Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-19
T0LDOF PRESIDENTS
How They Have Loved, Feasted
and Drunk.
SOME kMlABLE WEAKNESSES,
Washington and The shad- handsome Enter
.aiamenls Of Early Days Later Prtsl.
denls Careless Eaters Fresi.
denilal Love Affairs

Gossip Is word Of m favor In the
minds of the rcSpeciahlc. AVi an oi MS,
reputable or disVputable. relish gossip,
We love 90 know the small details in the
lives of the men we admire Tile color
OF the hair aud eyes, Toe manner they
conported themselves In private life
when the tOga Of official dieniN had
beeu temporarily laid aside, their likes
aud dislikes, their manners and manner
isms, their loihles and weaknesses oy-
erything which Sheds light upon that
inuer self which they carefully shrOu0ed
from public view u " universal Ia.
tcrest Morulists may thunder against
this tendency In the race. rcunyson may
invoke My Shakespeare curse. on
knaye and clown who disturb the bones
OF the great dead. lie may remind Us
that as they gave their best Co the pub
lic they have n right 60 kevp The worst
We ncQuicsce, We say the wrath Is just
but 10 Soon as jenkins makes any rcyc-
lations which have come to him through
the keyhQle we become knaycs and
clowns with the rest we rush likes vul-
lures 70 the feast Of gossip or even scan
dal which he has prepared for ns. II
Is Idle TO protest against q universal pas
sion, Rather let us recognize that pas
sion which rs universal II founded ON
truth. that Il has reason for being,
that We are wrong in trusting 20 tie
dictates of our higher selves and con-
demning IL of hand. For The interest
we take In great men Is Implanted Ia MS
by nature. and nature always has q pur-
pose IN what she does, She knows that
the proper study Of mankind Is man,
that properly 10 study man We must
know him both Ia the light and la the
shadc, la private ~ IN public, in the
thugs he cOnccals as Ia the things he
reveals, and that men who aw cnllcd
greet nre most truly representative Of
mankind IN its Weaknesses ~ well ~
In It's strength IL Is part of the burden
OF greatness that Il renders its object
the legitimate target for the Argus-vyed
public
PRESIDENTS AT FEEDING TIME.
No apology. therefore need ho madc
for grouping together q few facts aud
anecdotes that throw n fierce lyht upon
| the characteristics Of the public mon
! who have sat Ia the presidential chair
10 Ia a curious fact that nowhere does
| n man reveal himself more fully than
I at feeding time. an Of us who have
| ever known the bliss of keeping servants
have realized the great truth that 90
/ disturb these great people at their MEALS
/ Is 10 excite them TO the highest possible
ncridity. Why Because being CONE
| paratiyely low down IN the scale Of hui
/ munity. they still preserve The traits
found ia sayages aud Ia animals of an
| kind II ~ an unconscious survival of
! that fear OF being deprived OF their food
| which In animals themselves aud in
savnges mnnifasts itself In growls and
other expressions Of dlsapprovnl. You
mount upward and you find that the
! highest aud mos advanced strata Of hui
| man society are distinguished by the
| fact that they can eat VA the presence NJ
their ncighbors aud even in the prpsence
of onlookcrs, not only with cnlm, but
even an elegant Indifference. There
fore we have come TO look 1n good Ia.
bic nnners as an evidence or refine
mcnt aud Of the highest civilization
and thus the sllghtest details Of IN,
dinner table rain a scientific and sOciO
logical interest
Tie question. What didthc presidents
/ enti " not 80 frivolous as the llght-mind
ed and unscientlhc would Imagine. Lei
W. try 70 answer Il with gravity ant
| reverence.
Washington had plain tnstcs As pred
dent he was even Inclined 90 be eco
uomicul lie used 10 lecture his stew
| ard every week on the evils Of cNtrnya
enncc, but the steward. an excellent
| man named IrnWncos, who worshlppct
Washington aud had proper senst
of the dignity Of his position, would NUT
ter nj the end of each weekly lecture
"Ay he may dichnrge me III he will
but while he Is president and ! nm stew
ard his table win be- supplied with IA,
best the country can tG0rd' Washing
ton had special tIJdnow for fish
One February an eany Delaware shod
caught in advance Of the spnHnn, wu'
seized from the market by Frnunce
and served up triumphnntly at the prcsi
DENTAL table
| WASHINGTON AND THU sHAD
"whnt ssh Is that cried Washington
as the sayory odor met bis nostrlln.
"a shad, sir" said Frances, gleeful
ly. The only ono. Ia the market, th'
aBut the priceY" washington's fac,
"Three-three dollars" stammercd Ia,
steward
Washiugtons sternness Increased
"Take Il away" he cried. 1t shal
never be said tliat ] set such an exam
pie Of extravaganza
Aud the dish which was too great an
extravaganza for the president WINS car
ricd of into the kitchen, whore the scr
wants ate II with no qualms of con
| science.
Wnshngton's Immediate snccessors
Adams aud jefferson, were light eater
ia private but the latter give stately
and magnificent banqueiA, while the lat
ter kept n generous table IN the frre
handed Virginia style. Forty guesu
was no unusual number and V ~ sal,
that tho marketing for n single day IRE
qnently amounted 70 as much a. 800
Madison revived the state dinners O
Adams time with n good deal of the a.
tcndnnt ceremonial which Jefferson has
discarded Yet Mrs william Winston
SeatOn Ia her diary rather Sights one d
The hauqucts az which she was present
''The dinner" she says was ccumnlj
fne, but then / was rather surprised
| os IL did not nrphss some j have eater
In Carolina There were many Frcncl
dishes, and exquisite wines, ] presume
by the prniaca bestowed upon theip
comment on the quality u the wins
seems 10 form the chief topic after th
| removal Of tie cloth. Caudlrg were Ia
trodueed before the ladies left tho "a
Die. and the gentlemen continued bal
an hour longer 20 enjoy social glass.
but Madison himself was q light dnnker
When be had hard drinkers az biz ta
BE De would invariably dilute bis wlnl
with water IN order 10 keep ~ VIII
them. or elise merely touch the Hlnu
10 BE lips while the others took deel
draughia,
| JAcKsoN's STEEL FORK AMI
CORNcOB PIPE
| In strong contrast 10 3iaals0us ban
quests were those given NJ Democratic
Andrew jackson. he haifgl conFelli0na
etiquette even more than dNiiNfsgn uii
ard set biz face more sterDiy againW
/ ceremonial lie always used o steel FORA
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