The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-07-02
yanderbiIt,s Home Life.

"Since nv boyhood, . said Mir. Will
lam 81. Vanderbilt, 81 have been ac-
customed to plain, wholesome living.
To my style of living and regular habits
/ attribute my uniformly good health.
I have my ills and aches like other men,
but I am free from spells of sickness.
I have tried to think Il there is one thing
that suited my palate more than an
other. I do not believe there is. My
appetite, as a rule, keeps SO good that
I can eat one thing with quite rs much
relish as another. was brought up
on farm, you know, and must con-
fess an honest liking for good roast
beef and roast mutton. do not like
either too well done or too rare, for l
believe in either state they are indigest-
ible. / want them brown, rich and
Juicy, and with them like to have
served potatoes, white and houry.
Above ali, I desire roy food prepared
and served plainly. Grease, spices
and rich-favored condiments 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 con-
WINGED it is correct. 1t is that accus-
toming ones self to spiced gravies and
relishes and other things that taste
horribly at first is simply the cultiva-
ton Of q vitiated taste. have OBJ
served the absence of clear complex
ions and bright. sparkling eyes in per-
sons accustomed to high living. The
rosy color and clear eyes and buoyant
spirits of persons who live plainly, but
well withal, convinces me that the
simple. bountiful way Of living is the
best
Mr.. Vanderbilt talked Of his mode Of
life with as much interest IS he ever
talked Of money, stocks or railroads.
Il is true that Mr.. Vanderbilt lives in
magnifcence. but he lives sensibly. He
calculates to retire at 10 o'clock At
night, and he rarely misses going to
bed at that time. He Is called ct 7:S0
in the morning, and ct $50 is at break
| fast with his family. He usually spends
the morning at home. Sometimes he
goes out before lunch and sometimes
not until after lunch. When the wealth
or will admit he goes out for drive In
the afternoon. The drive may be
through the park, it may be to Ma
combs Dam bridge, or it may extend
| to Fleetwood Park When Mr. Van
derbilt returns from It he lies down in
| his library for nap, which lasts until
| the dinner hour He arises refreshed.
| and sits down to his evening meal as
much to enjoy the conversation with
his family, which Is an extremely
pleasant one, Is to partake Of the
/ Viands before him. Mr.. Vanderbilt
always eats sparingly, and avoids
liquids as much IS possible. He takes
| his coffee sometimes after dinner.
/ Sometimes, however, he does not drink
1t at all
NGr. Vanderbilt is an extremely alb
stemiOus man in every way. Re
never uses liquor in any form. If be
/ is Ia company where ne is compelled
to take wine, he viii SIMPLY raise the
glass 70 his lips. In the FIRST place, be
has no taste for liquor, and in the sec
ond place his physical composition
will not admit Of indulgence In any
form. On account OF . slight affection
of the muscles Of the face persons moi
familiar with his habits might think
that he allowed himself to crafty G
taste for wine. It Is not 50. When be
requires beverage he calls fog lemon
i ade. and he likes to have the lemoa
juice fresh pressed from the fruit He
used to be addicted to the use Of 70
bacco, bat for thirty years has moi
touched the weed. Mr.. Vanderbils Il
extremely careful Of his health. and
looks 20 his eating Is much Is eny.
thing else % keep il good -NeaO Ysrl
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