Evening star., 1941-12-28
By Frank I. " WeHer.
Wide World News.

pie, by the people, and for the people
shall not perish from the earth
The Roosevelt family residence is on
the same floor and near the oval room
which Lincoln used as his Office. The
President frequently in early morning or
late night hours works nearby in his per-
sonal quarters. The Prime Minister has
an Office in the Executive Mansion. 1t
may be the oval room. If he also has the
huge Lincoln bedchamber he lives in
the environment of the great emanci-
pator, for the furniture and fittings OF
1876 are still there. 1t seems Likely
selection, since it traditionslly is reserved
for celebrated guests.
Too, it would be a happy selection il
case the Churchill appetite at dawn leads
that rugged individualist to the kitchen
icebox That is almost directly beneath,
in the basement A favorite story arriv-
ing with the Prime Minister alleges he
once ate q cold chicken at m. while
waiting for the household Of his host to
wake up for breakfast. He ate that, too.
Chowder is Favorite.
So far he has been getting two poached
eggs regularly with his breakfast. He
was lucky to get one month in wartime
London and says he likes eggs next best
to having Hitler on leash.
He is a great one for outlets. Before
the war he had late night habit Of
stopping for them at a celebrated St.
James street club after a session of
Commons
He'll probably eat here what the Presi-
dent likes In the tradition of Roosevelt
patriarchs the present head of the family
makes up the household mind on that
matter If so. the British palate will be
introduced at odd times to such extremes
as terrapin, hot dogs and fish chowder.
The latter is made by an old Roosevelt
recipe and you get the idea at 1900 Penn
sylvania avenue that means it Is mighty
good.
White House etiquette, however, does
not dictate that Mr. Churchill smoke any
of the Presidents cigarettes. The invet-
crate cigar smoker wouldn't touch such
| puny smoke with 10-foot pole anyway.
| Some say the only part of his modest
luggage he asked about before leaving
| London was the bags filled with the long,
black private brand he uses at the rate
of Is day.
! Only one Britisher in history con-
sistently beat his daily average for cigars
/ Lord Lonsdale, the greatest sportsman
among the peerage. smoked 25.
! Mr.. Roosevelt, likewise, probably is
his countrys runnerup on the cigarette
record No reporter here ever found out
the brand or number he lights, almost
incessantly. Mr.. Churchill shoves his
cigar between his teeth. Mr.. Roosevelt
favors among his inevitable holders
long -stemmed ivory masterpiece of the
tobacconists art
Prefers Daily Mail" Hat.
Both, also, have determined tastes ir
hats The Presidents fayorite is 6
battered gray felt, the Prime Minister
Daily Mail"-a square-top black fell
which would have been a darby -
derby to you-if Lord Northcliffe hac
let It alone. Back in the COS his news
paper authoritatively proclaimed thai
kind of headgear ugly and from ther
on to the present generation fashionable
elderly gentlemen adopted the recon-
mended Daily Mail style.
Presently, Mr.. Churchill is called tht
worlds greatest orator and Mr.. Roose'
velt the worlds greatest radio voice
Both have a tremendous command o.
speech-Mr. Churchill master of the sur
prise phrase and Mr.. Roosevelt of ths
long period.
The Presidents enunciation is perfect
The Prime Minister lisps slightly, max
ing his first sentences low and sometime!
hard to catch. They rise in vigor a!
he warns to his subject.
Their political PHILOSOPHERS are almos
identical. Mr.. Roosevelt geared hi
New Deal" to social and economic re
forms which he said would produce
the more abundant life" Said MI
Churchill: Long live the for
ward march of the common people o
all the lands toward their just and tru
inheritance, and toward the broade
and fuller age and that ire
and more abundant daily life"
No two men ever were so hated b.
Nazi propagandists. Long before Municl
and his rise to control of government
Mr.. Churchill warned the world agains
Hitler. Mr.. Roosevelt insisted from tn
| first that this country's destiny was un