In December of 1923, barely four months from the time he assumed office, President Coolidge went before Congress to deliver his initial “State of the Union” message. Drafted by him with great care, it was praised for its sound and comprehensive coverage. This cartoon jokingly focuses on the fact, also, that the seven-thousand-word address, which ranged over a great array of topics, seemed in character hardly consistent, really, with its author’s general reputation for terseness and taciturnity: “But When He Does Speak He says a Mouthful.”