Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-27

robIets of milk, with teaspoonful OF
brandy to the goblet. II there is more
than the teaspoonful ! dislike the taste
and don't drink it. / frequently drink
milk at some meal during the day. usually
at lunch ...,a.
was never in my own possession, and !
only took it when given to me by the
doctor. 7 do not even carry a flash OF
brandy or whisky with me. ] used to
carry II on my hunting trips. but found
that I used II so rarely that 1t was
nuisance and might get broken, and II
has been some twenty years since l car
ried one.
No Whisky on Ranch.
..On nv ranch we never had whisky.
never made a practice of drinking at a
bar, and ! don't believe that I have ever
drunk at a bar for twenty odd years. !
do not believe i have been inside sa-
loon during that time. I do not drink
between meals except as above described.
ION campaign trips / drink nothing un-
I'll. as said above. j go 10 ped Wneh
take a goblet, or perhaps two goblets. OF
milk with a teaspoonful of brandy TO the
goblet. finding II rests my throat and
makes me sleep well. On almost every
campaign trip there will be some occa-
sion On wnlCn j STOP ~ q lIiCisA . hoo'Sb
when I will drink a glass OF wine. or
there will be some public dinner when l
will drink either a glass of white wins
or a glass Of champagne.
For example, in the Ohio campaign
last year. during the nine days toueneu
nothing whatever on seven OF the days
excepting at night, as above mentioheo
before going TO bed. not drinking Drop
Of any kind until ] was undressed Inc
other two days were the occasions "nen
j spoke at Toledo and the occasion Whei'
] spoke at Cleveland
AT Toledo. after the speech. Mr.. Car
field. Mr. Post and I went to the house
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sheppey, where we met
Mayor and Mrs. Brand Whitiock ana we
went into the dining room TO take niue
supper. There was some champashe' ana
i first took a glass of champagne. ana
i then found that there was pitcher
of milk and doughnuts. and l took the
milk and doughnuts instead On the
afternoon of the day / went to Cleveland
1 stopped at Ravenna at the house OF
and at dinner, / believe. but am not GER
tain, that took glass of champagne.
Drank Nothing at Duluth.
"After 1 returned to the car In the
evening. having made various evening
speeches. often thirsty. 4 took bottle
of Apollinaris water or Poland water
with a glass OF cracked ice. but drank
no LIQUOR of any kind and never have
drunk any liquor of any kind in the
car excepting as above described. For
instance. take the day ! spoke at Du-
luth last year. In the morning 1
reached Superior and spoke there. we
went over to Duluth and took lunch,
there being no liquor at lunch l then
dictated the two speeches / intended
to make at Oshkosh and Chicago. then
went for an automobile ride and att
erward took dinner.
"No LIQUOR was served at dinner and
did not drink drop Of wine or
liquor of any kind during the day. l
stopped and spoke a few sentences to
dinner of doctors at their earnest
two speeches in the evening. l went
back to the car. got bottle of Apol-
linaris water and q glass with ice In
It, but without any liquor OF any KIND.
and drank the Apollinaris water.
When l went to bed I took two spoon
fuls of brandy in milk. and that was
the only drop OF liquor ! touched that
day 1 was in Duluth only that day.
while at the White House l never
touched brandy or whisky. excepting
possibly on two or three occasions
when DR.. Rixey prescribed drink of
whisky-once. IL ! remember Alright.
for an acute attack of indigestion. and
once when he and i had made hun
dren- mile ride together and came In
some whisky. and / disliked 1t 80 that
after taking a sip ] would not take
any more and got cup Of tea instead.
Wines at White House.
Outside OF these prescriptions OF
DR.. Rixey we usually had at lunch
some white wine II there were guests
Unless there were guests I drank moth
ing at lunch. and often I drank moth
ing II there were guests. II we dined
alone i drank nothing. II we had
guests we usually had white wine, but
sometimes Madeira, and at formal din
ners we had champagne. of which ]
would drink a glass or two.
while at Washington almost all the
entertainments were at the White
House itself. but each member of the
cabinet gave a dinner. and / believe
there was always champagne at those
dinners and 1 drank glass or two,
precisely as at the White House.
II also on perhaps a half dozen occa-
sions went out, for instance. to the
Gridfron Club dinner. or to the reception
on Speaker lannon's SEVENTEEN birth
New York delegation in Congress. On
these occasions I drank precisely as in
the White House.
"On the occasion Of Mr.. Cannon's
evening reception I went In company
with Mr.. Loeb and with James Sloane. a
secret service man. The occasion was
in the evening. We left the White
House shortly after and returned a
little after H. Mr.. Loeb coming back
with me and Sloane seeing me to the
carriage when ! left.
ION such occasions Mr.. Loeb frequent
y stayed and we did some work in the
study after our return to the White
House. On all public occasions Mr..
Loeb went with me and also two secret
service men. On the Cannon occasion
remember that one Of these men was
Mr.. Sloane. II was the duty Of the secret
service men 10 go with me and to see
me safely back to the White House.
but on this occasion. az Sloane was in
Cannon's district and had a number of
friends there. he did not come back with
me. but said goodbye at the carriage
and returned to the gathering Mr. Loeb
however. returned to the White House.
| was with Mr.. ->ewberry, Mr.. Cortel-
YOU and others while there.
Sandwiches and Champagne.
"Seither on thls occasion nor on any
other occasion did take a glass Of whis-
Ky or brandy or liquor in any form. On
this occasion I took sandwich and a
glass of champagne. which I drank
standing up. proposing the health of the
speaker on his SEVENTEEN birthday.
NO man who knew me ever asked me
20 take any whisky. because they knew
that under no circumstances did take II,
and no man on this occasion ever pro-
poaaA 70 mo IN fake whisky Matthias