The chronicle=news., 1913-05-27
ROOSEVELT NOT TEET0TALLER,
BUT IS NOT INTIMATE
WITH JOHN bARLEyC0RN
Neuer Drank a Highban or Cocktail in My
Life Former President Tells Michigan Jury

ftRh' VI N'lNhih iNb 'hihh 'Hi'
on the average this means ,hn, viii
drink champaign. ibout once n
month";
Mint julcps I very rarely drink.
In tn. whit. hous. had a mint bed
and I should think that on the nv-
"ragc | may hav" drunk half dol-
rn mint Iuicps u year. Since | lcfi
the whit" house four years ago. To
III. gees, Of my memory. I have drunk
mint luleps twice: ON on. orc,.iDn
at tn" country club at ST Louis.
I~hrr. I drank part a. u glass OF mint
juicp. and ON another occasion at =
big luncheon given me nt Little
s,ock. Ark. wh"r" they passed around
Ia loving cup with mint iuiup In IL.
and | drank when the cup was pass
cd to me.
The only other occasions on
which drank whi-L-y was when
lrrcscrib-L by the doctor. During
III. Ins, fourteen years don't be-
i,"y" I haS" drank whisk.y straight
nr with wn,or NOR" than half jok-
-n times.
'Th. routine a, the whit, house
was rs foiio~s3
w" had brcakfas, at : or s. 80.
Mrs. Hopr"v-i,. the. children nnh my
self After breakfast. II tn" wealth
-r VAS good. Mrs. Roosevelt and I
walked around III" white house
grounds for twenty minutes Of ahif
g..
whit. hour" Office and IN soon as
reached there Mr Loeb cam" with
tn" mail aud papers. Nu.r about
half and hour oi ihiN the s"naiofH
sod congressman would begin to ar
rive. II II WAS an ordinary day they
would generally continue to arrive
until twelve o' on-. hut " u was IA
,ahinc, dap ,h,y ~"u'd E.n,r''iy
s'on asr,i o'cint.
"a, II o'clock wh"n I w.ut In
'o get shaved. I would usually get
Air Loeb In and di-'rt. To him or II"
= ouid take M with inc the mail
,ha, had accumulated during tn"
morning and would rcc"ir" dir-c-
,ionE about ,h. various things that
had arisen during the morning.
- ou!i also frequently s"c some ni.m-
her o' the .sbin-, uf rom" mnn
knew intimately during that time. ar
some newspaper man would Il" al
lowed ,n come in to- ask questions.
Nf i."cb E-n-rslly Hii,ins by aud
waiting until ia" answer had been
given ani then r'suming III" work.
often Mr. L1-b would follow mr
out to the wIshroom and Cpn;inu"
taking with me. and getting dircc-
tiuns aud laying mRtt"rs before IN"
whiIc I washed my hands. would
then Ro to lunch. Immediately ai-
ter lunch would return 'o th" Of
I firr. I mighi thcu again WORK With
I Mr.. Loeb for an hour or ~ with
member Of III" cabinet or other per-
son with whom l had to tall over
details uf official business
~ never In my life while In th"
white hous" or anywhere Else. have
ever Icf, room FOR tn" purpose of
getting driHk between meals aud
Iit would have been an physical i'm
I possibility for m" to- have LEFT tn"
rom for any such purpos" at any
period Of my work IA Ia" white
house.
/ ION the i.th aud 10th of Fcbr-
'uBry las" I was STAYING In New York
with Airs. Roosevelt and my dhurh-
ter Rt IN" Marquis hotel at - Eist
IThlrty-first street. Mrs. Roosevelt
pns my daughter and I had break
fast served in our apartment, about
l.. Immediately afterwards on both
IiaysI walked down Madison hycnu"
TO s3rd street across Ia Fourth ave-
! nue. and into tn" outlook office. do
ling work aud seeing various pcopl"
Iuntil about . Ju tue first day and
luutii the next day. going out for
Ia few minutes for lunch. When I
Iluft the oGfic" on Monday I walked
lap Fourth avenue to "lst street and
across to the Marquis hotel. whore
II had tea with Mrs. Roosevelt. On
Tuesday left at . O'Clock and took
tho $3.50 train from the PcnnsylNa-
: mia depot for oyster BAY. ON n"ith-
er day did | touch u drop Of ANYTHING
at any time, when in town us-
'ually. but not always. lunch with
some members of the outlook staff
and during the three years during
4 don't recall an instance where
ever drank anything except either
milk. tea or coffee. ON these two
days never went up Fifth avenue
nor above G2nd street.