Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-02

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ard of the White House during the Hayes
and Garfield administrations, is near to
death. Garfield was by no means mascot
to those who were employed about his bed
side. He ruined Crump, and his sickness
was the death blow to DR.. Bliss health and
prosperity. I chatted with Steward Crump
not long ago about Gartelds table. ne
said: HPresident Garfield had the dys-
pepsia when he was inaugurated, and all the
time he was IN the White House he would
eat nothing but the plainest food. He was
very particular about his hours, and he ate
his breakfast always at $50, his dinner at 3,
and light tea at z P. NJ.
"He was very fond of good beefsteak and
he always had 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 poured cream over them. He liked
this dish so we'll that he often made whole
meal out of it, and he once told me that 1t
was far better and more digestible than po-
tatoes with butter. He ate beefsteak for
dinner, but neither he nor Mrs. Garfield
ever cared much foT anything and his table
was BY no means so elaborate as that OF
President Hayes"
"What were President Hayes favorite
dishes2" 1 asked.
president Hayes" replied Steward
Crump, chad very tasty stomach. He ate
a very good breakfast and was very fond of
cakes made of Indian meal, and he thought
breakfast was not complete without the
best of coffee. He used a mixture OF fine
Mocha and Java.
COFFEE AND APoLLINARIs WATER.
cat l o'clock I seryed 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 con-
stituted the noon meal. Our biggest meal
was at dinner, which was served at P. N.
1t was served in courses: First, there were
the oysters on the half she'll, then a fillet or
roast of lamb, with some kind of croquettes
and vegetable. Following this we usually
had course of game and then dessert, con-
sisting 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 cup of alter
| dinner coffee, and the first part of it was al
ways washed down with Apollinaris water.
President Hayes was very fond of candy.
He dearly dotted on duck, and he had a
special aversion to pork in any shape. 1t
is not true that Hayes saved great deal Of
money while he was in the White House
and watched every penny. Some of his
state dinners cost him SIT per plate. I was
instructed to get the best in the market
| without regard to price, and Hayes never
criticised my accounts. I never found any
| niggardliness about him.
ARTHUR A NIGHT HAWK.
"Hayes was a much nicer man to work
for than Arthur, and he kept decent hours
Arthur never had his dinner before o'clock,
| and his friends often sat at the table as late
as IL or l. This would run the dishwash-
ing away on into the night, and found l
could not stand the pressure. Garfield al
ways had wine al his meals. He never ate
anything but cracker and a cup of coffee
for breakfast, and he took this often as late
as 10 o'clock in the morning.
president Hayes had wine only once on
| his table while he was in the White House,
and this was when the Grand Duke Alexis
was here. Garfield gave no state dinners
while he was in the White House, but
Arthur's dinners were noted for the fneness
of their wines, and Andrew johnson had q
special brand of sherry which was very
popular. johnson was very fond of whisky,
and kept jug of old Bourbon always near
him. He was drunk at his Inauguration as
Vice President, and he became so from hav-
ing been on a spree the night before, and
| going to the Capitol on an empty stomach.
| ovEREsTIMATED HIS CAPACITY.
"When he got there he found himself very
faint, and asked John W. Forney if he
could not give him drink. Forney was,
think, the Clerk of the Senate, and he went
to one of the cupboards, pulled out whole
bottle of rye whisky and handed it to Andy
johnson. johnson took a goblet and
poured it full of the amber-colored liquid
and drank the whole Of it in three swallows.
1t scared Eorney to see him do SO, and as
the burning fluid swashed around in his
empty stomach it was no wonder that il
made him drunk. About ten minutes after
this he stood up to be inaugurated Vice
President, and, to the horror OF all, began
to make a speech. Everyone could see that
he was drunker than the traditional boiled
owl, and though there was an attempt tc
hush the matter up it was all in vain.
Jefferson always used the finest Of wines.
Washington generally drank two glasses ol
old MADEIRA while at dinner, and Jackson
on the night of his Inauguration spoiled the
East Room carpet with the barrels Of punch
which he had brought in to treat his guests.
In cosmopolitan society like that OF Wash.
ington it is impossible to get along without
the use OF wines, and the President who
serves them creates less comment and does
quite as much good as he who does not"
FRANK 6. CARPENTER.