The Holbrook news., 1921-03-25
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 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 EsteIIlne eennstt.

Mrs. Coolidge sat in a day coach on slow local train between Boston and Northampton and talked about Her husband, her children. the high cost o. living and the domestic problem. The conductor and the brakeman stopped as they went through the car to talk to her. She had made friends with them in her frequent journeys bacB and forth to keep in touch wi,h her children in school in Northampton and her husband al, 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.
 T 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, "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 in the home. I think the reason there is so much sugar on hand 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 high cost of living down.
 Here in New England, where it is a 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 experlmented with dii- feTent fruit combinations to find some thing we like and that will take the least sugar Apples must be tart to make good pies, but we have found flat blueberries take less sugar and the coEbination 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 is 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 life she has had only two. The first one she inherited with the furnished house into which she and MT. Coolidge moved when they were married and took with her when she moved. The second came when the first left to go and live with her sister.
 There must be a reason for their staying, it 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 to have a sense of re spOnsibility to their work and intelh- gent enough to respond to Reasonable courteous 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. 4 woman, expects one mad to dc the cooking and scrubbing and ev- erything else and still be dressed up in black dress with white cap and apron ready 10 answer the dOOrbel any min ute Il isn't humanly possible ] al- ways answer my doorbell myself da it for twoe reasons. In the frs place there is no one else, and, in the second, I like to greet my friends al the door myself"
 Have Home Orchestra.
 Mrs. Coolidge is of medium height with brown hair, hazel eyes that hold a good deal of merriment and a very quick sense of humor. At home she and her children have a little Orches- tra. Mrs. Coolidge plays the piano John inc violin and Calvin, after con siderable discussion, in which he fa vored a bass drum, compromised on. d ] hanjo-mandolin. They play hymns and war songs -usuallv-the hymns thsF learn in the Congregational church ans Sunday School of Northampton. Thag avoid difficult and unfamiliar muaif because the object of the orchestra is | entirely recreadonal and not educa tionaL That is a part of Mrs. Cool idge's educational policy-that chil- dren should work when they work anc play when they play and keep the twc separate. That was why she sent he l 4f,- ~,rf~ ampton when they were five years old i
 Every morning when she is in North ! ampton, Mrs. Coolidge takes her Bos | ton bag and goes to market If th l neighbor next door is going Mrs. Cool ! idge goes with her in the car. Other l wise she walks. She has no domesti' |