Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-06-12
VANDERBILT'S HOME LIFE.
How the Richest Man in America Looks
After His Diet.
From the New York Cook.l

[From the New York Cook
"Since my boyhood," said Mr.. William
II. Vanderbilt, II have been accustomed
to plain, wholesome living. TO my style
of living and regular habits | attribute
my uniformly good health. have my ills
and aches like other men, but | am free
from spells of sickness. have tried to
think if there was one thing that suited
my palate more than another | do not
believe there is. My appetite, as a rule,
keeps so good that | can eat one thing
with quite as much relish rs another.
was brought up ON Il farm, You know, and
! must confess an honest liking for good
roast beef and roast mutton | do not
like either too well done or too rare, for
believe in either state they are indigeSti-
bic. | want them brown, rich and Juicy,
and with them like to have served pOta-
toes, white and tloury. Above all | de
sire my food prepared ana served plainly
Grease, spices and ricn-tlaVOred cOndi-
ments are not suited to me, and do not
believe they are to any person. | have
an idea of my own in this respect and
am convinced it is correct. 1t is that ac-
customing ones self to spiccd graVies and
rellshes and other things that taste horrl-
bly, at first is simply the cultivation of IL
vitiated taste. | have observed the alb
sence of clear compilations and bright
sparkling eyes IN persons accustomed to
high living, The rosy color and clear eyes
and buoyant spirits OF persons who live
plainly, but well withal, cunVinCes me
That the simple, bountiful way of living
is the best
Mr.. Vanderbilt talked of his mode of
lie with as much interest as he ever talk
ed OF money, stocks or railroad. 1t is true
that Mr.. Vanderbilt lives in mugniiicence,
but he lives sensIbly. He calculates to re-
tire ut ten o'clock at night, and he rarely
misses going to bed at that time He is
called at $50 in the morning, and at 500
Is at breakfast with his whole family. He
usually spends the morning at home.
Sometimes he goes out before lunch and
sometimes not until after lunch. When
the weather will admit he goes out for a
| drive in the afternoon. The drive may be
| through the Park it may be to MirOmb' s
Dam Bridge. or it may extend to Fleet
wood Park. When Mr.. Vanderbilt returns
| from 1t he lies down in his library for a
nap, which lasts until the dinner hour.
lie arises refreshed and sits down to his
evening meal as much to enjoy the con
VersatlOn with his family, which is an eX-
/ lfelnely pleasant one, as to partake OF the
NlandS before him, Mr. Vanderbilt al
ways eats sparlngly and avoids liquids rs
lnuch as possible, lie takes his coffee
sometimes after his dinner. Sometimes,
however, he does not drink at all.
MI Vanderbilt Is an extremely abstem-
/ luus man i'll every way. lie never uses
liquor in any form, If he j, in company
where he is compelled to take wine he viii
simply raise the glass to his lips. In the
lrsl place he has no taste for liquor, and
in the second place his physical compost
tion will not admit of indulgence in any
FORM. On account Of a s!iEht affection of
inc muscles OF his face persons uufamil-
iar with his habits might thiul, that he al
lowed himself To crafty a taste for wine.
II Is NOT $50. When hc requiresa beverage
ue calls Tor lemonade, and he likes 10 have
the lemon juice fresh pressed from the
fruit. lie used To- be addicted To the use
touched the weed. Mr. Vanderbilt is cN-
trcmcly careful Of his health, ana looks
to his eating as much as anything else to
Keep 1t good