Show e q 0 p I W f e ee 1 s The New First e Lady of f the Land il t w l a How Mrs Coolidge Makes the Presidents President's i TT r 1 i l Favorite Fa Favorite Custard Pie Very PractIcal HousewIfe 1 i a J IX three-fourths three of a cup up of sugar one rounding K t Wy MIX IVi of flour flout and of salt r 1 1 y tablespoon a pinch with the Who h Knits I Knit UAl S Darns D JL arDS QA S Socks k oc k s and an d dt 4 a tt T o I f fr fy r y Yolks elks of two eggs well beaten and two and one- one J r 1 e q half half cups of milk After they are arc well mixed together i o T T 1 A AU J 11 yx pour the ingredients into a pie pic plate in which the lower t Can Call cof co an i 1 ir f Necessary N G Go 0 I Into n t 0 th the tile e ryr t s t A crust has been allowed to cook slightly Bake in a rower mod mod- t l 71 t ff y 1 t t t IW iM Ws rl i erate oven until nicely browned browned- Kl Kitchen an ann AnU and d Prepare thes the IlC S 1 r S a A Ao s 1 o To make ake the pastry take one large cup of flour andI and I I s S I f v 1 n Hi Ml mIX mix It it with four tablespoons of l lard rd not melted Add Presidents PresIdent Meals yi yiT T rg r tAt p Sri n i lt one-half one teaspoon of salt and one teaspoon of off I r s S I A r f h y h rI 1 baking powder T HEART I am a simple home home- home i I AT 1 loving lovin New England woman woman woman- and I like best of all to gather my little family under my own I roof and to stay there This Tins s the des description r which Mr Mrs CalvIn Coolidge gave of herself herselt in her days as Governors Governor's lady when she used to divide her time half and hall half be- be between between be between her tween her two sons at school in North North- Northampton Northampton Northampton ampton and hot her husband at the State StateHouse StateHouse StateHouse House in Boston Now some women omen might so speak and tt investigation sho show v that there were ere 1 more frills to their lives than the they had stated But PItt pitiless less publicity of the New England SOl soft t showed early that the pleasant wife of silent Calvin Coolidge Ras as even as plain plein as as s she said seid A few Yew years ears ago the proper matrons of Boston's Back Bay rose up to won won- wonder Bon Bonder on- on onder der and admire as they watched the the Got GO GOI Gov Governor's I lady Now the mothers of the nation are doing the same for they have learned that Mrs Coolidge Coolidge's claims to plainness consist of homely duties ac- ac accurately ac accurately j done Mrs Calvin Coolidge first of all they learn has herself herselt knit knit- knitted knitted ted every pair of woolen stockings her two boys have ever worn Moreover she i has darned every hole those same active youngsters havo worn through the hose 1 that that mother knitted in the first place i Front earliest infancy Mrs Mr Coolidge has taken entire charge of her own children without the help of nurse nursa or governess and in the first years of her married life h she performed every household task task- task cooking cleaning dusting and arranging WIthout the help ofa of a servant Mrs Mra Coolidge early learned as the wIfe of a tI rising young lawyer to do without things things she wanted just as patient in New England have always done with with- without without ith- ith out And none aono the less leas cheerfully at night did she abe gather in her boys wash their dirty faces and make them neat for supper Then before tucking them into bed herself she read them th m Treasure Island and Swiss Family Robinson In tire the morning again the she got them up early enough to earn their spending money before tor school delivering papers and shoveling out the neighbors paths Thero There Is le no motherly secret nor any housewifely perplexity which the new First Lady has not met and wrestled with And yet despite all ali her homely duties duties she always alway found time to mediate be- be between between be between tween father fath r and the to boys boys to adjust the ideas of the older generation and the tho younger Thi This in particular ular came when the boye boys wanted a dog You can havo have a rapidly disappearing ti dog said Bald the father a dog that says Good morning and then rune rung away and never comes cornea back That kind of dog doesn't get hairs on your mothers mother's parlor carpet But we want our dog around all the objected tIme time Calvin the tho younger son ton object object- objected objected ed we dont don't want him rapidly dIsappearing disappearing disappearing It was then that Mother Interfered Calvin wants that dog so badly said mother that I think well we'll have to over overlook look the parlor carpet this once and get the dog Accordingly the boys boya had the dog Now very early In the tn days day of her mar mar- married nod ried life pleasant Mrs Coolidge learned other things besides s the duties ofa of a New England wife and mother She learned how to play her part as the wife of a arising arising rising arising young public man She has always been a gracious talker on the subjects of children cooking and society subjects which she considers within n her special domain