The Washington critic., 1889-02-28

H----e -~...'.N.aesS hti hopunto Wteh MINIMUM
broth and cream porridge. She drinks pale
Domech sherry from silver cup Of mar
velously- workmanship that orig
inally belonged to Queen Anne. The
Queens dinner in the evening is very com
plete. The table is lighted by golden
candelabra holding wax candles, and masses
of orchids placed in epergnes reach up to
the ceiling. Her Majesty eats q special
kind Of meal bread, very highly baked In a
square loaf.
The Queen Of Sweden Keeps very
tempting table Soup, nearly always clotted
cream and barley; steak, and one OF her
favorite dishes, balls Of hashed meat,
cooked in OIL and surrounded by poached
eggs. Then at almost every meal follows
the national and natural Wand, salmon
preserved in the earth.
At the German court the Grand Duchess
Of Baden keeps the most refined table.
She has d French cook and the best OF
French cuisine, little too white, perhaps
too many dumplings and jellies--but still q
very refined kitchen, and excellent wines.
The Grand Duchess makes her own coffee
in a Russian coffce-pot Of enameled gold.
The Empress Victoria lives In English
style, and added a great deal Of milk to
her cookery when the first symptoms Of the
Crown Princes Illness appeared. She has
a preference for mashed vegetables, with
gravy and pastry OF every kind. .f,
In Italy the court dimes at q table COW
cred with magnificent hammered gold plate,
the onlyluxury visible. There ere no flowers.
Steyenson's New Novel.
News has been received in San Francisco )
Of the arrival at Honolulu, January IA, of
the schooner yacht Casco with Robert
Louis Stevenson and his family on board.
Mr.. Stevenson chartered this yacht last
fall for a cruise to the South Sea, with a
view to- studying the customs, manners and
legends Of the South Sea Islanders, and q
novel will doubtless be published and
placed in the hands Of publishers at an
early date, having for heroes and heroines
members Of q race OF which little is known
to the world Of literature.
A Recipe 400 Years Old.
The original eau de cologne is made from
receipt which, according to writer In
| the Leisure Hour, has been known to only
| ten people since 1t was discovered nearly
200 years ago. The written copy Of it Is
kept in o crystal goblet, under triple locks,
in the room In which the essential oils are
mixed. The casks in which the perfume
| is kept are made Of cedar wood from Le-
banon, which is stronger than any Other
and does not smell. More than 2,000,00t
| bottles are sold annually, and of these
100000 go to one house In London. t'H
A Fad Carried to Church.
| The sexton of q fashionable New, York
church complains that large fraction OF
the Sunday morning collection consists OF
| English and Canadian money Some OF thi'
comes from the foreign visitors who chance
to go with the pew-holders to the church.
Possibly--but only possibly-it Is only q
fad on the part of some Of the Anglo
maniacs who may 90 TO the church, and
who desire to indicate their English afillia
tions by putting the Victorian coins on the
collection plate.
An Old Debutante.
| Mrs, Hinckman of Morristown, N. j., II
the Oldest debutante of the season. She Il
SO years of age, and last Wednesday, fol
the first time in her life witnessed a theatri
cal performance. The play was "The Old
Homestead She was amazed that every