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before 8 o'clock. He brings with him
| rough draft of an article he is to
write and send of that day, and which
| he has been thinking out while lying
awake at night, or while sitting on the
porch or walking with the dogs. He
| lays that ON his desk and the first
| thing he does is to read such letters
as / have sorted out of the mass of
his mail and laid on his desk for him
TO see. Then he glances through the
two papers he reads regularly. one Of
them the paper devoted ., , wholly to imam
from another paper or two on his desk
and he may glance at them; or, more
likely, he will ask me what they are
about and let 1t go at that He feels
that he hasn't time to read any more
papers.
"After that he dictates answers to
| the few letters he wants to answer and
indicates in the hriefest way his re-
| sponses TO others. Then he goes into
the real work Of the day-his magazine
and newspaper artfcles-and works
upon them until about 1880 o'clock
asked MFR. Beatty: us 1t true that
he is paid more per word for his writ
| tngS than any other person was ever
paida have heard it said he gets SIS
2 word and even $40 . word. What
does be get?"
Pay Is Unkn0wn.
even I do not know that" replied
Mr.. Beatty "An statements that have
| ever been published were simply
| guesses. No authoritative announce
rnent has ever been made of what he
gets; and, presume, knowing Mr..
Coolidge as I do, no such announce
ment will ever be made. But, of
course, 1t Is q large sum"
What sort of letters does he get2"
such mail as usually comes to any
man of prominence; appeals. for aid,
| applications for his influence for po-
litical jobs, solicitations for the use of
his name for all sorts Of organizations
and purposes, requests for opinions on
books, suggestions for articles that he
might write, advice Of ali kinds, a
plentiful sprinkling of letters from per-
sons who have read what he wrote and
are thanking him for 1t, and an un-
| ending flood of letters asking for his
| autograph. Strange to say, to the ma
| jority of these latter requests he &C.
| cedes and that Is one of the heavy
| drains upon him. He seems to hate to
refuse his autograph to any one who
has gone TO the trouble to write and
ask for it.
Won't Work on Sunday.
He never writes or does any kind of
work on Sunday. He won't even write
for a Sunday paper He says he be-
lieVes that what a man earns on SUM-
day viii never do him any good.
Eat 1880 Mr.. Coolidge's chauffeur
comes for him and usually finds him
standing in the street door waiting.
He drives home and has luncheon at
1890, good substantial meal, and he
is q good eater. He enjoys this meal.
for an hour and aWakens very alert
and ready for more work. He comes
again TO the ONCE at 2:30, stays for an
hour or so, and goes through what mail
has come In and meets such persons
as have made appointments for and
goes home before 4 o'clock, to ronp
with the dogs and maybe to take q
short automobile ride with Mrs. Cool
idge
light supper and from then until bed
time he usually sits with Mrs Coolidge
on the porch and gazes out over what
is called here THE Meadows'-the low
lying grassy fats of the Connecticut
River, and across to the Mount Tom
range Of hills.
Favorite Sitting Place.
"This porch is his favorite sitting
place. It has a bay window effect and
three canaries in cages hang there and
the place bubbles With their songs in
the evening. Sometimes. but not often,
some friend sits there with them. But
they love to sit together, alone, and
just gaze away over that wonderful scene
of peace and quiet without speaking,
except very seldom. Mrs. Coolidge
usually sews as she sits there and he
may read until dark and smoke.
aYou think they really enjoy thatP''
asked Mr.. Beatty. And do you think
she loves him 50 much that she can
enjoy that almost solitude with him?"
They enjoy 1t, yes, very much.
Neither Of them is demonstratiye. One
can see plainly enough that Mrs.