Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-17
EVENING STAR.
Dining win . Turki.h Pn.ha-

A ceLossAL REPAsr-soMsr cor as
tsaNTED-A DINNER WHICH LAST
From RIGHT O'CLOCK TILL NIDNIGHr.
Inc correspondent OF the London News
urluog nom PhiHippopolis, Described a
oibhe, wnicn Was given ar. SCHUYLER and
n,msen 5y Mute ssrif, the Governor OF gae
aplsce. be says: The dinner he offered ~
was colossal one. 1t was a sort OF cor, NJ
nation OF q Turkish and a Franz diane
multiplied by abou. ten. We do not sit in
fingers from the same dish. bnf aroma ~.
large table. Ia the middle of which was a
large bouquet OF flowers, and We ate win
silver knives and forks. But IL was a mosf
unlocked for dinner, nevertheless, full OF
surprise, OF pitfalls dug for the feet OF the
unwary, OF mbuscades and traps laid for
the rash and the Needless. There were some
twenty i've or thirty courses, and three
times did the fruit and the swests come In,
leading me TO believe we were Approaching
the end; three times did attack them only
To De surprised and overwnel med by more
roast beef, more boiled mutton, more IA
govt, more chickens, more game, more par
tridees. more nsh, more pilaoff, more Gao
me in crushing and unexpected quantities
TWAS more than man could bear, and |
finally gave up the contest. The dinner com
menced about O'Clock and continue until
mdnlght, by which time everybody retired
from The assault, beaten and demoralized.
ara mere were stu whole compauies and
oattaIo1 OF dishes OF roast beef. OF boiled
mutton, OF game, or chickens, OF rsgouts OF
all sorts OF Turklsn 'nxin,' fruits, aud
sweets, ready tn charge down upon ms in
irregular disorderly masses had we shown
the slightest Sign OF resistance. This dinner
had no sense of the ridiculous. IL would
have gone on repeating itself over aud over
81 ain all night like q stage army mai we al.
lowed IL. must say, however, that every
thing was very good, and could we have had
about ten days To eat IL in, the dinner would
have been very great success. Another
TACT connected with tt, which added zest TO
our enjoy ment OF the entertainment, Was
that all the clerks whom we had observed
employed about the chancellery OF the gov
ernor, Selim Efendi, and OF Kiani Pacha,
were now waiting At table; and / must say
that The trained walters of the Maison Dore
or the Moulin Rouge would not have doue IL
any better. This fact should not De "a ken as
derogatory To the clerks In question, for so
FAR from considering IL AZ q mental service
they look upon IL as an honor To wait upon
the table OF guest or q superior In rank
and IL Is regarded only as q way OF testify
ing respect. Especially is this the case
among the Bulgarians, for the master or
eldest son OF the house viii wait upon you at
the table, and not consider his dignity in the
least imperiled by IL. One day we were 40
oompanled for several hours by an Armeni-
an army contractor, who rode with US, aud
TALKED 10 us on terms OF perfect equality. He
was very rich, and had at that time q very
large conu act for supplying beef to the army;
out mat evening, when we arrived at the
house OF the Mute Sarif TO take dinner, he
appeared behind my chair with the servants,
and waited upon us throughout the dinner
in the most careful and conscientious man
ner. And when we left he stood at the door,
and shook hands with as all as we went
out"