Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-28
ROOSEVELT answers
INDULGENCE CHARGE
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The African Trip.

Ing the presidency ou March /, 1909,
| went to Africa az head Of thc
smithsonian expedition, / came out
as khnrtoum on March -, 1910 and
after short trip through Europe, re-
turned to the United states toward
the end Of june, 1910. since then !
hoyc lived continuously at oyster
Pay and have been connected with
The Outlook
From 1883 10 1896 spent consider
able time on my cattle ranch on the
Littlc Missouri IN The present state
of Nor'h Dakota.
II have never drunk a cocktSl or
q highball in my life. with the eN-
roptions hereafter noted never
drank whislSes on brandy except un-
der the advice Of a physician | do
not care for the taste Of either,
Never smoked.
- don't smoke ana / don't drink
beer, because / dislike smoking ana
| dislike the taste OF beer I never have
drunk WhlslIey or brandy except when
the doctor prescribed It, or possibly
on some occasion after great expos
ure when / was chilled through But
II has been certainly fifteen or twenty
| years since | have drunk II because
oi being chilled through. | never
| have drunk beer nor do ] drink red
| wine, The only wines that | have
| drunk have been white wines, Ma
doiro, champaign, or very occasionally
a glass of sherry.
AT home ! often at dinner viii
driuk a wine glass or two wine glasses
! of Madeira. In summer instead OF
! the Madeira. | will often drink "A
tan glass Of white wine and poland
water or poly water, At public dim
ncrs / some times drink glass Of
| champaign or perhaps two. | think
ON the average this means that | will
drink champaign about once a month.
"Thc only exceptions TO what |
have stated about drinking WhisIcy
and brandy are as follows:
A Few Mint Julcps.
! mint Juleps / very rarely drink.
At the White House we had n mint
bed and | should think that on the
average / may have drunk half do2-
! en- mint julcps year, Since l left
| the White House four years ago, TO
the best Of my memory, | have drunk
mint jueps twice; on one accession
at the Country club Mt st. Louis
where ! drank part of glass Of mint
iulep, ana on another occasion at a
big luncheon given me at Little Rock,
| Ark, where they passed round the
table a loving cup with the mint
iuop in IT, and ! drank when the cup
was passed to mo. The only other
occasions on which | have drunk
whiskey have been when 1t was pre-
scribcd by the doctor.
During the last fourteen years I
do not believe / have drunk whiskey
straight or with water moro than
half dozen times. On the African
trip. the expedition took along n case
Of champaign. q case Of Whislloy and
one bottle of brandy The bottle OF
brandy was taken for me because
+ do not drink Whiskoy. Some of the
other members Of the party drari,
whiskey. Tho champagne was used
incidentally for three members Of tho
party who were down with fever and
dyS' hl''N an" i'' wv
IraN''erS H"n'e'9 an" I"'9'IV''"'
we 'n'l Nn" "''r si,N
'u e''h'r 'i'' "''''N'' VI
p'Sno'
pi"iiN ''''H
'out OF lhe orahoN p"'Uo "''''N
exactly seven ounces '''iS u''"s S'' ''
me ny DOCTOR MS W. wv"
IONS Wheh j hau leNrr' Inc ''S' " I'
Iold nm ul9lNeu 1t 50 ,l''' u''
not think II alG me any Eoou ana '"''
less he objected ! Woulu '"N' '''
Accordingly / TOOK te" ana 'u'''C'
the bottle ana lhe rest ol ''e p'"''uH
; over to MIR. X. j. Cuhhlhsnolh' "n'
was managing lhe eNpeu'uoh'
? Eight months Ial'r Wheh we
p reached hh0rtoum ne asked me "'"
. he should do with H. Saying 'na' IL o''
y curiosity he had measured II ana INV
] had drunk Just seven ounces il
% eleven m"nlhS'
AS for the brandy never uIlHl
: it any more than do Whskcy Whoi
e. | am alone or at home or ON huht
D ing trip or in friends house
But ON very hard campaign trlpS
. ON the advice OF surgeon Genera
. RiNey and recently OF Dr. Hoihrool
jCurtis, who attends TO my throat
] connection with these campaign trlpS
I have frequently, just before golul