Telegram-herald., 1889-06-30
JAY GO ULO'S SEA COOK.
Pleasure. and Iriouiatisns OF "a Caterer
MiIlsonsire's steam Yacht
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Did you ever try TO play cook AT picnic,
Possibly you did, and afterwsrd you were
generous enough 10 DC sorry for the VIC
eiuns who felt themselves bound. out OF
respect for your feelings, 20 pull through
the menu your ingenuity had devised.
aiab0llcal though IL may have seemed 10
most Of them.
Playing cook At q picnic Is "a delight 70 be-
tng caterer on a yacht The cook,
far from being a sinecurist, Is one OF the
hardest worked and least appreciated Of
rnortals.
Al -et all appetites arc either omnivor-
eus, or A. coy a village miss at her first
dancing party for there can hardly be
said 20 be q medium appetite there. One
OF the most experienced Of yachting cooks
y Jimmy" Lennon. who for four year,
was chef aboard Millionaire ID. Pierponr
Morgau'S steam yacht. the "COrsair," " az
forwards serving IN the same capacity for
Mr. Jay Gould on the famous "Atalsnta.'
Jimmy has retired from the ser and now
cooks on dry land. in his own snug little
host-iTy. The Lsutry,' on Borden ave
nue.. Long Island City. His cove of retire
rneut i made all the more attractive a. an
anchorage for tue ex -s-a-dOg hy the pres
ence OF pretty wife, who acts first
mate and stewsrdess.
1T Is going on seven years since I en-
gagged on the 'Corsalr.' said Lennon, yes
terdsy. steadying himself on the edge OF
his chair, and rolling il backward and
forward with the true swing Of the prac-
ticed mariner. she was magnificent
Yacht, and had cOmmisariat that did her
credit
Eat, Why, bless your heart, the Cor
sair' was the greatest place for good eat
ing that ever aoated since the ark We
used to have some ri ght biz parties aboard,
too. OF course when visitors came, tbs
table had 10 Be something extra, but that
WAS easy enough. as expense was the last
consideration We used TO run up as far as
New London with . party consisting. say,
Of Mr. aud Mrs. Morgan AMI the family
all good sailors, too. none Of 'en ever sea-
sicb ss long a. | knew 'em-Charles La
uier, NTr Winslow, his partner, the Pea
hodys. and lot more gentlemen whose
names don't remember now.
Before leaving New York, always laid
in partridyes. chicken. reed birds. duck
and capons hy the dozen; bushels Of Little
Neck CLANS, half beef or so and plenty Of
prime lamb-in fact everything necessary
that would keep on trip lasting week or
ten days. or course we bad wines aud cigars
In stock. these having been selected by the
owner himself aud being the choicest
brands IN the market We never took
oysters or fish with Us: no yacht ever does.
They can buy all they need and get them
prime and fresh they go along
Then | went on the 'Atalanta'-let me
see, yes its four years agone-she had
crew ef about sixty men. al told 1t cost
s400 day or just Sc 90 month 10 keep
her. when ia commission. had five as
sstasts under me ia the kitchen. Jim
Peckham. now tae chef of the 'Cosssir'
Was my frss assistant. and Tom Boots
VS. secons--botA very smart cooks aud n
L. fll any position. almost. Well. il was
I very different on the 'Atalauts' from what
To WAS on tb- 'Corsair' You see sir Mr.
Gould isn't much Cf ~ ssilor even YET. aud
that was his hrsr season. 50 / supp0se YOU
may set IL down that ne was trise timid
II ever there was a family yscht that Wa
the one. although u was built ard fitted up
more extensively than any other that
fostsd st that time. 7 We heard say
Nobody knew whether Gould conld
ssass rough weather or not, because h-
never gave rhe weather = chance fhst scar
He always dcdged breeze or fought sly
OF it ft vas negy business for him, you
see. this sscslnz NePtgne ina boil move
mems and he 6Idn't snow b1y he zhs
E have made a mistake We all came 20 the
conclusion that he w1uid Eev-r smouat 20
muce az a satlu-. anyhow He was th-
most cautions r1an 7 ever knew on hoard
= yacht. srd h- us-s % b much ~ TIC time
. In rhe engine roou-
+ rrmers te~ once seeing , m ~ terri
ble fauis- ATs were Eoinx through He'll
+ Gate. -hsn. tb~euSh some nischance e.
ssher solsdg ever knew iust Bow It So,
ve ossae very aesx rann-RS on - Elcsti