The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-24

secret service agent, one Peck, on the last day of the open season.
 Is Late Sleeper
 Aurora learned on that first morn- Ing that the President has slipped in one thing. He didn't get up until near ly 3 o'clock. Think of 1t. As q result, the breakfast was elastic and so have all breakfasts been since the vacation started. Aurora was up at 4 80, her usual hour, and prepared the break fast, following which she picked up" the house, as she put 1t. Once she slept until nearly o'clock because she had stayed up until after listening in on the colonel's radio set. But that never happened again.
 The colonel was down ot breakfast at [, and. as Aurora said, ''young John twas right on hand" He had an appe- tite that would have done credit to man. But John is a favorite of the cooks and could eat enough for seven men as far as she is concerned.
 That morning the President and Mrs. Coolidge were down about 9, but since then they appear as the spirit moves, any time between and TO-
 The breakfast menu is simple. It consists of a cereal, "the whole grain which you cook for a long time and which is very nice, really, with cream" The quotes are Aurora's. Then there I is coffee with cream from one of the cows of the herd belonging to the farm. And, of course, the doughnuts.
 But the President ''ain't much of a milk drinker," Aurora says. He likes fruit once in while, but a little piece of crisp bacon seems to be his prefer ence for breakfast" It really took considerable questioning to get Aurora to tell what the President likes and doesn't like. The noon meal, which is called dinner, is the principal one of the day. This consists of meat, po- tatoes, a vegetable-whatever is grow ing best in the garden--some sort of hot bread or mullins and always a gravy. Pie is the usual dessert, but pudding is served once in a while.
 The evening meal is at o'clock. This is called supper. When she and the colonel are alone it consists of some light dish but now it's different, What the meal consists of depends entirely upon what was served at dinner, and between meals the President and John snatch a bite wherever they can get it. And they both get it themselves usually a matted milk or a doughnut or cookie.
 Receipts Old FavOrites
 All of the receipts put up by Aurora are old family favorites. Aurora says she doesn't trust her memory for the more complicated ones, these all being written in memorandum book in the clear, steady hand of the late Mrs. Coolidge, mother of the President. None are oyerich. They are tried re- ceipts of thrifty housekeeper who knows how to combine good eating with economy.
 The President's favorite pie is GUS tArd. Aurora says that she just makes the crust and relies for the sfiIinRson the receipt left by her late mistress This receipt follows:
 Three quarters of a cup of sugar. One tablespoonful of flour. A pinch of salt. Mix well. Beat up two eggs until they are light and mix with sugar and flour. Then add two and one-half cups of milk.
 Following is the recipe for her filled cookies:
 One and One-half cups of chopped raisins. One-half cup of sugar. One water. Cook until the mixture thick ~-ASf AOAA SAAA anu sAANGG DChWGCu TWO pieces of cooky batter.
 The regular cookies:
 One egg. One cup of sugar. One half cup of butter. One half cup of milk. Three and One-half cups' of flour. Two heaping teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar and one teaspoonful of soda.
 After the meals Aurora clears away the things, including the napkins, for, to quote the cook, "these have to last q number of days" She washes the dishes in a corner sink and leaves everything "spic and span" at o'clock, when she retires. And when she says "spic and span" she means just that. If there was a speck of dust anywhere in that house the observant reporter failed to find it. The floors are so clean that the mop rags looked as clean as the table cloth.