The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-02

turned from his little vacation. DR.. Bliss
was not great friend of Mrs. Garfield.
The two did not get along well together and
their views sometimes came into conflict
with one another.
GARFIELD's GAsTRoNoMIC TASTES.
talked with Mr. Crump as to Garfeld's
table. He said: president Garfield had
the dyspepsia when he was inaugurated
and all the time he was in the white house
he ate nothing but the plainest of food
He was very particular about his hours,
and he ate his bre lkfast always at 80, his
dinner at B and light tea at pm. He
was very fond OF a good beefsteak and he
always mad baked potatoes for breakfast.
He had way Of his own for fixing these
He would have the potatoes broken open as
soon as they came upon the table and press
the white, mealy mass out upon his plate
and pour cream over them. He liked this
dish so well that he often made a whole
meal out of it, and he once told me that it
was far better and more digestible than
potatoes with butter. He was also fond of
piece of nice bacon fried to a crisp. He
ate Deefsteak for dinner, but neither he
nor Mrs. Garfield ever cared for much of
anything, and his table was by no means so
elaborate as that OF President Hayes
WHAT HAYES LIKED TO EAT.
L
dishes!" | asked
president Hayes" replied Steward
| Crump, chad very tasty stomach He
liked good steak or mutton chops for break
last, and he always ate very good break
fast. He began with fruit, followed this
up with some oatmeal or grits, and then
after his meat he always had some kind of
cakes. He was very fond of cakes OF In
dian meal, aud he thought a breakfast was
pp OF "a wit bOn ha hac of
used mixture of fine mocha and lava,
This breakfast usually took place in the
private dining room at s o'clock. At
o'clock ! served his lunch. This consisted
OF cold meats, roast turkey, duck Or beef
cut down in slices, and salad. This, with
bread and butter, coffee and tea, conSti-
tuted the noon meal Our biggest meal
was at dinner, which was served at 6 D. IN
1t was served in courses; first, there were
the oysters on the half shell, then a tillet
or roast Of lamb, with some kind of Gro
quettes and vegetables. Following this we
usually had course of game, and then
DESSERT consisting of cakes, fruit, candy
and nuts. There was always cake
on the table, and Mrs. Hayes dearly
loved angels food cake. We finished the
dinner with a cup of after dinner coffee
and the first part of it was always washed
down with Apollinaris water. President
Hayes was very fono of candy. He dearly
dotted on duck and he had special aversion
to pork in any shape"
HAYES WHITE HOUSE LIBERALITY.
here referred to the charge that HAYES
saved great deal of money while he was
In the White house, and that he watched
every penny Steward Crump denied that
this was true, and said: 81 believe that
President Hayes spent as much in the
White house as any President has ever
done. Some of his state dinners cost him
SIT per plate. l was instructed to get the
best | could in the market, without regard
to price, and Hayes never criticised my ac-
counts. l never found any niggardliness
about him, and don't believe he saved a
cent of his salary. He always had lots, of
people to dinner, and during the last part
of his term there was an average of thirty
seven every day to dinner, and we always
had house full of guests. He did not use
any wine, it is true, but he made up for it
in other ways He was much nicer man
to work for than Arthur, and kept decent
hours. Arthur never had his dinner before
s O'Clock, and his friends often sat at the
table as late as IL or l. This would run the
dish washing away on into the night, and |
found could not stand the pressure. Gar
field always had wine at his meals. He
never ate anything but q cracker and cup