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BIRTHDAY TIDINGS
DELUGE PRESIDENT
Greetings Pour Into White
House From All Capitals
of World.
A food of congratulatory messages
poured into tho White House yester
day from at home and abroad, front
plain citizens, front royalty and other
heads of governments. on the occa
sion of }'resident Coolidgr's fifty
fourth birthday anniversary, the
Fourth of July. By mail, tele
graph and cahie the messages of
felicitation came to the Chief Ex
ecutive. The text of none of them
was made public, hut. it was learned
that in not one of the principal cap
itals was the birthday of the Presi
dent of the I'nlted States forgotten.
These greetings were read by the
Chief Executive as part of a quiet ob
servance of the anniversary at the
White House. Both the Sunday rain
and the necessity for rest preparatory
to a presidential trip to Philadelphia
today, where he leads the Nation in
commemoration of the 150th anni
versary of the signing of the Declara
tion of Independence, prompted the
President, to remain for the most part
of the day indoors. With Mrs. Cool
idge and their son John th» President
attended services of the First Congre
gational Church at Washington Audi
torium Frank W. Steams of Boston,
the President's intimate friend, was
at the White House for the day. hut
left, last night for Boston, and no
other guests were received.
It was the last day for some time
that the White House family will be
together, as John leaves today for
Burlington, Vt., where lie will attend
Rummer school at the I'niverslty of
Vermont.
Departure of President and Mrs.
