The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
HIS INFINITE TACT.

The genius who presided formerly
over the kitchen of President Arthur
and who has since pursued his career rs
u caterer in this city is, II Is understood,
ambitious to become the chef de cuisine
for President Harrison. He Is a practi-
cal man, this student of what the
stomach needs, and he recognizes the
fact that as good-livers have increased
-" 49,, A""a in this prosperous land so
nave tne numbers " s.--.. who ora
artists in cooking, and that he who
would occupy the proudest position,
officially, of any member of his craft in
the land must, vulgarly speaking
hustle" and hustle hard
The ex.chef referred to has rivals
for the honor he covets. A Chicago
man, to fame, and presumably to for
tune, heretofore unknown, is seeking
the place of chef at the White House
and is proceeding in the conventional,
office-seeking way, getting the indorse-
ment of men who have q pull politi-
cally.and advancing his record, not in the
kitchen, but in the field and in the con-
duct Of every day affairs, as proof of his
qualifications for the office. Our can
ditlate scorns such Illogical and vulgar
methods. Our candidate for chef has
been quiet, but he has been thinking
Last night came his coup, his master
stroke to win the place.
Very properly reasoned the ex,chef
of the Arthurcan age that the best
recommendation for chief cook at the
White House must be transccndcnt
ability In the art of pleasing the stom-
ach; very properly, too, reasoned he
that unless his possession of this quail
6cation were generally known II would
not help him; very properly also did he
reason that the press Is great power
and that through the press is the world
instructed and Presidents.clect i'm
pressed. Ergo, the ex-chef, last niy yht
invited numerous Washington CORE
spondents TO tvisit him, to taste OF his
cooking and to pass upon his merits.
1t is not intended here to give the
decision of the correspondents--gentle-
men Of taste and wide experience. 1t
is not proposed to prejudice the case be-
fore the country, even In favor OF a
washington man. IL Is proposed,
though, 10 point Win pride 10 the
washington man as one VINO recognizes
tns eternal Illness oil things, who enters
npon q campaign with INFINITE tact and
adroatness and who demonstrates wnere
neamess OF view Is, even among the
iryihg-pans.
WouIp TT NOT be wise we're the
streets of Washington illuminated ac-
cordinp to some other than a moonlight
schsduieg To paraphrase poet. "The
moon looks on many cities. the city
sees no moon but this. and very fre-
ouentlv doesn't see this because of
clouds. There Is no doubt that the
moon In its season il shining ALWAYS
brightly. but If between that luminary
and Washington is drawn a curtain the
heed for street.lighting exists lust as
much as II the moon weren't full.
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That USUALLY shrewd newspaper
me OF. LOUIS osood-Dem0crat' says that
nc banquet gwen oy secretary :" MT
MY 70 paViu d. NIL rev uays ago,
was me nHs' gun III uie canvass Oh
Dental manhattan And adds. "New
York will undoubtedlv he in n nosition
IN dictate terms IN the Democracy three
wears and a half hence. as il has been
for the mast twenty wears. and David
Bennett Hill will be the dictator" The
Gkobs- Democrat should consult the
Democratic leaders of the country out
side of New York. and should listen to
the grim comment they still make.
"Hilrs vote was too large as compared
with Cleveland'sn That is an odd
around upon which to base opposition
"a n manLtbe excessive size of his
maioritv-but the feeling rankles and
has grown rather than diminished since
November Those figures tell upon tht
democrats ana al Analysis i",,s u
make them less 0DJectionaDle' ihh'