The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-02

red hair, Tyler black and Fillmore
light.
BEWHISKERED PRESIDENTS.
! John Quincy Adams was the first
president to wear any hair on his face
be having a luxuriant growth of whis-
kers. 1t was not until Grant became
president that any occupant of the
! White House ventured to wear NOUS
tache or beard. Since then every presi-
Dent has had q moustache EXCEPT Nc
Kinley and two others-Hayes and
Garfield.
The majority of the presidents have
had blue eyes, though of varying
shades. Cleveland and Arthur had dark
brown eyes. Pierce had black ones.
while Jefferson had green ones. The
COMPOSITE color is a drak gray blue.
The average president, therefore. had
q good nose and forehead. the latter
slightly fetreating; a heavy chin, plen-
ty of dark hair sprinkled with gray.
slight traces of moustache and whis-
kers, mere suggestion of beard. and
a biue-gray eye.
Most OF the presidents have been
simple livers, though nearly all felt
compelled to be eXtrayagant in their
Official entertainments. Jefferson set
the fashion of French cookery. Tyler
had a negro cook. w. H. Harrison
went to market himself. while Cleve-
land left everything to his butler. Gar
field had dyspepsia and ate very little
at any time. Arthur had only two
meals a day. Madison never had pastry
on his table Hayes and W. H. Harri-
son We're the heaviest eaters of ALL
Jackson served lemonade and punch
and cheese to the mobS that attended
to keep open house for nearly any one
who chose'to come
Until recently the White House has
never been we'll supplied with silver or
china. Van Buren, was defeated for re-
election because he used gold-lined sill
Yer spoons. Jackson, who followed him,
used plain e>eel. Hayes spent So. 900 for.
new china. Mckinley now has an eX-
cellent outfit of silver, gold and fne
china.
PRESIDENTS AS WINE DRINKERS.
The early presidents drank heavy
wines, being especially fond of Madeira.
jackson preferred whisky, as did Pierce
and Grant. Arthur put third OF
the cost of his state dinners into the
wines. Hayes was a teetotaler ard
served no wines on his table Madison
limited himself to one glass of wine at
dinner. Cleveland didn't have wine I'M
less there were guests present, and Nc
Kinley has followed his example.
DUDE PRESIDENTS.
In the matter of dress our presidents,
with few exceptions. have been decid-
eddy simple. Jefferson received foreign
ministers in d Soiled shirt and run
down slippers. Jackson cared little or
nothing for dress. Washington and the
two AdamseS wore the stately old cos
tunes of their times. Hayes objected to
a charge of $25 for a suit of clothes. and
mad afterwards most of his apparel
made by country tailor. Grant tried
hard to dress well. but his clothes look
ed old after two or three days wear.
Lincoln was never more than a gaunf
frame on which clothes hung loosely.
Garfield and Arthur We're dudes" TIE
latter at one time owning eighty pairs
of trousers. Cleveland desDised dress
and dressy men. but Mrs. Cleveland
saw TO 1t that he was always wen
dressed in public.
Taylor wrote the worst hand of any of
our presidents. 1t was a schooIboy
hand, cramDed and awkward. while
jackson's scrawl bespoke a nervous
ness and timidity that were anvthin,y
but characteristic of the man. CIeve-
lands writing is small and delicate
while Jenerson's is as easily read as
print. Monroe's writing was even moro
feminine than CleVeland's. and Lin
coins was smooth and polished.
COLLEGE GRADUATES.
Fifteen of our presidents have heen
college graduates, three attending VIII
nam and Mary, t > Harvard and one
princeton. The rest were scattered
among the smaller colleges. none hav~ /
ng attended Yale
Mckinley is the third Methodist to oc-
,upy the White House, Grant being the /
irst. Washington and seven others al /
ended the Episcopal church, While
Jackson and five others were Presbyte-