Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-01-05
The Art OF EatIn

DO you ask me as caterer or
dinner?
Both"
''As caterer, answer the one that
gives the most satisfaction to. those TO
whom il is served and returns the best
profits; as a dinner, the best is that
which gratifes the taste, satisfies the de-
mands of hunger, tickles the appetite
and completes its courses Just at the
time the person eating feels himself no
longer hungry and begins TO wonder
why, because he does not remember to
have eaten anything"
"Can you accomplish that blissful
condition of things for yourself?
Sometimes; but not always. Wis
dom in feeding l notice, is rare, and
flesh is weak. One either gets too much
wine at the start or commits some such
folly as taking drink of brandy and
soda or a cocktail before he begins, and
then he will find it no end of trouble to
balance his stomach"
eff Ifwisdom of this kind is rare, perhaps
you can tell me then names of some of the
few people who are really wiseS'
''That's pretty hard. There's Uncle
Sam Ward. He's good and sensible
eater, but inclined TO take food too
highly favored. He'll get gouty, may
be-"
"Amo. g the peHticions, who eat
well?"
Let me see. / can't recall many
right off the reel. There's Eyarts. He
eats good deal, and eats good food,
and knows it. Among local politicians
Hubert o. Thompson, now Commits
sioner of Public Works, Is the best
don't know but what he is the most
artistic epicure in New York. / have
often admired Charles Brooke's orders.
By the way, he is a Philadelphian, and
perhaps has tendency to chicken
croquettes, born of taste created by
Augustine, that should be restraighten-
SNs AS 10 SSAAdlJAu COuuOIocSuA.
Tilden, Uncle Sammy, knows what is
good, and the way he orders the first in
season indicates how he keeps trace of
the times when Few things are due.
Ex-Governor Jewell, of Hartford, is
delicate and careful feeder. The New
Englanders, as a rule, do not excel in
gastronomy. They order things out of
season and generally hash up their food.
Let me see, you were asking about poll
ticians. Ben. Butler, he is a splendid
exception to the average Yankee, and
so, too, is General Hooker, who is
Secretary of the Republican National
committee. He comes from Vermont,
and although he rarely makes a good
balance of the kind of wine he drinks,
he gets the right kind. Governor
Cornell | don't know anything about
Governor Hoyt? Yes; he's a big man
with chin whiskers. rarely see him,
but he can order just what he wants.
and he knows just how good it is. Then
there's Don Cameron, who is a comforta-
BILE but not really good orderer. Wayne
Mac Veagh knows how to order taste
full dinner. Bob Garrett, Vice Presi-
dent of the Baltimore&O Ohio railroad,
Is clever that way, and gets dinner
party very happy in little while"
Theatrical people good feeders?"
"None worse, if / except John Nc
Culough and some of the ladies whose
provender is ordered by some New York
escort who knows what she ought to eat
and has money, neither of which things
she has"
'Isn't DAILY dainty FEEDER"
ST really don't know. Sheridan Shook
is hearty one, John Duff is hearty
eater and strong drinker. He washes
everything down with champagne Pom
merry Sec. John McCaull is a great fel-
low tor terrapin. HaverlY rarely comes
in here. Mapleson comes often, eats
well and drinks well. By the way, Thur
low Weed knows thing or two about
what is good; so does Peter Cooper.
Horace Greely was an idiot about food,
but he came here often. Old Judge
Packer, now dead, was discriminating
man over food and wine,"
"How about that women?"
"They never know, or at least only
few of them. Bernhardt had no idea
what to put in her stomsch. Gerster
always wanted garlickY and onion
seasoned dishes. Kellogg eats oysters
and terrapin. Az a rule, ladies who
come here to lunch eat salads. Men
always order better and more carefully
han women. The Western people are
about the same kind of feeders the Yam
KEGS are. The Southerners go for any
dish that is tried, and become dyspeptic
III haste. The people of the Middle
States are the best dinners. English
men get the best breakfasts. French
men are the best wine-drinkers and
judges of wine, and foreigners generally
know more about eating and drinking
than Americans. Taken full and large,
the Baltimoreans who visit here, are the
most tasteful eaters, the Philadelphians
the most dainty, the Chicago guests the
most hearty, the Bostonian the most
critical. the native KnickerbOcker the |