just public as pub pub- pub pub- i he lic questions are the especial province of her husband To begin with in the days which are lust just done Mrs Irs Coolidge used to tell about her neutrality I am neutral oho sho used to say Neutral on woman suf- suf suf frage suffrage neutral on economic fusses neu neu- neu- neu neutral on labor tangles neutral on every controversy in which Mr Coolidge hoe has hasto hasto to mix That's my idea of the best way to senD senai my husband He takes care o of the public questions and I take care of the house and the tha boys boy That to me seems a fair division Now to many a Q man roan and woman it may seem a trifle exaggerated to state that Mrs Coolidge for tor years wanted a modest little automobile and for years fears learned to do without It It I Stir the ice water in gradually adding more than half a cup if necessary ry to make The latest mistress matress of the White r r 5 d 3 it 4 a dough stiff enough for h handling an and rolling House Hous re n g wIth er modern Add flour roll just enough to lightly as too electrIcal cooking of tIle the old fashioned dishes which rt j k ir n rr r t r F y 7 i y f yaN a much handling or spoIls the crust President Coolidge Others prefers to any iy tK r a n rY 0 lF Bake in a glass pie plate y wr r rJ J T 3 x y K X ry C h rp Sr I a s MN q rJ q a x 1 Y 3 a A 4 y yA n r b 3 i J S 7 F H n 4 C J A a b 1 S r J Jt M t i ih h a lr rt i Cr r ra a Si b 1 M o t w y a a n nI I C n NOA r rn r a J yr M s i Y A wr a w y t a 0 You know she once e explained as she SIlt sat In the modest little sitting room sheA of A flue fine example of Mrs Cool Cool- ah ahree a ina Th ree 0 of fL Ule the S St h Used UJ eu b by y 1 Mrs rs C Coolidge 00 Id I'd I ge in 11 Sv nj j her modest lIttle two two room at the skill WI with th her knitting y gf Knitting I Ing H Her cr M Much uc h Ad Admired m r e d B Baby 1 b y R Robe 0 b e n fn suite nude room the nee dI l es th e bob b a b y ge cattle a old olds Adams Adam House in Boston I I s m dearly rw robe which she he entered in the A aG t want a Ford I wouldn't ask for any any- ey This Th how how bow t de national na t ora 1 knitting I con contest t es t an and d ng tt h she br b br r 0 U B b t thi Just dust little Ford FordT thing more expensive a e Y whIch is I to be T to cover f her yarn yn r over fi p hi h I 1 d and andr take u W C cou run myself mar mar- marthe the th needle u her ler first grandchild in ti tr b and But order to put on thinks we cant can't afford It yet stitches g N c It was as mentioned to Mrs u s io in place of the y i i tr w d r that a Ford cost thou then about r s o cP 1 drop ro p x which mke k ke kure nl a e t s ure 1 y th Oh Oh yes yea said she he and her blue eyes y ea r rT i G 1 i to a openwork a in t f twinkled tinkled I dont don't mean to say saye e n e lv y yx x y r J the k knit knitted nit t e d couldn't get together the money for the ri ti 3 a f toes lace t is isE E t purchase Of course we could But f Coolidge seems to think I would always 1 f be running into people and that the oam- oam ago age might bo be high So Soe we e are waiting r t h and I Iam am living in hopes i s mot 1 p ke oi the g tik k Lon L ng ago a o Mrs Coolidge Coolid a how rows row of holes hole ti S she bought bO her pretty clothes her hats in th I Ia a c her af pleated pleated gowns her em 4 o which the pst pat d can for b forrOI broidered rOI d ere d slen silken I stoc stockings k and she gale ga sy i irA rA td ti ski y I tern Mr Coolidge all the credit She was a f t Charming Channing and ando sensible Mrs Coolidge very J oud young wIfe as sl-e sl told the ready for a morning marring o of shopping secret You mow know Mr Coolidge love loves r M rt r to select my clothes for or me And What the expert he has such good taste I Just s 1 bate known knower as aslet a let him co t slipping lipping one o 0 n e Ile takes his early a S ye f which combined morning p i it wIth knitting two t walk to the State House t ty r J stitches together set the smart Boston narrows narrow the do de de- de deign shops on T r e m o n t sign ign in the lace lace- lacelike like lace Street and Boylston t c i like sections lection of Street And when ho 4 a t kt i i 4 J the pattern palters sees he alt s he be goes in asks them to set it aside and then calls me Up Later in the tho day wo we go shopping It If the dress looks wellon well on me Mr lIr Coolid Coolidge e buys it If It it doesn't we just go further For Mr Coolidge is one of the tho most critical shoppers I ever knew As for or colors he be likes blue best for me And as for materials ho he prefers crepe do Chine My skirts he aI- aI al always ways ay wants pleated Mr Coolidge is far fussier than Iam I am O Often ten I get tired of looking about and would gladly take tako something not quito quite right but he spurs me on II No no he says not quite the blue to go with your eyes And so I give in and we go on till tm he is suited This is the way in Boston and so far farIn farIn farin In Washington that the new First Lady of the Land has chosen her wardrobe Whether the tho will keep up the custom now that the President has bas taken