The Detroit times., 1913-05-28


casion ON which stop at afriend'S
house Then will drink a glass of
wine. or there Will be some public
dinner. when | will drink either q
glass of white wine or a glass OF
champagne.
For example. in the Ohio campaign
last year. during the nine days | toucn-
ed nothing whatever on seven OF the
days. except AZ night. AS above Nell
tloned before going To bed. not drink
Ing drop OF any kind until | WAS
addressed aud went to bed The oth-
er two days were the occasion when
spoke at Toledo. and the occasion
when | spoke NJ Cleveland
AT Toledo after the speech. Mr..
Garfield, Mr. Post and ! went To the
house OF Mr., and Mrs. Sheppey. where
We met Mayor and Mrs. Brand Whit
lock. and We went into the dining
room 10 take little supper There
was some champagne, and ] first took
glass OF champagne. and then found
that there was pitcher OF milk ana
doughnuts, and ! took the milk ana
doughnuts instead
On the afternoon OF the day | went
10 Cleveland | stopped at Ravenna, at
the house OF -. r. Hanna. There !
had a pot OF tea and AT dinner. | be-
lieye, but | am not certain, that tOoi
a glass of champagne. After | return
ed to the car in the evening. having
made various evening speeches, | ain
often thirsty and take a bottle OF Ap-
polinaris water or Poland water win
"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. the day spoke at
Duluth last year In the morning /
reached Superior and spoke there. We
went over 10 Duluth and took lunch.
there being no liquor at lunch. then
dictated the two speeches | intended
to make at Oshkosh and Chicago and
then went for an automobile ride. and
afterwards took dinner
Describes Duluth Trip.
No liquor was served AT dinner. and
did not drink drop of wine or
liquor OF airy kind during the day.
obOpptu anu SpOhc lew S'hl'H'to
10 dinner of doctors at their earnest
and repeated request. ! then made
Two speeches in the evening. | Went
back to the ear and got bottle OF
Appolinaris water AID a glass OF zee
in il. but without any liquor OF any
kind and drank the Appollinaris wa
ter When went to bed | took two
spoonfuls OF brandy in milk, and that
was the only drop Of liquor ! touched
that day. was in Duluth only that
day
While at the White House | never
touched brandy or whiskey, excepting
the mint juleps above mentioned and
possibly on two or three occasions
when Or. Rixey prescribed drink OF
whiskey, once, II remember Alright
for an acute attack of Indigestion and
once when he and | had made a one
hundrel-mile run together and came
In through a snow storm. and he gave
me some whiskey and | disliked il
SO much after taking sip, | would not
take any more and got cup OF tea
instead Outside of these prescrip-
tons Of Or Rixey, We usually had at
lunch some white wine, il there were
RucSiS. hHltSS lutIt were kutSlS i
drank nothing at lunch and often
drank nothing IL there were guests.
II We dned alone | drank nothing.
If we had guests we usually had white
wine, but sometimes Madeira and at
formal dinners We had champagne.
would d rink glass or two
While at Washington, almost all
the entertainments were at the White
House itself. but each member OF tho
cabinet gave adinner. and | believe
there was always champagne at
those dinners. and drank glass or
two. precisely as at the White House
| also, OH perhaps a half dozen oc-
casions. went out, for instance. 10
the Gridiron club dinner. or TO the
rec eption on Speaker Cannons 70tl
birthday, or TO dinner of the New
York delegation in Congress Or
those occasions | drank precisely as
in the White House On the occa.
sion OF Mr. Cannon's evening re
ception, | went in company with Mr.
Loeb and James Sloan, secret ser.
vice man
ON all public occasions Mr.. Leol
Went with me and also two secret
service men. On the Cannon occa.
sion I remember thar one Of thes
men was Mr.. Sloan
Never on any occasion during tho
time that ! was in the White House
did ] touch drop Of anything dur
Ing the day prior To being shaved.
ON the 18th and 18th of February
last. | was staying in New York with
Mrs. Roosevelt and my daughter at
the Marquis hotel. II East Thirty.
frst street. To the best OF nv knowl.
edge and belief there is no bar in
the hotel. Mrs Roosevelt and my
daughter and | had breakfast served
IN our apartment at about q. lmme-
d'ately afterwards on both DAYS
walked down Madisonave. To TNcntv-
Unrest. across TO Fourth.ave.. and
into Outlook Office. on both DAYS /
STAYED In the Outlook Office. q, inc
work and seeing various people nntil
abou, $50. the first day. and until )
the next day, going out for a few
minutes for luncheon When ! left
the Office on the Monday | walked m
FOurth-ave 10 Thirty.first-st and
across TO the Marquis hotel There
! had tea with Mrs. Roosevelt on
he Tuesday left at o'clock and
took the $50 train from the Penn.
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