The Detroit times., 1915-07-17

MODERATE
IN EATING
Interview With His
Grocer Shows Taste
Is Modest
EVERYTHING
MUST BE BEST
Grocery Bill at Harla-
kenden House $3.50
Per Month
BY HARRY p. BURTON.


All Farmer. tell. straight Yam
kee-"the most envied man In
Windsor"-hit the counter a ter.
rible bang with his lean, sinewy
fist as he spoke
Alfred l.. Farmer. by way of in
Producing him formally to the en-.
tire United States. is the man to
whom has come the honor OF sup
plying the summer White house"
at Cornish, n. H.. with all It's gro
ceries.
ITS the greatest privilege that
can possibly come into grocers
life--to feed the president of the
United States" said Farmer, when
! asked him how he liked his Job.
and ! want everyone 10 know that
| fuily realize and appreciate II.
why. this man Wilson is the
greatest president we have had
since Lincoln and. although | am a
good Republican. say that there
isn't a single man of my party or
any other party that I would rather
have in the chair today than Wood.
row Wilson.
There isn't anything too good
for him, | figure it. and so ! don't
make II simply matter of business
this supplying his table with food
l look upon II as patriotic duty
and treat IL as such.
For instance: regularly we have
only three deliveries a week among
the Cornish people because Il Is so
far over there. but that rule does
not hold good with me so far as
President Wilson is concerned.
mo, sir.
For him we make three special
trips each week. so that the fresh.
est things are brought to the kitchen
door OF 'Harlakenden house six
days out OF seven. Nothing stale or
wilted will ever go on the presi.
dents table II can help it," he
finished fervently.
You know. feel that know
President Wilson thoroughly through
the food he eats,
That may sound funny 10 the
ordinary man, but a grocer can tell
an awful lot about the characters
OF his customers by the sort Of gro
ceries they order
Now, any experienced store
k1Qnar hat
Wilson is a quiet, unassuming sort
OF man but with fine tastes, simply
from the things he eats.
There Is no fuss and pomp about
the Wilson grocery list but every
item, sensible and seasonable as IL
Is. must. however, be Of the very
best the market affords.
They say that President Taft.
when he was In the White house,
had grocery bill three or four
times the size of the Wilson bill
and that the Taft table had to have
everything on 1t. whether II was In
the market or out of 1t. Not. so
with the Wilson's. They are most
moderate in their tastes. Why, l be.
lieve their groceries and meats,
while they are In Cornish. don't
come to more than $3.50 month
and ] sell more than that to many
OF the other summer residents there!
That is mighty small bill when
you figure that there are at least
IL servants at 'Harlakenden house
all summer!
There Is one thing above all
others that I am sure President
Wilson likes, though. and that is
coffee!
The Wilson coffee bill is way
out Of proportion to everything else
on the slip. They always use six
pounds week--and sometimes
more. And you know coffee has got
to be served at every meal to get
away with six pounds OF II every
seven days!
But I think President Wilson
realizes that he is drinking too
much coffee, because this year he Is
not using the brand he did last sum-
mer or the one before. He Is now
drinking the new kind of coffee
from which the caffeine has been ex.
tracted.
But that's Woodrow Wilson for
you--a man with perfect control
OF himself. There Is no blum about
him so far as we In Windsor can
ever see. He Is genuine Ameri-
can--not a bit OF a four.fusher, with
all his power and popularity.
why. one day. early in the
morning I saw him GO by here in
his machine and he doffed his hat
as he passed an American flag, al
though there wasn't single soul
about to see him. That's the kind
OF respect he has for his country"
And so feel II Is the greatest
honor q man like me could have
not simply. you know. to serve a
president-but TO serve a great pres.
ident like Woodrow wilson"