Vanderbilt's Home Life

How t!xo Blehest Jlan in America Looks Alrer Hls Dlet. "Sinco iu}r boyhood," said Mr. Willam II. Vanderbjlt, "I have been aoustomed to plain, wholcsome living. To my Btyle of living and regular habts I attrilmte my uniformly good ïealth. 1 have my ills and aches like other men, butl ain free from spells ot sickness. I have tried to think if there was one thing Ihat suited my Dalate move than another. 1 do not selieve there is. My appetite, aa a rule, keeps so good that 1 can eat one thing with quite as much relish as another. I was brought up on a farm, you know, and 1 must confess an honest hking for good roast beef aud roast mutton. 1 do not like either too well done or too rare, for 1 believe in either 3tate they are indigestible. 1 want ;hem brown, rich and juicy, and tvith them I like to have served potatoes, white and floury. Above all I desire my food prepared and served plainly. Grease, spices and rich, flavored condiments are not suited to me, and I do not bolieve they are to any person. [ have an idea of my own in this respect and I am eonvinced it is correct, lt is that ticoustominu; one's self to ipiced gravies and relishes and other things that taste horribly at first is siuiply the cultiva tion of a vitiated taste. I have obseryed the absence of clear complexions and bright, sparklin eyes in persons accustomed to high living. The rosy colo. and clear eyes and buoyant spirits of persons wholive plainly, but well withal, conrince me that the simple, bountiful way of living is best." Mr. Vanderbilt talked of hia mode of life with as much interest as he ever talked of money, stocks or railroads. It is true that Mr. Vanderbilt lives in maguificence, but he lives sensibly. Ho calculates to retire at 10 o'clock at night, and he rarely misses going to bed at that time. He is malled at 7:80 in the morning, and at 8:30 is at breakfast with his whole family. He usually spends the raorning at home. Sometimos he goes out before lunch and sometimes not until after lunch. Wben tho weather will permit he goes out for a drive in the afternoon. The drive may be through the Park; it may be to Macomb's Dam Bridge, or it may extend to Fleetwood Park. Whon Mr. Vanderbilt returns from it he lies down in his library for a nap, which lasts until tho dinner hour. He arises refreshed and sits down to his eyening meal as much to eujoy the conversation of his family, whioh is an extreniely pleasant one, as to partake of tho viands before hini. Mr. Vanderbilt always eats sparingly, and avoids liquitis as much as iossible. He takes his coffee sometimes after his dinner. Somotimes, however, he does not drink it at al!. Mr. Vanderbilt is an extremely abstemious'man in every way. He never uses liquor in any iorm. If he is in company where he is compelled to take wine he will simply raise the glass to his lips. In the hrst place he bas no taste for liquor, and in the second place his physical composition will not admit of indulgence in any forua. On account of a sligut aft'ection of the muscles ot his face, persons unfamiliar with his habits might (hink that he allowed himself to gratify a taste for wine. It is not so. When he requires a beverage he calis for lemonade, and he likea to have the lemon juice fresh pressed from the fruit. He used to be addioted to the us6 of tobáceo, but for thirty years has not touched the weed. Mr. Vanderbilt is extremely carefnl of his health, and looks to his eating as much as any thing elso to keep it good.