Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09
away, what tobacco I had left, and 1 have
not chewed from that day TO this"
A Healthy Old Mans Habits,

A Healthy Old Mans Habits,
Tell me something about your habits,
colonel"
Il don't know that 1 have any" was
the reply. while L was secretary of the
navy at Washington 1 did not touch a
glass OF wine and do not now. I take
about three teaspoonsful of whisky a dav
by my doctors advice. My best meal is
my breakfast. and l enjoy good beefsteak
and ! eat plenty of it. 1 drink one cup Of
how about cakes?"
i IKE cakes and waffles. and I eat
How about the other meals?"
Il don't care much for them. I eat only
pam 1ood and very little of it."
DO you take much sleep?''
res ! have always slept a great deal
ana l sleep late now. When 1 was in
washington 1 had to be up as late as i or
: el3ck every night. but | usually re-
hiaIhed IN bed until late in the morning.
" you believe in cold baths?'
No. l think ore should battle simply to
has done more for my health than anvthiinpp
else IS the use of a pair of horse hair nit
ashs: With these l rub my skin until it
ing: This keeps it in excellent condition. I
have done this for more than forty Years
n otff + h i'm and every morning. and I doubt
not ~ mas saved me from ill health. NV
skin is now as soft and rosy as that of =
ppaaeoSys; H. perspire easily and the rubbing
pores of the skin are. you know. the sewers
Of the human system, and keep my thou
SANDS or sewers always OPEN"
Mrs. Hayes and White House Wines.
You speak of not using wine at Wash
ington. Colonel Thompson. Mrs. HAYES. T
believe. set the example to the capital by
not using wine on her table at her state
Yes. that was the case replied the ex-
secretary OF the navy But my use of
VINE at Washington was not confined to
the Dtrl0d when ulS in tLn IL.
never drank a glass during all my public
service IN congress and elsewhere. L felt
t tbat / h aaG,,d me e need Of all my faculties and
the use of wine. AS to Mrs. HAYES, She in,
sisted that no wine should be used at our
cabinet and at her private dinners. She
did not do so at the state dinners given at
the White House 10 the diplomats. She re-.
used to serve wine at the dinner given to
the drafid Duke Alexis, although Secretary
Evarts, asked her TO do so. The omission
created such a decided sensation that she
on the basis that the diplomatic dinners
were national matters and not a private
entertainment over which she had control"
Mr.. Hayes Was President,
Mrs. Hayes. however. was a very strong
minded woman. was she not? You know
II was charged by some that it was she
and not her husband who ran the govern
That is not true replied ex-Secretary
Mrs. Hayes was a woman of
III tiidI dCter- Sne was a lOEaDle wOm-
an in every respect, but not an ambitious
one, in the way some people thought.
don't think she bothered herself at all
about the policy of the administration. She
liked the. social position which came with
the presidency. She was fond of being the
lady of the White House. She was ALWAYS
present after each cabinet meeting to shake
fanuS with us as We came out of the room.
anG she, seemed to delight in seeing people
and making them happy. At one time. I
remember, We considered the advisabilitv
oil moving the business offices of the White
House to the state. war and navy build
Ing. but Mrs. Hayes objected to this. saving
she would not then be able to see so much
Of the cabinet and of the public men whom
she 50 ~delighted TO meet"
PRESIDENT" ~
Il think he was replied ex-Secretarv
Thompson. u will not say he was the
purest man ] have ever known, but that he
was among the puriest of men. 1 think he
did what he thought was right, and thai
was much actuated by desire for seif-ag.
grandizement."
Stories of Lincoln.
when did you first meet Lincoln?"
asked.
Lincoln and I grew up together about
the same time" replied Colonel THOMPSON.
He was on one side of the Wabash river.
Indiana. We had known about each other
for years before We came together. / knew.
of course, of his election. and when az the
first of the session l saw a tall. ungainly
man coming across the hall of the house Of
representatives. with a smile on his face.