New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-28
PREFERS DOUGHNUTS AND
MILK TO CHAMPAGNE.

at Toledo. after the speech. Mr.. Gar
field, Mr. Post and went to the house Of
Mr. and Mrs Shcppey, where we met
Mayor and Mrs. Brand Whitlock and We
went into the dining room 10 take little
supper There was some champagne, and
first took a glass OF wine and then
found that there was a pitcher OF milk
and doughnuts. and I took the milk and
doughnuts instead.
"On the afternoon OF the day went 10
Cleveland, ] stopped az Ravenna. at the
house Of Mr.. Hanna. There | had pot
Of tea. and at dinner believe, but am not
certain, that took a glass OF cham
payne
After 7 return 10 the car in the even
Ing, having made various evening speech
Is. ! am often thirsty and take a bottle
Of Apollinaris water or Poland water with
n glass Of cracked ice, but | drink no
liquor OF any kind. and never have drunk
any llduor Of any kind In the car, eN-
cepting as above described For instance.
take the day ! spoke at Duluth last year
In the morning I reached Superior ana
spoke there We went over to Duluth ana
took lunch, there being no liquors AT
lunch. then dictated two speeches l IN
tended 20 make at Oshkosh and Chicago
then went for an automobile ride. and
afterward took dinner.
NO liauor was served At dinner. and
did not drink a drop OF wine or liquor OF
any kind during the day. ! stopped ana
smoke a few sentences 20 dinner OF doc
tors AT their earnest and repeated re-
ouest I then made two speeches In the
evening. / went back TO the car. got
hottie OF Apollinarls water and glass
with ice IN It. but without any hquor OF
any kind, and drank the Apoiliha''S
water. When I went 10 bed ! TOOK TWO
spoonfuls of brandy in milk and that "ss
tho only drop Of liquor touched that ds!'
1 was in Duluth only that day.
"Ubre at the White House J never
touched brandy or whiskey, excepting inc
mint iuleps above mentioned. ana posi-
blv on two or three occasions when Ut
Rixey prescribed drink OF whiskey-
once. ~ remember right, for an acute
attack OF indigestion. and once Wheh no
and I had made hundred mile roe To-
gether and came In through snow storlh'
and he gave me some whskey, and DIS
liLed # so that after taking sip ! would
not take anv more and got cup OF tea
instead. -.
Outside Of these prescriptions oil III
Rixey. We usually had AT luhch sono
white wine. II there were guests. Unless
tb.ro voro guests / drank nothing az
lunch and often I drank nothing II ulere
were guests. II We dined alone otaIlN
nothing II We had guests we usually
had white wine. but sometimes Madeira
and AT formal dinners we had champagne
of which would drink glass or two
champaane at Cabinet Dinners.
"While at Washington almost all the
entertainments were at the White House
itself but each member OF the Caoihet
rave dinner, and believe there was
alvyavs champagne at those dinners and l
drank n glass or two, precisely as at
the White House.
81 also on perhaps a half dozen occa-
sions went out, for instance, TO the ira
iron Club dinner. or TO the reception on
Sneaker Cannon's seventeen birthday' OF
10 a dinner OF the New York delegation
I'm Congress. On these occasions | drank
precisely as in the White House
"On the occasion OF Mr.. Cannon's even
ing reception, ] went in company with
MIR. Loeb and with James Sloane. Sc
cret service man. The occasion was in
the evening. We left the White House
shortly after and returned little after
H. Mr.. Loeb coming back with me and
Sloane seeing me TO the carriage when |
left
"On such occasions Mr.. Loeb frequently
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 SER
vice men. On the Cannon occasion j re-
member that one Of these men was Mr..
Sloane 1t was the duty OF the secret
service men TO go with me and 10 see me
safely back 10 the White House. but on
this occasion, as Sloane was in Cannon's
district and had a number OF friends
there. he did not come back with me, but
said goodby at the carriage and returned
TO the gathering Mr.. Loeb however, re-
turned TO the White House. / was with
Mr. Newberry, Mr.. Cortelyou and others
while there.
Neither on this. occasion nor on any
other occasion did / take q glass Of
whlskcy or brandy or llqtior I'm any form.
On this occasion 7 took a sandwich and
glass OF champagne. which drank stand
ing IN, proposing the health OF the
Speaker on his SEVENTEEN birthday.
Never Asked to Take Whisky.
"No man who knew me ever asked me
TO take any whiskey. because he knew
that under no circumstances did I take
IL. and no man on this occasion ever pro-
posed to me to take whiskey.
Neither while ina the White House nor
at any other time have 7 ever drunk or
I fnknn any kind OF LIQUOR between meals.