ms. coolidge. ms. coolidge was younger and every color looked good on her and ms. harding had one color that looked good on her. ms. harding was grand. but there is no evidence of dislike between coolidge and harding. harding did something -- he invited the vice president into the cabinet meetings and coolidge was grateful. it is purgtory being vice president sometimes. senator lodge was from his own state came coolidge a hard time. he was sad when harding died in the summer of 1923. >> host: before we go to calls, very quickly, where did calvin coolidge become president and how long had it been since he had seen warren harding? >> guest: it was months. and he hope viewers will come to plymouth march where he was sworn in. he was a notary, justice of the peace, some of our loyalist members at the coolidge foundation are notaries. one of our board member is long-time head of the national notaries. that is something like that that is very american. they said how do you know you have that authority? and he said no body told me i couldn't. that is the way the country w

ms. coolidge who was was a beautiful, nice lady. coolidge lived under his shadow of roosevelroosevelt. obon his on -- on his honeymoon he went to canada and on the papers cause roosevelt this. as he grew up, as a politician governor and in washington, he wasn't roosevelt's kind of progressive at all and you can feel the tension. coolidge didn't believe in sliming your peers so you will not find a lot of it. >> host: charles in connecticut, go ahead. >> caller: i wanted to ask you about the person who edited the book review session of the tribune and was featured in a book called "the making of middlebrow culture" which was about the attempt to treat the general reader of someone of intelligence and had an interest expanding their horizon and someone like virginia west, someone you like, could garner an audience. would you stab middlebrow culture of the '30's with whatever we have today. >> guest: i think it would be called highbrow culture, wouldn't it? because we are less bookish than we used to be. she was the girlfriend of wilky. and he was married. it is sad, but true, can't change