, 1880-11-28
FOR THEMSELVES.
The Cooks Banquet and Ball


The cooks Of Chicago-not the redelboWed
tyrants who insist upon unreasonable dol
lars per week, and threaten to resign ii they
do not get at least three Sundays out of every
seven days-but the aesthetic gentlemen who
can at their volition convert chulnp cut
into tempting dish with French sounding
title, together with the pastry-cooks and
confectioners, celebrated the third annual
terday evening in Brands hall, on North
Clark street.
As has been the case with tho previous
tendance was very large, not less than 100
people being present. and at an early hour
in the evening the hall was crowded with
dancers, whose enjoyment was pursued un-
broken until II o'clock, when the event Of
the evening-the supper-was announced.
Association differed materially from its pre-
deceSsor6~
AS Mr.. H. L. Austurck, the President Of
the Association, observed, the Association
displays Of the higher branch Of the culinary
art In 1878. the amount OF money expended
in the preparation OF artistic culinary
adornments was not less than 5000, the
hotels and clubs t5 10 their best, but this
year they had seen the error OF their
way, and the result was that the dinner
spread Of the Chicago Cooks, Pastry-Cooks,
and Coufectioners' Association was alluosI
altogether devoid OF those manifestations
which have been the special feature Of sim
liar previous entertainments.
As Mr. Il. L, Austurck, oua of the leading
culinary lights, observed:
I'VE wish to make a new departure this
kind, each OF the various cooks should make
q grand display Of his handiwork, has
been abandoned. In the place OF this COM
petition the effort decided upon was to pro-
vide the cooks and their guests with hand
some welcome, and to allow them enough OF
the proceeds OF this entertainment TO
straigllten the financial emu OF the nrgnnlza-
tion. Under the old idea each Of the proml-
nent COO Ks OF the city built a culinary trophy
@ for the banquet-table, and the question OF
tied without many nisgtyngs. This
year, however, the competitive feature OF the
banquet was Intentionally overlooked, and
the cooks relied upon the serving Ut good,
hot meal to ingratiate them with the com
pany present
Quite early in the evening one of the
culinary artists informed the reporter pres
cut that the new arrangement was most sat
so especially pleasing to him that he had u
day OF two previous, on the strength OF the
change, wandered into poetry on account Of
r. he pulled from his s.s1~pOcket copy OF
the menu and pointed out, upun that sida OF
It which was not given over to the descrip~
tion OF fllets, croQuets, salads, etc. a poem
which he had written, und which. be be-
lieved, described 50 fully the Intentions of
the Association that further explanation was
unnecessary. The poem was Us follows:
Ancient days of cookery
And great displays ut bnuquetR
Have held the days of old.
Ladies' fair and kings and Queens
Assembled In towers great
To see the culinary pageant.
The Chiefs OF Eplcurean Camp
Have given the command TO all
To lay aside the works OF old.
And say. Onwasdl Advanced
Progress Is what we whnr.
So vel serve dinner hot,
And try to please you ali.
OF course, whatever defects were observa-
BILE III the dinner were explained away In the
poem, and, the hot dinner promised being
provided In Rood style. every one who sat
down therent WIS delighted.
Some 500 people wer.. present, but, rs the
facilities for curing TOR them were abundant,
no crush was had. and during the night the
pleasures Of the supper-table, etc., were put-
sued without comment.