National Affairs: The Price

In the first week of their retirement Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge each had an article published in current magazines. Mr. Coolidge's article appeared in the Cosmopolitan after elaborately secret preparation. It was called "On Entering and Leaving the Presidency" and was advertised on the cover, beneath the panting lips of a red-headed girl as "Mr. Coolidge's Own Story . . . The Price in Heartaches of Being President." The article led an issue including articles and stories by Katherine Mayo, Irvin S. Cobb, Beverley Nichols, Robert Hichens, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Theodore Dreiser. For...

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