on so many added responsibilities ties is of ol course courso doubtful Now all the business of family life is not settled Bottled in New England when the socks are knitted for father and the boys and the gowns are chosen chosen for mother I J I 1 V i I 1 t sa rl 1 J There is 15 still what they u used ed to call In Now England the inner mner man to be fed and also in old New England there these are very good recipes for feeding him Mrs Coolidge can cook the old New England standbys to perfection all perfection all In fact ex- ex except ex except biscuits Several years ago the President in one of his lighter moments explained that he would never recommend Mrs Coolidge's biscuits They are ore too hard and they are inclined to be tough said he smiling teasingly at his wife wile She took th the disparagement of the biscuits with good grace But when It comes to corn ia js to salad dressing and to custard all pie pie all articles of diet by which New England Ingland swears Mrs Coolidge is right there She has very generously given out her recipes for these and long ago they were wen s all tried out in Boston andI and acclaimed liS as qUIte the thing in I salad salad dressing and corn muffins and custard pie and bIscuIts Perhaps they are quite quits the thing be- be because because causo bc-causo cause Mrs Coolidge went to the old New England cooks for her favorite recipes Heres Here's Mrs Coolidge's custard pie recipe Mix three-fourths three of a cup of sugar one rounding tablespoon of flour and a pinch of salt with v the yolks of two eggs well beaten and two t and a half cups of mIlk After they are well mixed to- to together to together gether your pour the ingredients into a plO pie plate in which the tha lower crust has been een allowed to cook slightly Bake in a moderate mod mod- moderate moderate erate oven until nicely browned To make the tha pastry take one largo lar cup of flour and mix it with four table table spoons spoons of lard not melted Add one one- one half half teaspoon of salt and one teaspoon of baking powder Stir the ice ico water In gradually adding more than half A Acup acup acup cup If it necessary to make a n dough still stiff enough for lor handling and rolling Add Suet just enough flour to roll lightly as too much handling bandling or mixing spoils spoil J the crust Bake In a glass pie pio plate Her m mayonnaise salad dressing comes net next This Thia recipe Mrs Mrs CoolIdge learned from Mrs Mary Hazel Hazl her aunt aunt v who ho lives at 60 Park Street Street Roxbury a sub sub urb urb- just outside of Boston Doton Here is the tho way the tho mayonnaise is made Cream lightly ono cup of butter In another dish stir smoothly together the yolks of four eggs egga one ona tablespoon of pre pre- prepared prepared prepared pared mustard and one teaspoon salt Stir in the butter and add slowly beating all the while one cup of olivo olive oil end and half a cup of lemon juice juke and vinegar or orIf orif If preferred a whole cup of lemon juice When mixed put into a quart jar and gradually work in more oil until they the jar jaris jaris is filled This dressing will keep r n tely without losing Its ita flavor Bavor The recipes for the lh corn muffins and the biscuits about which there Is som soma difference of opinion follow Put one cup of cornmeal two cups cUPit ol of flour two teaspoons of baking powder and a pinch of salt into a mixing bowl vl Add two eggs and milk to the right eon conk Melt one tablespoon of butter and add Pour the ingredients into but but- but muffin pans and cook in a moderate oven oven until golden The baking powder biscuits the tha President President President dent failed to recommend Mrs Coolidge makes thus us thus Add to four cups of flour and lour four tablespoons of baking powder a quarter of a cup cupol cup of ol butter buttor and milk to the right consistency Rollout Roll out the do dough gh on a floured breadboard cut and bake bako in a ahot hot oien o until done If a sweet biscuIt Is desired add four tablespoons of sugar But it is in darning and knitting and entertaining that pim Irs Irs Irs- Coolidge is i most l interested although she sho i is an excellent cook In spite of the honors which have come cometo to to her as S her husband Sed through public life honors which she the hu has w th simple grace and humility Mrs was more than delighted to hear that sho had received honorable for a fine piece of knitting work whIch she made mada recently for lor the Women's Nations ul ll Knitting Contest Her offering offering was a 11 baby carriage robe rob of plain pain knitted stitch with panels panel of knitted lace She lined it with pink crepe de Chine and sent along this verso verse to go with it We are glad to know mow that thata a babe wee Adds another twig to yo your r family tree free And may tick of Times Time's old dock clock Prove it more of a chip from the good old blocki block So she received honorable mention land tand then she promptly announced with true New I England that this particular carriage carlage robe was gong to be saved for tor the first Coolidge grand grandchild nd child H iSiS I B 1 |