Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-06
YANDERBIL1,s HONE LlYE.
how the Richest Man In America Looks
After His Diet

After His Diet.
"Slnce my boyhood,' said MIR. Will
lam II. Vanderbilt, 81 have been ac-
customed to plain, wholesome living.
To my style of living and regular hab-
its i attribute my uniformly good
health. have my ills and aches like
other men, but am free from spells
of sickness. / have tried to think IL
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 as
another. / was brought up on farm,
you know, and must confess an hon
est liking for good roast beef and roast
mutton. 1 do not like either too well
done or too rare, for believe in either
state they are indigeslible. | want
them brown, rich and juicy, and with
them l like to have served potatoes,
white and floury. Above all desire
my food prepared and served plainly.
Grease, spices and rich favored con-
diments are not suited to me, and |
do not believe they are to anv person.
have an idea of my own in this re-
spect and / am convinced it is correct.
1t is that nccustomino ones self to
spiced gravies and relshes and other
things that taste horribly at first is
simply the cultivation of vitiated
taste. Ihave observed the absence of
clear compilations and bright, spark
ling eyes In persons accustomed to
high living. The rosy color and clear
eyes and buoyant spirits of persons
who live plainly, but well withal, con-
vince me that the simple, bountiful
way of living is best"
Mr.. Vanderbilt talked of his mode
Of life with as much interest as he
ever talked of money, stocks or RAIL
roads. 1t is true that Mr.. Vanderbilt
lives in magniiicence, but he lives sem
sibly. He calculates to retire at 10
o'clock at night, and he rarely misses
going to bed at that time. He is
called at 1880 in the morning,
and at $3.50 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 permit he goes out for a
drive in the afternoon. The drive
may be through the Park; it may be to
Macomb's Dam Bridge, or it may ex-
tend to Fleetwood Park. When Mr..
Vanderbilt returns from it he lies
down in his library for a nap, which
lasts until the dinner hour. He arises
refreshed and sits down to his even
ing meal as much to enjoy the CONVEX
sation of his family, which is an ex-
tremely pleasant one, IA to partake of
the viands before him. Mr.. Wander
bilt always eats sparingly, and avoids
liquids as much as possible. He takes
his coffee sometimes after his dinner.
Sometimes, however, he does not
drink it at all.
Mr.. Vanderbilt is an extremely alb
stemious man in every way. He new
er uses liquor in any form. Ii he is in
company where he is compelled to
take wine lie will simply raise the
glass to his lips. In the first place he
has no taste for liquor, and III the sec.
ond place his physical composition
will not admit of indulgence in any
form. On account of a slight aflec-
ton of the muscles OF his face, per-
sons unfamiliar with his habits might
think that he above himself to graf
ify taste for wine. 1t is not so.
When he requires n beverage he calls
for lemonade, and he likes TO have the
lemon juice fresh pressed from the
fruit. He used to be addicted to the
use of tobacco, but for thirty years
has not touched the weed. Mr.. Van
derblt is extremely careful of his
health. and looks to his eating as
much as anything else to keep it good.
.--Nev York Cool.