be reason for their
II was suggested TO Mrs. Cool
idge. and she thought possibly there
were several. She thought the type Of
maid had something to do with It.
Hers both have been American wo-
men old enough 10 have sense Of re.
sponsibility to their work and iHtelll.
gent enough to respond to reasonable
treatment.
"A good many women who keep only
one maid have trouble In their house.
holds because both mistress and maid.
but chiefly the mistress. are afraid of
work. A woman expects one maid to
DO the cooking and scrubbing and ev.
erythine else and still be dressed lln IL