The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-04-03
Personal Sketches iE WASH
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THEI.; HABITS ND rrCrLiIRiTIES.

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THE PRESIDENT.
Every body knows that he is Il smoker,
aud tremendous one, too. lie told me
that While he MAS in the iicll he smoked
literslly all the time, but that in civil
lille, c.'nline,l I" the house u. he i many
h"ur~ in the day, he has been obliged to
r"lurc the Iumhrr .i cignr- that he
allows himsrlI Especially in walking
docs he smoke. lie takes h> solitary
walks regularly every dxv. and s:a'in .lc$
the length TT the walk 10 the lr,.,h "f
the cigar Whrn j .hu Q .in'y AI,ms
VAS Secretary If State unh President, he
set an example of care FIR health with
reference TO hn'hiVg. Every m"rnirg.
catly. during the summer u,rnlh>, lie
took his plunge into the p"lnnsr. Tn
tint f"rm Of hydropn,hic zc.l the i, c>rnl
occupant Of the White lI,nsc certainly
does not itnitntc Mr.. Adams. The Tx.
ccutivc Mansion enables hi: ln take his
abiutl"nS ina more private aud II more
agreeable mannrI than by SWIM in tho
great river.
But P'cs.lcn, Grnnt has another habit,
which IS very wh"!c,ninr, b tn for mind
and body he believes in the sanita:y
value ol All occasional journey, IL uip to
the sea side, n run across the continent.
And he is right. No m4tter if Iar,isian
newspapers do ,i,:ule him for doing il,
it Is the proper thing E,r him TO do. /,
briggs him into contact with the minds
Of the people. 1t saves him from the
Illusions which an inccSsant stay in
washington is sure to brrci. Abovcall,
II gives to mind and body the relaxation
which both need from the tor,uriug
strxin Of executive dutivs.
II Is hard to find fault, even in the
mildrst fashion. with a man like
MIR. CoLrAx.
Ills sudden and alarming illness last year
led to pretty wide discussion Of his
health habits. Some very ridiculous and
false things wc,c published OH the sub.
jecl
Mr.. Collax has always been very
healthy man. lie believes in health.
lie haS tried ~ take care OF his health.
lie is jolly and an el"qucn, ndvoca G
OF the sanitary value of constant cheer.
t"ln":s, Of resistance to bother and
worry, OF the avoidance OF personal quar-.
rriS, OF moderation in ambition, Of living
ut peace with God and man. Moreover,
ne tn! es all the exercise hc can get in
rapid walking about Washington he is
very temperate in cutting, and all his
life he has wholly atstuined from in.
toNi~nting drinks.
Al great dinner party here Il few
years ag4. "hcrc were illuS:rirus AmrIi.
can and foreign htuteSrncn, he declined to
lake vine. \ noted Senator, himself u
sItt'c hcntcd, exclaimed across the lnblc,
bali JrSt1nsly, "Coifax da,cs not drink -
"f"n are Iight," said Mr.. Colfx Sc.
riously 81 dare not" That simple an.
swrr, given with gentle aud earnest
s"leI"nI'y. was itself an impressive ten.
pciancc lecture.
CHARLES SUMMER
lSs prodigy Of physical endurance.
have i. from his own lips, lhnt for many
years, indeed for nearly his wholr life,
he has worked fourteen hours div.
lie has never been asmukcr liz lives
"scncronsly." and. in very temperate
fashion, is vine drinker. In his young.
er dnys he Was IL famous pedestrian,
striking off for his dozen miles without
the least difficulty. lie has given all
that up lie literally takes no cxel cisr.
Living so hr"'liy, working SO laboriuusly,
shut up tn his pen and his books for so
many hours, it is astonishing TINT he
Keeps 80 well. But he is man " ho will
80 suddenly, when he does Co.
SENATOR ScnuKz
i another interesting figure ia the Sen.
ate. Wha, arc his health huhitsY 4
|" glance shows you noble physical en-
u downcnt. lie has muscular, active,
n vital frame ; all his movements are quick
Il and vigorous; and with proper care he
e ought TO havc length Of days and great
r. honor AS to drinking and smoking, he
IS is thorough German-if We may still
u say that Germany has any monopoly of
o those graces. I mean, especially, that
II he has Germans faith in beer, and a
= Germans ability to flash intcllec tual
j. light from the midst Of dense clouds OF
I. tobacco smoke. His grcnteel peril lies
If in excessive work; such brain as his
d cannot liz idle; nay, 1t is u despotic
x member, dominating the hole man, and
j. trnmpIing on the gospel of rest and
b sleep. Senator SchurZ works very late
0 ut night-eycn till | and Q o'clock. For
i exercise, he has n fine plan. lie las
r taken Louise about two miles from the
;. capitol, and rcsolutely wnlks the whole
y distance, both going and coming.
). MIR. boutwell,
a is man Of medium size, Of wiry frame,
:, selfposscsscd, and temperate In all
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