Show THE presidents VACATION president coolidge hat hag pulled takes stakes and gone from Samp cott to washington again after eleven weeks in the white court the highest executive of the land is actie acelie again in the white house and the announced last neck that the presidents dents Na vacation cation is oer the announcement is not proper properly corded it would better read that he has transferred his hi s activities for the so ocal called led vacation lias has not been a a cation at all but was merely a transference of his duties from washington to swampscott Swamp Samp scott cott here is the real story stor of how honn calvin callin coolidge spent the time when uben he wai wag aft A t ft from the nations capital when the announcement nas as made that the president vas as going to take a la vacation cation the general con census of opinion was aas that he vas entitled to tone one for he had dar after dav from earty morning until late at night been abbis at his desk at the white house meriting st planning so that the affairs of the nation might be conducted in such a manner a as to bring the greatest benefits possible to the citizen of the land it is ii more than doubtful that mr mir coolidge bould hae j cited any an other place than the humble home of his father in the vermont hills had bad it not been for the fact that it as absolute 1 necessary that certain repairs be made to the white house it anas as jn in need of repairs and it should further be repaired for the historic home of our presidents president is riot not in what the aurare householder would call perfect condition during the time that calvin coolidge has been ana awai from washington he had just exactly file fe days das of real vacation three of these he spent at his in it is true that he be axas as there for M ix days but during that time he had a conference with Sec secretary mellon and senator benator smoot of the debt funding commission and also receil received recoiled ed other government officials whose business was most pressing the other fort forti eight hours were used in visiting historic points in massachusetts and it it is doubtful that even in these file fie day of so called vacation but that the president sat and thought much of the problems of the day the time mentioned does doe not include of course the hurried burned trip that the pre president and mrs mr coolidge made to h his 1 father fathers 1 home in vermont ahen hen colonel coolidge was operated upon when the president first transferred the executive offices office fro from m W washington as b in agton to swampscott Swamp scott much was ua written ritten about the wonderful summer home white court where the president was to spend the summer enterprising nes photographers took pictures picture of it from aery angle bardl bardh a leaf on the trees or a blade of grass gras on the lawn was not snapped and the printed description of white court gave the impre impression sion that white court vaas as like something that came from a page of the arabian nights white court is a pretty summer home and from its porches may be obtained a view of the ocean but it is not the palatial mansion man ion that it has been described to be there are far grander homes in hundreds and hundreds of cities and towns any anywhere here in the united states state and there are dozens and dozens of more portentous dwellings to be seen in every seaside rie re sorts sort both on the atlantic and ana pacific CO coast white court is a comfortable furnished residence teats all the presidents da dav during the ummer summer did not differ in any respect to those he spends in washington at white court his getting up hour a six MX ind and a few minutes later one might ien him walking al king up anti and down the roadways or along the beach his walk NI finished fini shei lire breakfast afas about 7 or 7 15 after a rood good substantial meal meal he goes to the room on the first floor which has hag been fitted up as an office in this room is a big flat top dek to the right of it stands stand the flag of our nation in this room are filing cabinets and other office furniture the mail that has armed the night before is on his desk the president sits its down and attends attend to the extremely ext urgent matters matter that require his attention these dispo disposed ed of he turns to the questions question of the next importance those that ae in such a condition as to permit action are turned over to his confidential secretary for action and ami so go for the next net two tuo oi 01 three hours lie he works silently but steadily bv B this time several callers have hale arrived arrilee they have bae come from washington or other places to confer with the president these talks earn him up to one the hour for his big midday meal sometimes he and mrs coolidge eat alone at other times some ome of the callers sit at the family famil board the trip to swampscott Swamp scott afforded mrs mr coolidge her desired opportunity port unity tv to return to her position of family housekeeper she administer ed with great pleasure to the personal comforts of calvin coolidge her husband with aith the same happiness as do all wives of the nation after lunch other callers are received and after have hale departed the pre president i turns to the afternoon mail that has armed from washington in a special pouch and continues his work until the last meal of the lay day after this meal another short walk anti and lie he again returns return to his big desk this I 1 is the real true story of how holy calvin calin coolidge spent his hi so called vacation cation a when the president first arrived at white court there were numerous nume ious tous invitations invitation vi from society people asking that lae e attend thi this or that function it is needless to sav gay that these invitations were declined the president Pr eident had no time to fritter ava there were too many questions that hall hail to be decided and in addition to that mr coolidge is of the opinion that the president of the united states should hould devote his hi time in serving the people rather than being the center piece of som gum social gathering the presidents vacation cation a may mav be test lest described b bv one word nord work lork |