Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-27

I water or poly water At public din
ners. sometimes drink glass OF
champagne, or perhaps two. I think
that on tho average this means that I
viii drink champagne about once a
month,
Mint juicps I very rarely drink.
In the White House, We had mint
bed and I should think that on the
average I may have drunk half dozen
mint iulcps year Since I left the
White House four years ago. To the
best OF my memory, 1 have drunk mint
juleps twice: on one occasion at the
country club at 81. Louis. where
drank part Of "A glass Of mint iuiep.
and ON another occasion at oiS
luncheon given me at Little Rock.
ARK. where they passed around the
table a loving cup with the mint julep
In II and | drank when the cup was
passed To me.
The only other occasions on which
I have drunk whiskey have been when
u was prescribed by the doctor. Dur
Ing the last fourteen years I don't
believe | have drunk whiskey straight
or with water more than half a dozen
times"
The routine at the white House was
az follows:
we had breakfast al 3 or $3.50.
Mrs Roosevelt. the children and my.
self. After breakfast. II the weather
was good, Mrs Roosevelt and /
walked around the white house
grounds for twenty minutes or half an
hour ] then came over 60 the White
House Office and as soon as / reached
there MIR. Loeb came In with the mail
and papers TO sign After about half
and hour Of this tho senator's and con
gressmen would begin To arrive. If Il
was an ordinary day they would gen.
orally continue 20 arrive until twelve
or one, but II Il vas "A cabinet day
they would stop at II o'clock"
AT II o'CoCk when went In TO get
shaved. I would usually get Mr.. Loeb
In and dictate to him or he would
take up with me the mail that had
accumulated during the morning and
would receive directions about tho
various things that had arisen during
the morning. ! would also frequently
see some member of the cabinet or
some man I knew intimately during
that time, or some newspaper man
would he allowed to come In TO ask
questions, Mr.. Loeb generally sitting
by and waiting until the answer had
been given and then resuming the
work
often Mr. Loeb would follow me
out ia the wash room and continue
$ talking with mo. and getting diree-
/ tons and laying matters before mo
while | washed my hands. would
then go To lunch Immediately after
lunch ! would return 10 the office.
might then again work with Mr.. Loeb
\ for an hour OF some member OF the
cabinet or other person with whom
! had talked over details OF official
business
~ never IN my lifo. while In the
! White Huse or anywhere else, have
ever left room for the purpose OF
/ getting a drink between mcale and N
would have been physical impossi'
biliiy for me To have left the room
for any such purpose at any period
of my work In the White House.
ION the nth and 18th OF Febru-
AIRY last, was staying IN New York
with Mrs. Roosevelt and my daugh'
ter at the Marquis hotel at ~ Easi
hrhirty-iirst street Mrs Roosevelt
and my daughter and I had breakfast
served In our apartment at about o
Immediately afterward on both dAyi
VI walked down Madison avenue :,
Twenty y-third street, across Fourtl
avenue and into the Outlook office
doing work ana seeing people until
about 5.50 the hrst day and until
the next day, going out for few
moments for lunch. When ! LET
the office on Monday walked ul
Fourth avenue To Thirty-hrsl stree
and across Co the Marquis hotel
where | had tea with Mrs. Roosevelt
on Tuesday / left at O'Clock an'
took the $3.50 train from the Penn
sylvanla depot for oyster Bay. OF
neither day did / touch drop O
anything az any time. When In tow
usually. but not always, took luncl
with some member OF the Outloo
stan, and during the three years
don't recall an instance whore I eve
drank anything except either mlll
tea or coitee. On these two days
never went up Fifth avenue nor abov
Thirly-second street.
II have not been In the Waldoi
unless al public dinner for ccrtair
ly three years, aud / was not In n