The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-11
DELMONICO'S RISE TO FAME
REMINISCENCES or 4 RESTd tRANi
no BE VACdTED IO-DAf.

nd hon Eaters
"'"r,ec 900 m""", tornCooL- ninrcra NJ one
"'ovu nni,.rs a IIenJ presidents Of
,hc Tnttrd states az Dcimonico'- Dinncr-'
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a.. ..,, A., mot nanny. for,
80 "''" '.,,s", ,ts r,,a hs must die. Tbey
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t,d,ay tur,.ttw,,e. really couldn't do IL less
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uw.s I'm ~ vhon .1obn and peter. tho
,,,.t,.to,sof tho now sv.trnn IN mi. co,,ptrv
o,sd ,b,,r ,n,de.t ulacs i'm william, strset
mon ~ far up town As prudence petmitted
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t,.,, the D,lmcnt,, 81 tho nresapt AGO
,.m.to w y.rktn 1881 A. wbteh tir.e thev
dor hotel on Broad street. corner of MI.
keiasll.
Arera liitlo tbere vas "A are. which. howevsr
to.nd Del,. ouico ,nsufed. siro cnme over In
iS5. and The hearts Of nj paren,s v,ers Glad
a.ned otout tia i'm. by the mir n ~ Cn,ries
nova bal -Dcsded CO zenoftheu nm t,wn bouse.
me only motel prone Delmonico ever n "a
Wa At the corner OF Bro,dvav and Norrls
erect. L.. there vet, and IL now called tbe
ST, yens Hou.e. In those oay~ IL wa, known "A
pc'morico's Hotel and was the centrs of tho
Z si,iousnls world I'm the course of ten vears
retown owed up and left tnon benina. Dur-
Ing their tarry there the rt,tned Jenny
L.nd and hcr suite. OF IN did the round throat
oil that Oar irtil.r n chttusaIs Give forth vol.
unes q mel dy wht,hts e med 4, harm, nv
win the sarr,und. rcs. but now would he lost IN
the neve e ding din and rattle and roar of
the 'tu,s... c =. and wafone
Kncnie fool VINO of the mtldie ,ged rsoi,,e
has forgotten the -,tenad, given TO that prince
Of cornet rlNers. who wouli ave been to Levy
a. Levy j. to Tom Collins. rn. street wa.
p cl<ed at midnight. Cat blazing tar barrel.
illumined .he seen. -. Of upturnel f,ccs
waited the coming OF the Queen If song and
tho SWEEP PLAYER on the liver morn.
After the serenade, cheers recallsl the favor
tie from his room, and advancing L. the front Of
% an ia
ana then began his note Of tnanka. Fir.t. The
prma Donna Wa IT," ,econd, Hill c lum.
b.a," God Save the Kre." and Yankee
Doodle" with lie doodleIst OF variations; third
snl last, Home, Sweet Home" The effect was
pero.
Bat 1t was not OF thai l meant To write. At
This hotel stopped all the noted singers and ar
tists OF the day. Z lit clans gathered there at
ni-oi, and ll'tis jobs we're as familiar to Del
mouco'. tnen A. ey ere IN .ater days - the
A. TOR, and later yet to the Metropolitan 40 d the
Drunswck.
IN lisa. Demonico moved T. Chambers street.
AMI broadway, and In 1851 ADDED eFourteenth
street establishment TO his list, max ~ four In
ali.
TIe ID and front OF the entire mechanism, con-
trolling N the business OF ali the houses IL
Lorenz' De'ino ico' win capi i OF Suvp
'nV"Ne1' WIN an eN ''hdI ute OF over <lVJlpJ
hAear, ana a'W 70 WI u Ms aIahi' on l"e rlsht
hos OF TIE leu'er Sl'' ana Charles are IKE the
sons OF the oloHca woman one on MS right the
othsr on us ielt' forming no u ro'taura-
non rV excellence 10 "n".n NV OK 10 largely
indep ed AID oi whom wire.
AT the Fourteenth street house 50 often
packed with guests the occasional rlt viii now
be an ible to and 80 much as pairing oi cheese
for his nlDhle.
IL was poor place for poor man, and Jolly
place for Tony Mon ,a.s
"whit was tho costhest dinner you ever
gave :"
"sir Morton Peto's lie paid $4,000 for the
dinner he gtvs To some uietchants ere"
remetnher IL was. . an bumo,e scribe
admitted Ia he eor,eou, p.e,euce Of th,t
unnt.ig,ted old fraud p..o How n. snli
svsrvnndv. dilu,th.2 AMI how H., went 10 The
.cnools, Ant hoy ma naval ami s,n,, And
nov an ths naner. sd IN ,r,ut column. of
his ,w,dale refor, tn. no,rl of Trade. the
Ch,mb,r Of C.mnetce. Dr. ryuc,. S,n.lnv-
school. and ali th, b,ueyo EN- lnstlt.4tt,ns
He v.ye sl500 .inn.rto. m these pand zen
men of the netr,,oli, md K.nog, 10 siny for