The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-05-27
Although the Colonel Says
He Has Done a Lot OF
Drinking.
NEVER TOUCHES BEER
Glass or Two of Milk with
Teaspoonful of Brandy
Puts Him TO Sleep.


stand today in his libel suit against
George A. Newett, who in an editorial
charged him with drunkenness. The
former president entered denial He
admitted using light wines with his
meals but never touched strong liz
uor except on advice of his physicians
or after great exposure. He said he
does not smoke nor touch beer.
The testimony in substance as
ELECTED by his attorney Following a
brief sketch of his career was as fol-
lows:
Il have never drunk cocktail or
highba1l in my life with the excep-
ton hereafter noted. never drank
whiskey or brandy except under the
advice of physician. don't care
for the taste of eithers
81 don't smoke and don't drink
beer, because don't like smoking
and dislike the taste of beer. I never
drank whiskey or brandy except when
the doctor prescribed it, or possibly
on some occasions after great expos
ure when / was chilled through, but
1t has been certainly fifteen or twenty
years since 1 have drunk it because
of being chilled through. never
drunk beer nor do drink red wine.
The only wines that have drunk
have been white wines, Madeira,
champagne or very occasionally
glass of sherry.
.At home / often have dinner.
and will take a glass or two wine
glasses of Madeira. In summer in
stead of the Madeira / will often
drink ta1fr glass of white wine and
Poland water. At public dinners
sometimes drink a glass of cham
payne or perhaps two. think that
on the average this means will drink
Champagne, about once a month. The
only exceptions to what have stated
about drinking whiskey and brandy
are as follows:
Mint juleps very rarely drink.
At the White Mouse we had. mint
there and / should think that on the
average may have drunk half a
dozen mint ju1eps a year. Since l
left the White House four years ago
to the best of my memory / have
drunk mint iuleps twice, at one oc-
casion at the Country Club at st.
Louis where 1 drank part of a glass
of mint juIep and on another occasion
at a big luncheon given me at Little
Rock, Ark, where they passed round
the table loving cup"
During the last fourteen years
do not believe L have drunk whiskey
straight or with water more than
half dozen times. on the African
trip the, expedition took along case
of champagne, case of whiskey ana
one bottle of brandy. The brandy
was taken for me because j do nos
drink whiskey. The champagne was
used incidentally for three members
of the party who we're down with
fever and for two or three travellers,
hunters and missionaries we met
who we're sick never touched
either the whiskey or the cham
payne"
Colonel Roosevelt said that while
on his campaign trips under the al
vice OF a physician Ihe drank a glass
or two of milk with a teaspoonful OF
brandy before going to bed. This
he said, made him sleep we'll and
rested his throat. Continuing. ne
testified:
while at the White House never
touched brandy or whiskey except the
mint julep above mentioned and pos
-sfbly on two or three occasions when
DIR. Rixey prescribed drink OF
whiskey, once, IL remember
right, for an acute attack of indi
Sestion and once when he and hae
made hundred-mile ride together
and came in through a snow storm
and he gave me some whiskey ane
/ dislfked it so that after taking siJ
would not take any more and go
a cup of tea instead.
Outside these prescriptions 0
DR.. Rixey we usually had at lunci
some white wine if there wer'
guests. Unless there were guests
drank nothing at lunch and often
drank noting ii there were guests. l
we dined alone drank nothing.
we had guests we usually had whit
wine. but sometimes Madeira and
formal dinners we had champagne
which would drink "a glass or tive
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