The Washington times., 1924-08-16
PRESIDENTS
REST" A
MYTH
Visitors to Vermont Farm
Likely to Invade
Privacy
By JEAN ELIOT.
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VIZ HILE the President ana Mrs.

period or rest, 1t hardly seems that
they will get much, IL the same
conditions prevail as when John
Barrett, former director Of the Pan
American Union. was there week
or two ago to get some first-hand
information from the father of the
President concerning the latter's
youth, to be incorporated in a series
of articles.
Mr.. Barrett, who. came down for
the notification ceremony, reports
that some days as many as q thou.
sand people call at the famous little
Plymnalth house, most of whom
Colonel Coolidge receives personally.
And this is the way it is done:
The callers arrive and ask IL they
may look around a bit. Colonel
Coolidge has no objection. They
enter the room in which the Presi-
dent took the oath of office that
early morning and find it as he left
It. The Bible and Oh lamp all are
In the proper place. The father
points to a register on the table
and suggests that they sign their
names before leaving. Every visitor
Is delighted to do this and as each
comes up to sign the father an
nounces that This is the table at
which the President sat when
he took the oath making him Presi-
dent" and as the visitor sits down
he says, "This is the chair in which
the President sat that night" The
good American arises from affixing
his signature with a mighty thrill
and makes way for the next conner
II such crowds arrive daily with
the President at the White House
what win be their numbers when he
Is. home on vacation? And since
this Is a Presidential year 1t
wouldn't be practical to put up any
keep-off signs. The house Is small
but the farm is hilly, SO perhaps
he can find seclusion in some of
the hollows. 49,.
Tells School Girls Of Early
Life Of Popular First Lady.
Mr.. Barrett, a Vermontian by
birth, claiming Grafton as his ma
tive village, knows a good deal
about the early life of Mrs. Cool.
idge, which knowledge has served
him well during some May and
June talks to high school girls In
the Middle West.
He found that what interested
them most was to know about the
First Lady when she was their
age. What kind of girl was she?
What did she do? Mr.. Barrett,
rather cleverly 1t seems, answered
these questions once in this way.
First he asked that the president
of the senior class of the high
school for girls stand UP, and then
that the leader OF the glee club
stand up, and then that the captain
of the basketball team stand up,
and finally that the girl who us
ually played the mans part In
their dranlatics stand up And
when these four interesting and
lovely girls were standing in wa
rious sections of the auditorium, he
said: Put together the qualities
that have made these four girls
| hold the positions they have and
you will have a composite that will
give you a pretty good Idea of Mrs.
Coolidge when she was high
school girl your age. For when
! she was in high school she was
the captain OF her basketball team.
| president Of the senior class, leader
/
chosen to play the mans part in
dramatics." The latter especially
indicated, according to Mr. Barrett.
popularity.
| And the boys before whom Mr..
Barrett has talked always wanted
to know If the President actually
worked on his fathers farm, or II
he just lived there as a kind of a
summer boarder during his vaca-
tions.
Candidate to Be "DemocraticalIy
Clothed I'm Homespun.
The rather embarrassing flood
Of gifts which engulfs every Presi.
dent Of the United States is IRE.
Cuently anticipated in the case OF
Presidential candidates. And among
the things which have already
flowed In upon the Democratic
leader, John w. Davis. is an eight.
yard bolt of homespun cloth, woven
by hand by a group of North Caro-
lima weavers from whom the gift
/ comes.
It was accompanied by a letter
from F. III. Bacon. Of Tryon, N. c.,
which says in part:
This cloth is made Of Demo,
cratic wool, from Democratic sheen.
spun and woven by Democratic
men in the altogether Democratic
Old North State.
THE industry which produces
these woolens is endeavoring to re.
turn to handicraft of our Demo.
cratic forebears when man fed and
clothed himself.
I'VE can assure you tlaat the
cloth will stand the storms and
stress Of your whole term in the
While House
North Carolina homespun has nj.
ready been given official approval,
for It will be remembered that
when Mrs. Coolidge first came to
Washington as the wife of the Vice
.. President she had in her trousseau
becoming sport suit of oxblood
homespun, the cloth being from
the looms of the famous Biltmore
estate in North Carolina, where thu
art OF hand weaving has been
brought to great perfection.
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