"Mr. Roosevelt's health is more than enough to satisfy his physician, who says that if every man the Presidents age (58) had his vigour and remarkable recuperative powers, life insurance companies would have a lot less to worry them. In weight the President has ranged from 182 to 187 during his two terms of office, and when it reaches the upper limit he begins to cut down on sweets.
In his dress Mr. Roosevelt sticks to the conservative worsteds and flannels of blue or gray, He likes to have his clothes hang loosely and seldom wears a vest. More often than not he is seen in a double-breasted coat, but when he must remain in the White House during the torrid summer months it is off with the coat and up with the shirt-sleeves.
What changes have come about in the Presidents way of living have been largely the result of changed world conditions during ihe past year and the burdens they have added to his office. His visits to the swimming pool, just a stone's throw from his office, have become less and less frequent, There is not so much time for casual reading as formerly.
In most other respects the President's daily routine remains about the same, except that his Sundays in Washington are given over to as much relaxation as possible.
midnight the night before studying reports or Yles Mr. Roosevelt has been kept up after telephoning for latest information from abroad, he is usually up at 8.0 for a breakfast in bed and a conference with his secretaries. At these sessions he dictates the more urgent correspondence and augments the calling list that has been made up the day before. At 10 a.m., he is in his office and the stream of official visitors has begun, to continue through the lunch hour and late into the afternoon,
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