Show I 1 4 our weekly y washington letter j I 1 S M 8 i washington D C sept 8 ali tire e vacation of president coolidge has not b 1 a a vacation catlon a at all it was uter a transference ot of his duties detles n W sh ashington ington to swampscott Swamp scott huet tia iet 3 here is the real 1 i w m calvin coolidge coo cudse spent t me biben mbeche he was away from 11 oa aw ion ions s cai capital itar 0 40 0 when the announcement was mad I 1 thit the president was going to ake a vacation the general con r n us ot of opinion was eliat be wms was entitled to one for or pe he had day at ter day from early morning until lite late at night been at his desk at the 11 white hite house working E lly planning so thit the tha affairs or of the nation magl ie e conducted in such a manner A i to bring the greatest benefits possible to the chimens ol of the land i it is more than doubtful that sir mr coolidge would have visited any other place than the humble home ot of his father in tile the vermont hills had it nob been tor for the tact that it awas was absolutely necessary that certain repairs be made to the white house it if certainly was in seed ot of rc repairs pairs and it should further be repaired tor for the historic home ol of our presidents Is not in what the average householder bouse holder would call perfect condition 0 w t 1 during tile the time that calvin coolidge has been away from washington he ha had just exactly five days ot of real vacation three of these lie be spent at his birthplace in plymouth i vermont it Is true that be was ivas iv as j there for six days but during that time he bad a conference with secretary mellon and senator smoot of the debt funding commission and also received other government boffl cias v hose business was most pressing the other forty eight hours were used in visiting historic points I 1 in a massachusetts and it is doubtful I 1 t that bat even in aliese five days of so called vacation but that the prest ent sat and thought much of the problems ot of the day the me time mentioned does fript include of course the hurried trip that the president and mrs coolidge made to 0 his lathers fathers home in vermont when alien colonel coolidge was operated upon when the president first transfer T ard the llie executive offices from washington to swampscott Swamp scott much was written about the Dad londei erful tul summer conict white court the president was to spend tile the summer enterprising linter news photographers Photograph rs took pictures ot of it irom from every angle hardly a leaf feat on in the trees or fa a blade or of 91 grasa EI on tl the lawn baw W was S not snapped sapped and tho the printed descriptions iliac white court gave the impression that white court was like some thing that came from a page of 0 the arabian nights white court is it a pretty summer home and ilroy its porches may be obtained a view ol of the ocearl ocean but bull it 1 Is not ot the fhe palati aJ ina that it has been described to be there are tar far grander homos homes in hundreds and hundreds ot fit cities and towles anywhere in the united states and the there thare re are dozens and dozens ot of move more portent lous ious dwellings to be ba been in every seaside resort both on the jand and pacific coasts white court Is a comfortable well turn shed residence all when the president first arrived at white court there wore were numerous invitations invitation ns from society people asking that he be attend this or that function it is 19 needless to say that these invitations were the president had no time to fritter away there ther e w were ere too many questions irions that hadi to bo be decided and i in addition to that t mr cooligan gab Is ot of the opinion that tile the president of oc the untied united states sebou should ad devote his time in serving the people rather than being the centerpiece center piece ol of some social gathering the presidents vacation may be best described by one word work |