The Glenwood post., 1924-08-07
U1eu.1 1xn, WITH COOLIDGE,
fs2 1ID1S oIAlGKs' MARH


s'I wish ysa would play golf, Uncle
Ted, and let us have some Of your old
golf balls to play WITH" said jack,
= the three pals sat on the front
porch after supper. sThere goes Mr..
Brown; just coming back from the
country club, and saw his golf clubs
sticking out Of the side Of his auto.
He lets George Brown have his golf
balls to play with after they get too
badly injured to be good to play golf
with el
eyes" chimed in Ruth, swe could
bat the balls around here on the lawn
and then we could bounce them on the
sidewalk. 1t is wonderful how golf
ball will bounce"
'tWe1l, kiddies, I have often thought
Of it, but never could see how I could
find the tim. But III get you some
golf balls to play With if you want
them.
''The matter of time is not the only
reason I do not play golf, but it is the
principal reason. You see, am pretty
busy with my work. IN still COM
paratively young man and have to keep
pretty close to the job to make q sue
cess of my business. There is not
much pleasure in playing golf unless
a man plays often enough to play
fairly good game, and I never felt that
I could play that often"
'sBut our physical director at school
says that everyone should take some
regular exercise" interrupted Ruth.
"Well, I do take regular exercise" ("
replied Uncle Ted "I walk down
town every morning and back every
night, and then my work takes me out
on the street a great deal every day.
That kind Of exercise does not take
any time away from my business. It
would take me practically half day
to go out and play game Of golf.
'Just to put myself In good COM
pany, I am going to remind You that
take the same kind of exercise that
the president Of the United States
takes. President Coolidge does not
play golf, but he goes for a walk
every morning. He walks two or three
miles, or even more, sometimes before
breakfast, but always before office
hours. That does not take any time
away from his work and Judge that
it is all the exercise he needs in order
to keep fit, for read in the papers
the other day that President Coolidge
had been examined by physicians at
Walter Reed hospital and had been
found in fine physical condition.
81 don't know what other reasons
Mr.. Coolidge may have had for not
playing golf, but I suppose they are
pretty much the same az mine. The
game is quite expensive and neither
Mr.. Coolidge nor myself ever seemed
inclined to form expensive habits.
While he was practicing law in North
ampton, Massachusetts,, and while he
was governor Of his state-yes, and
while he was vice president, Mr.. Cool
idge used to 60 back to his old home
on the farm at Plymouth, Vermont,
every summer, for his vacation. He
put in his time helping with the farm
work, pitching hay, and such other
work as must be done on a farm. That
was just as good exercise as playing
golf, and he got the fresh country air
and the change Of climate, too.
"You remember that President
Harding died in the summer and when
the news Of his death came, Mr.. Cool
idge was up there in Vermont on the
farm and he took the oath of office
there.
"Now I don't want you to under
stand that because I do not play golf
and remind you that the president Of
the United States does not play golf,
I am assuming that everybody who
does play is unwise or extravagant
There are a lot Of people who have
plenty of time to play and who enjoy
1t and can afford it. It is q mighty
good thing for them. But I also think
it is mighty good thing for lot of
other people to keep pretty close to
the job and live economically.
"That is what President Coolidge