FROM THE NORTH SHORE OF MASSACHUSETTS TO 'THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA'
Swampscott, Massachusetts (JFK+50) Breaking news from the Summer White House here in Swampscott, President Calvin Coolidge has made the executive decision that his Airedale*, 'Paul Pry**', will "make a better mascot" for the United States Marine Corps than he has as a pet at the Summer White House.
Paul Pry, "who was recently muzzled," was "turned over" to Marine Lieutenant Edgar Allen Poe. The Coolidges, however, will not go dogless. They still have their white collie, 'Rob Roy,' who reportedly "has retained a more dignified manner."
*Airedale is a dog breed originating in the valley of the River Aire in Yorkshire, England. Known as 'King of the Terriers" because it is the largest of the breed. Temperament is given as intelligent, outgoing, friendly, alert, confident & courageous. Apparently 'Paul Pry' was an outlier.
**Paul Pry was half-brother of President Harding's 'Laddie Boy,' & was known to snap at the ankles of White House staffers. Mrs. Coolidge described him as 'perfectly uncontrollable.' The Marines couldn't handle him either, so he ended up his doggie days in a Navy Yard.
SOURCES
"Calvin Coolidge's Paul Pry," www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/
"President Exiles 'Paul Pry' Because Of a 'Mean Streak'," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 1, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
