Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-23
The Once Over
AN INTERVIEW WITH ME. COOLIDGE

Copyright. 1880. by The Associated Newspapers)
Q-Mr. Coolidge, how does It feel to be a news
paper man2
Ans-very good. I had a wrong impression Of it
for years.
Q-How so?
Ans-I always thought it required hard work.
Q-Do you consider preparation for a newspaper
career difficult?
A-WelI. it does seem to me that eight years in the
White House are a little excessive. Still the training
a man gets for a newspaper job as President Of the
United States is very helpful
O-Do YOU think it possible for a man to be a good
newspaper man without ever having been President?
A-Possible. perhaps. but not probable. Of course
a man may have such unusual talents that he may
succeed in the newspaper profession and command a
high salary, but one term in the Presidency certainly
makes his future more certain.
Q.-As boy, did you ever want to enter newspa-
per work?
Ayes, but 1t seemed quite hopeless.
Q.-why?
A-Because at that time I didn't think there was
any chance Of ever getting the necessary Washington
training.
Q-Do you find writing at all difficult
At might become a little arduous after the third
paragraph, but I never 60 that far.
Q-Do you like writing better than the insurance
business?
Am author has one big advantage over an insur-
ance man; none Of the clients can talk back.
Q-Do you miss being President?
A.-Not in a year like this. mister.
Q.-You don't feel, we take It. that you made a mis-
take in not running for another term?
A.-Does an aviator make a mistake when he jumps
before the crash?
Q.-Mr. Coolidge. when you are writing do you use
your right or left hand?
A-Both. write with my right hand for the syn
dictate and with my left for the magazines.
Q-At one and the same time?
A-Certainly. 1t was a little difficult at first, but
this is an age Of production.
O.-Do YOU have to have a quiet place to work?
A.-Not necessarily. I've got 1t down to a system.
Q-What system?
Al make my stuff so brief that I can bat it all
out between noises.
Q.-Do you ever suffer from a lack Of ideas7
A-No. If the stuff reads that way it must be the
way the papers set 1t up.
Q.-Do you anticipate remaining in newspaper
work, Mr.. Coolidge?
A-Until 1882. at least.
Q-At that time you may run for the Presidency
again?
A-Not unless they raise the salary. I'm getting so
much money as a newspaper man that to take the
office at the present salary would be an enormous
sacrifice.
Q.-Have you any advice to give to young men de-
string to enter the newspaper profession, Mr.. Coo
lidge?
Ayes. Serve one term as President, and then
keep the stuff short and snappyl
Safeguarding the Anti-Gyp Theater Ticket
New York's new anti-gyp theater tickets are off the
press. Each bears the warning. This Ticket Is a Lii
cense." II you buy one from a speculator-as you
probably will have to-you will be guilty Of being an
unlicensed theater-goer.
President Hoover is TO take only two weeks vaca-
ton. Maybe he is afraid If he stays any longer the
public will get the idea he is enjoying himself as
President.
He will go to the Rocky Mountains, taking a long
lingering look into the Grand Canyon and musing
on what a splendid place It is to throw Senators.