[78-L] Coolidge

[Donna Halper]

At 05:13 PM 3/8/2010, you wrote:
>The story I'd heard was that Mrs. Coolidge had one of her lady
>friends over for lunch one day, and the friend said to President
>Coolidge, "I bet Mrs. Coolidge that I could get you to say three
>words at lunch today."
>
>President Coolidge replied, "You lose."

What's utterly bizarre is that Silent Cal was NOT silent at all-- he 
was frequently on the radio during the mid 1920s, and critics (radio 
editors mostly) remarked on his nasal speaking voice-- he even made 
fun of it himself.