The Detroit times., 1913-05-28

+. OF the face Of clay that this at
tempt TO discredit the sobriety
! OF Roosevelt. is far-fetched,
. and deep laid and will never be
accepted BY the American peo-
! pie. GEO. J BARRIE,
Bad Axe. Mich.
do ! drink red wine. The only
wines that have drunk have
been either white wines, Madeira,
champagne or very occasionally
glass of sherry. At home | Of
ten, at dinner, will drink wine
glass or two Of Madeira. In sum.
mer, instead Of the Madeira |
will often drink a tai, glass Of
white wine and Poland water,
or Policy water. At public din.
ners. sometimes drink glass
Of champagne. or perhaps two.
! think that on the average this
means that will drink cham
payne about once month.
The only exceptions to what
have stated about drinking
whisky and brandy are as fol-
lows.
Mint juleps very rarely
drink, In the White House we
had a mint bed and | should
think that on The average I NAV
have drunk half dozen mint
juleps a year. Since , left the
White House. four years ago, to
the best Of my memory have
drunk mint juIeps twice. one oc-
casion at the Country club at ST.
Louis. where drank part OF
glass of mint juiep. and on an
other occasion at a big lunch
given me at Little Rock, Ark,
where they passed around the
table loving cup with the mint
juiep In II and | drank when the
cup was passed to me. The other
occasions on which ! have drunk
whisky have been when IL has
been prescribed py the doctor.
During the last IA years ! do not
believe have drunk whisky
straight. or nth water. more than
half dozen times.
"On the African trip the expedition
took along a case OF champagne. ;
case OF whisky and one bottle O
brandy. The bottle of brandy wa,
taken for me. because | do not drinl
whisky
Some of the other members of th'
party drank whisky The champaign,
was used occasionally for three mem
bers of the party who were down witt
fever and dysentery. and for two o.
three travellers, hunters and mission
aries we met who were sick | neve
touched either the whisky or the
champagne. out OF the brandy bottl,
| drank exactly seven ounces. thit
being given me by DR.. Mearns. OIL
Two occasions when | had fever. Tn,
last time told him disliked il 3,
| did not think IL did me any good
and, unless he objected. | would tax,
tea. accordingly took tea and turn
ed the bottle and the rest of tn,
brandy over to r. j CUNNINGHAM
who was managing the expedition
Eight months later. when We reache,
Khartoum he asked me- what h,
should DO win 1t. saying that from
curiosity he had measured il ant
that ! had drank just seven ounce,
in months.
AS for brandy. never drink I
any more than do whiskey, whel
| am alone or at home. or on a hunt
ine trip. or In friends house Bl
ON very hard campaign trips. on III
advice Of Surgeon General Rixey. an,
recently OF Or. Holbrook Curtis. VIII,
attends To nv throat in connection
those ion trin
quently, just before going to he'd a
night. drunk either one or two goblet
of milk with a teaspoonful of brand
to the goblet. II there IL more thai
the teaspoOnful dislike the taste an,
don't drink II. frequently drink mill
at some meal during the day. usual
al lunch. The brandy which was use
in Africa was never in my own pos
session, and ! only took il when give
10 me by the doctor. do NOT eve
carry flask OF brandy or whiske
with me. used to carry il on m
hunting trips. but found that | use
II SO rarely that il was a nuisance an
miFht get broken and II has been som
20 years since | carried one. ON I'M
ranch We never had whiskey. | neve
made practice OF drinking at a bal
and ! don't believe that have drum
al bar for 20 odd yers.
IL do not believe ! have been In
side a saloon during that time.
do not drink between meals. cxcep
as above described
The colonel took Interruption
from his attorney and oppopsin,
Waves Fists in Air.
counsel with some mpatience.
Ills seat i'm the witness chair wa
on alevel with the faces OF the jur
ors. and as he talked. he leaned TO
ward them, punching The air Wit
his fist and biting of the ends OF hi
words, somewhat To the astonish
ment of the slow-talkins mort
woodsmen. who speak seldom an,
gesticulate. never.
The colonel. with occasional halt
between questions. went on
"On campaign trips | drink moth
Ing tthtiI,- esIEsaj Esbepe..i-ee
bed. when 7 take a goblet or perhap'
two goblets Of milk. with a teaspoon
full OF brandy 10 the goblet. findin
IL resis-my throat and makes m
sleep we'll On almost every cam
paitn trip, there will be some oc