Evening star., 1934-09-16

and trGUeleT. The merit chapter in
the series tCiu be published neIt
Sundtt3 In The Star.
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.
CHAPTER Xxx.
w2. CRUMP, the steward of
M the White House under
VI Presidents Hayes and Gar
~ j field, left the Presidents
mansion after six months
Of Artfu.'s administration. He is
now k:s ping a restaurant in the Old
Club Mouse Building on New York
avenue J. dropped into his place to-
day fer a clam chowder and I had
an interesting chat with him about
the Presidents he has served. He
said:
"Thn POSITION of steward of the
White House pays 81 800 year. and
1t was lin der Hayes very nice posi-
ton. The steward has full charge
Of everyt hing in the White House.
He must see about the table. attend
to the catering, and keep servants
and tclse in order. When Hayes
and Garfield we're there the position
was CiiflBE JIldA llOW Oll dOSOQLb Va
the gccd hours they kept. Each of
them taci his last meal over by 6
O'Clock or a little later and we got
through iishwashing by 8 so that
the men could go away OF course,
I refer Gc ordinary days when there
were 40 state dinners.
'Mr. Arthur has his dinner be-
tween and o'clock and his friends
often ST. at the table until IL. The
hours ar. all changed now. The
Presid aIit eats very light breakfast
between and 10, merely cracker
and a cup of coffee, with perhaps
piece of salt fish, and then he eats
scarcely anything else until dinner
time. Dinner is his big meal at
which he generally has friends to
dine WITH him. He is high liver.
He always has wine with his dinner
when he has guests and sometimes
when he is alone"
"HoN about Garf1eld?"
president Garfield" replied Stew
ard Crrnlp, was very plain in his
diet. lie came to the White House
suffer. rIs with dyspepsia and he was
doctoltl1g all the time. He ate no
rich. iot'd and was particular about
his hUuus. He had breakfast at $3.50
in thr morning, when he would eat
COOL lNefsteak and some baked po-
tatoes With cream poured over them.
This WIS his favorite dish and one
which he ate when he could eat
nothing else. Dinner he ate at pm,
which meal was much the same as
his breakfast. He always had his
beefst ak though neither he nor
Mrs. Garfield were big eaters. About
o'clock we had tea, which was a
light rtesl also. There was generally
some oa. present to dine with the
familt. but there was no wine served
in the White House during the Gar
field administration.
''Tell Inc something about Hayes"
I saic.
During the administration of Pres
ident ,sayes there was wine used at
only one dinner, at the one given to
the Grand Duke Alexis. During their
famil,y meals there was never wine on
the table nor was there any at the
state dinners. The Hayes family were
good ieers. They were also great en-
tertaiaer,. In the last three months
of President Hayes term there was
an average Of 81 at each dinner and
he always had house full of guests.
1t is not rue that he was parsimonious
in his management of White House
expensss. He never bothered himself
at all noout my accounts. I had carte
blanche as to buying things for the
. table, ard I always got the best of
4 everything in the market. Mr.. Hayes
4 spent sS much or more in entertaining
+ than any other President before or
since. 1t must have cost him the
great:g part of his salary to pay the
u eatabltS alone at his state dinners
cost ::f0ri $14 to SIT plate and the
decorations made them much more
( 1t talks good deal to run the White
& Housi3, can tell you, and President
Arthur will have to have good many
4 things sent In by the neighbors If he
carries much of his salary away"
"Pltsident Hayes had number of
4 frienii such as Maj. Mckinley of
Ohio ttld others, who had a standing
invitation to be present at his family
dinntrs We never set the table for
les stran IA, and they were generally
full. President Hayes hours were
breaitsst at 8 or $50, lunch at / and
dinnI at 6. He was a great lover of
oatma al and grits, SO we always had
these on the table as part of the
breakfast. Then he would have fruit
in se:sa1rl, good steak or mutton chops,
buck'ptleat or corn cakes, some little
side fishes and always good coffee.
At hncll we had cold meats, coffee
and t:a with bread and butter and
some Kind of salad. Dinner was the
big meal, served in several courses.
First We had oysters on the half shell,
then soup, followed by a fillet or roast
of be! or lamb, with potatoes and
side dishes Of vegetables Then a
cour Of game of some kind-Mr.
Hayei liked duck very much-and we
Il finisl e1 up with fruit, nuts, candy
and axe. Among other kinds of cake
I'VE a. ways had angel food. which was
favoi its of Mrs. Hayes. Coffee was
4 serwi with dinner and appolinaris
Iwate WIS on the table for each meal"
"v as President Hayes as much of
% ca: dy eater as they say?" asked.
"v hy sir" said the steward, he
4had g Gweeter tooth than any child
in A rl'arica. All the family were fond
4 of CT niY and had it with their meals,
man kinds and much of it."
Paradise Of Cranks.
w sn ngton is the paradise Of
Scran IS and all the curious characters
I'm t re country seem to have congre-
gate here. My latest discovery is a
man wlo lives in a tree. He is an
81 81 g clerk in the Pension Office and
lhis lsrle is A. B. Hayward He is a
blac w whiskered pleasant-looking one
s arm ii bachelor of about 40 years. His
heri fabitation is situated just out
side the boundary limits between
tFou teenth and Sixteenth streets.
with tn a quarter of a mile of Joaquin
Mill RS cabin.
HS home consists of a tentlike
hou tuilt upon pine platform be-
I'VE n TWO oak trees The Dlatform