The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-22
IAN. King OF BARCEnDRRs.
,,s.-ance Between European and
D'-- American Drinks
Fron the NeiU YorA; Press.

uWiGan," ersbWnue coucocSOI VI seuuSC
-.3s,otning beverages at resort made
4 IN, by the great and only Williams
iS'ls His last name is spelled Schmidt,
st;.b cognomen may rightly be taken as
-i;cation of Teutonic extraction, though
ori;.n's genius is essentially fruit Of
.,a-icsn growth, owing its development
1-;-sly 10 an American atmosphere OF dis
.-,msat and appreciation.
IN age of advancing spirituality like
lent William deserves to be- ranked
US e1rg the gustatory artists whose praise
~ ssn embalmed in song and story from
NJ fsysof Horace to those OF Lord Lytton.
d NAV be regarded indeed as the Careme
'-,bihation, the Edison of cocktails, the
Odd. .-tsd of color in liquid combination,
l pc P~iIat Savarin of the bar. His appe-
IlS his punches and his ''concludecs"
IL have added new graces to the feasts
y rcnllus. while imperial Augustus would
u crowned him with a wreath of laurel
lA 4 iaaves entwined, emblematic of the
a sI+ of the poets soul and the vicJor's
t-s,,r,nb Nor would he have been without
t 49, at A later age in France, when Tai
i,rrand declared the inventor of new
soy,ce to he a benefactor or humanity, or
when Napoleon uttered the apothegm that
ut is the pit Of the stomach That moves the
world"
HIS INDESCRIBABLE CREATIONS.
William NAV be said to combine in him
self the talent of GORDON Dish" with the
;nsniratiOn of the artist and the scientific
nractress of the chemist-all in a most re-
Sned and ethereal degree. Some OF the
brightest writer's on the press
of tne metropolis have attempt
Cd TO describe for the delecta-
tion of a wondering world Williams con-
coction of one of his masterpieces and the
graceful manner in which his masterful
mind and manual dexterity transmuteS dull
matter into soulful inspiration. AS well
attempt to convey in cold type the colors
IF a changing sunset, the scent of the rose,
the louquet of a choice vintage of Chateau
Yquem!
The prevalence of rumor to the effect
that Williams genius, like that of Edison,
had captured European royalty and brought
hack to these shores the title of count of the
German empire and the Order of the
Black Eagle, from Bismarck; the Grand
Gross of the Legion, from Carnot and
Prince Palatine, from King Humbert, sug
gested an Investigation to the reporter yes
terday ThoughtleSs people secuted the
1umor es the idle fancy of mendacious
mind.
But such distinction would not have been
improbable, nor without precedent, if a
story told by Washington Irving may be
deemed historical.
According to this veracious chronicler, a
certain King of Spain was so impressed by
the culinary genius displayed by a cook
who provided delicious dinner of dozen
courses from fifty-two pigs ears on an
emergency that he dubbed the chef a
grandee of Spain and gave him a splendid
estate on thespot.
IN CONSULTATION WITH CAPITALISTS.
The unique and genial William was found
in gilded and glistening salon, giving
audience to a coterie of capitalists who
were competing for the privilege of placing
their purses at Williams disposal in open
ing new temple of Bacchus, in which he is
to otiiciate as high priest.
William was in mufti-that is, he was
disguised as a gentleman in a tall hat,
Prince Albert coat and vest, with continual
tons. Despite the absence of his snowy
Jacket, with carnation boutonniere showing
above bar of polished cedar, the reporter
him at once by his smile and by
MS suave greeting:
Good morning, sir. What will you
have sir, this morning, sirw
The words were uttered with all the
modesty and gentleness of true greatness.
Like the exact lines of his nose and his
automatically brushed hair and whiskers.
they bespoke assurance not only of his de-
sire to please but of his power to meet auy
possible demand-the power that comes
from knowledge. No one who has come
under the spell of Williams suavity could
doubt for moment his ability and readi-
ness to provide a ibation certain to ''go
straight to the spot" wherever that may
be. y
Am l to say Count Won Schmidt, Prince
William or my lord? humbly asked the
scribe, coming at once to the tremendous
point of uncertainty that is agitating so
many of the great and only Williams ad-
mlrerS.
A CRITICAL MOMENT.
My dear, sir" responded the modest
William, raising his hands and extending
their palms outward in an agony of depre-
cation; II am happy to say that / am an
American. have resisted all temptations
70 belong to other nations. They do not
Know anything about the art of mixing
drinks on the other side of the ocean.
Even in my fatherland nothing is known of
Tue supreme delight Of blending spirituous
essences in artistic proportion. Bismarck's
upple OF porter and champagne, poured in
equal proportions into a quart fiagon, will
give you an idea of the groSsness of Ger
man taste in tlppling. Beer, beer, beer.
Ach, it's disgusting" And a shade of in
enable disgust, tinged with more of sorrow
lnan OF anger, passed over the usual
Seraphlc placidity of Williams counte-
nance.
u would rather be plain American bar
tender than Count Won Schmidt Grand
chamberlain of the Imperial Palace and
qJDllged to mix such fearful drinks for the
Kaiser"
GENIUS SUPERIOR TO ADULATIoN.
!, Inc lnsinuation thus delicately conveyed
tlat William was not created a count SIM
ply because he refused to degrade his genius
was obvious. so the reporter did not press
the point.
In England" be went on, everybody
1aHeS his liquor straight, and the only
esInetic feature Of British drinking is the
pretty British barnaid. But her functions
are exhausted in vain self -adornment. They
nase no appreciation of the possibilities of
enhancing their artistic value and useful
ness by imparting some measure of beauty.
erace and delectation of palate to the liquids
yuey stonily serve. Even at the so-called
american bar of Spiers & Pond, the Lon
Jou DeimoLlcos, it is impossible to get q
U0 zen cocktail, punch or pousss cafe"
in ,I out IN France, surely, you found the art
In perfection!n
FRANCE AWAY BEHIND US IN DRINKS,
o Deg your pardon, sir, but must say 1
oanuot agree in that opinion. So many of
~ ~ c0plous connections have been given
,, tehCh names that people have got into the
a rIis,aKe OF thinking they are French in
fTigiA. On the contrary, they are still
a aVe1HIy cropping in this direction. Water