mrs. coolidge did, too. talking about earlier with the story that the little boys brought their little pony upstairs. >> exactly right. exactly right. >> because that -- the animals are also a great comfort to you in the paths you have. >> did millie really sleep in between you and your husband? >> are you kidding? where else would she sleep? we now have two little people in there. two little itty-bitty dogs. >> was it fun to write the book? about the white house, through the perspective? >> yes. i must say, the white house photographers really helped me. we would have -- schedule a day to go to the red room and hope nobody saw us because -- dogs are not allowed on the furniture. we placed her beautifully in the room. she lounged in the red room. she -- the photographers were fabulous about helping. that was very much fun. she made over a million dollars for charity. as george says, i worked all my life, got the highest job maybe in the world and my dog made more money than me. >> there is a very touching mo

the coolidges. mrs. harding wanted to leave and then decided not to and another week at the willard, if you can imagine. they were extremely gracious. as gracious -- looking at theodore roosevelt, how to handle when a president dies and you come in because, of course, theodore roosevelt had that. what to do when she's there and we have her letters to her sorority sisters and said i'm like babe in the woods or alice in wonderland. pray for me, basically. paraphrasing the last part. then she rose to it because she understood this was not about her. this was about service. and when you see that it is a role and it is not about you -- that's all -- all right, and -- another tomb we are going to talk about how that clashes perhaps sometimes with your marriage, should i mention the thing we discussed this morning. >> go ahead. >> the coolidges, as all i imagine first couples were, individual cones. cone of chief executive, cone of the first lady. they had a terrible thing happen when they were president which

mr. haley. he was important to her in her -- but president coolidge was a jealous man. when they were -- >> she was a beautiful woman. >> she was a beautiful woman. one of the most beautiful. and it was said she could wear any color, her complexion was like that. she and mr. haley went for a walk. they were an hour late. they got lost. the president, who always -- shoed scandal, transferred her secret serviceman away. he did that because he wanted to avoid scandal. he never let her do things that he thought might bring scandal upon the white house. but that backfired on calvin because the story was that calvin was cruel. and everyone was appalled. there was nothing wrong. grace wrote a letter to his employer to help his career because now the secret service man had aspersions. that was the worst snapshot of their marriage. the best snapshot of their marriage -- it was an extraordinary marriage. was that all of his important friends came together, there was no presidential library law for president coolidge and said we will raise money for your papers. led by clarence ba

for an american president in many, many years, almost back to coolidge or wilson, so that was a big occasion, and so we -- ambassador and mrs. farish were the american ambassador and they were hosted there. he had his own chef, and it was an elegant menu, beautiful centerpieces of gorgeous fall apples, this was november, and bright red cloths, and a lot of gold, and when i was there early in the afternoon working and sorting out the seating, i did fully, immediately was aware of this tiny little dog, their dog, who really had free reign of this beautiful home, and i thought, okay, that's all right, the farishes live here all the time, they entertain all the time, this won't be a problem. the guests arrive, we had cocktails and the receiving line, and at the end of the line, welcomed in four officials, and everyone was seated and they had poured wine for president bush to make a toast for the queen, seated on his right and prince philip was seated on mrs. bush's right and at her table, i must throw in, michael cain, the wonderful actor, so that was our star for the evening, and president bush began the toast, and out of the