Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-05
PRESIDENT ENJOYS
VISIT HOME THOUGH
He MISSES FATHER
Lack of Accustomed Greeting
at Gate Casts Shadow
Over Arrival.
EXECUTIVE, UP EARLY,
GREETS RISING SUN
Fishing Trip to Mountain Stream
With Sargent Likely-Cook
to Be Busy.
BY j. RUSSELL YOUNG.
STAFF Corraspondent Of The Star.

PLYMOUTH NOTCH, VT, August
5.-President and Mrs. Coolidge are at
last back in their beloved Vermont
hills; back in this tiny crossroads
hamlet in which the former was born;
back in the plain little story-and-a-
half frame house which has been the
home of the Coolidges for many years
and in which the Executive and his
wife have spent many happy Summers
during their married life.
Considering the sentiment these two
have for this quiet, remote corner of
the earth. it is little wonder they have
appeared so happy and contented
since their arrival here yesterday aft
ernoon. Returning to this old home
stead and these familiar hills that form
| Plymouth Notch is just like coming
| home to this couple.
Home-C Coming Different.
However. their homecoming this
| time was not the same as in the sum
mers gone by. Everything looked the
same and the sun probably never
shone brighter. but the familiar figure
| of Col. John Coolidge, the President S
| father. was missing. tie was not at
| his usual spot near the front gate TO
| the little, yard in front of the home
! to greet them upon their arrival The
| colonel's greetings on these occasions
| were not of the overiubilant, bubbling
and back -smacking kind. His greet
| ings were typical of the Coolidge s;
| typical of these parts-a handshake
| and "howdy, Grace" and "hoWdy.
| Calvin and then q kiss upon the
cheek of each.
| 1t was evident that the President
and his wife thought of this as they
alighted from the big White House
| limousine and stood for a second look
| ing up at the open doorway of the
house. They, no doubt, thought of the
colonel's welcomes of the past as they,
d few moments before arriving at the
old home yesterday afternoon, stood
bowed in silence beside the graves of
| Col. Coolidge, who died last March.
and their younger son, Calvin, who
| died in Washington two years ago.
| The President and Mrs. Coolidge
stopped at this little hillside burial
ground on their way from the railroad
station at Ludlow TO Plymouth Notch.
President Rises Early.
President Coolidge always has made
| it a practice to arise earlier than
|
home. He continued that practice to.
| day. He awoke to see the sun dap,
| pling Notch Hill, that lofty wooded
crest that is the nearest of the%quar.
! tet of elevations that surround the
| hamlet. He lost little time dressing
| and appearing on the lawn in front
of the home. He did not take time
to put on a collar and necktie. He
| seemed anxious to get out in the open
| and to breathe deeply of the crisp
morning air and to look at those ia.
| milan hills-friends of his boyhood
| He had climbed those hills many times
| as a youngster. They say there are
bear and deer and plenty OF squirrels
in them. but it is known for sure that
| the President never went hunting foT
| them even during those glorious days
| of his youth
| There is stream that gailopS along
| the foot of Notch Hill which Is said
| to abound in brook trout, and the
| President has fished In it many times
back in those days before he left
home to seek his fortune as lawyer
OF course those fishing expeditions
were far different in many ways from
these recent ones of the President
at his camp in the Adirondack Noun
tains. In those old days he carried
no multiplying reel with split bamboo
rod, silken line and gaudy fly. Those
were the days of the cork and sinkel
with a worm at one end and a hickory
branch at the other.
Records of the catches made ir
those days are in sharp contrast to the
prominence given to the angling OF
this Summer However, this made
little difference in the mind Of the
President as he walked about the
old place this morning. The memory
Of it all seemed dear to him and he
gave every evidence of being glad
to be back once more.
May Go Fishing Again.
The President has said nothing
that he may once more go fishing In
BILE that he will go with Attorney
General John G. Sargent, friend oi
the President from boyhood. who lives
at Ludlow. IL miles away. The At
torney General is fond of fishing anG
has quite a reputation as an angler
He Joined 'the President and Mrs
Coolidge at Burlington yesterday and
made the remainder Of the journey
with them.
Several times the President went t,
the doorway leading to the room tha
serves as a combination kitchen ant
dining room to determine how break
fast was coming along. His strollint
about in the early morning air ant
the fumes of meat being prepared b,
Miss Aurora Pierce, who was house
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