Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-21
JOHH wANAMAkER's KITCHEN.

John Wanamaker could give his pros
pective chief some good advice about the |
management OF the White House kitchen. |
Mr.. Wanamaker has one of the biggest
kitchens In the world. 1t is the base
ment OF his Philadelphia store, where no
rats arc tolerated and no dampness per-
mitted TO penetrate. Wanamaker takes
great pride In his kitchen, as he does in
everything connected with his store.
Often he goes down to the big steam
cooking pans, lifts the lid, tastes the soup
peeps at the boiling potatoes, or inspects
the little porcelain pan In which the
charlotte russo is served. WanAmaker
is noted for his rich charlotte russo, and
the delicAcy is made from recipe fur
nished the chief cook by Wanamaker
himself
Wanamaker likes to take visitors
through his kitchen and ask them to
sample food In all its stages of prepara-
ton. His Is one OF the few great kitchens
In the world which man may 90 through
and come out with good appetite.
Wanamaker's kitchen ia actually an ap-
petizcr. The great merchant is never SO
happy as when running knife into the
Lancaster County butter and passing 1t
around for visitors to taste. In Wanna
persons are fed every day, and Wana-
maker IL not too proud TO lunch In his
own shop. In summer he makes and
sells there 5000 quartz OF ice cream
daily, and in the oyster season fries
80, 600 oysters. Wanamaker knows his
trade, and caters to It as carefully as an
| apple woman on the street corner. That
| Is the way he became rich. An Instance
OF this IL be found In the order he once
gave his restaurant manager about mince
pies.
"IIave only the best mince pies that
money will buy" he sad, ''even II you
have 10 sell at less. can afford to 6 nix
$4,000 year In minoe pies rather tan
have people say do not give them good
pies. The people of Philapelphia can't
be fooled on mince pies" Neither can
Wanamaker, and with his usual careful
ness In seeing that all his orders arc car
ried out TO the letter, 1t WIS for long
time his custom TO slip down stairs and
sample the pie every day. Wanamnker Is
now as famous for his mince pies as he IL
for his cabinet prospects.
When Wanamaker first 'arted up his
re ,taurAnt, then a much smaller place
than II now II, its manager ordered 20
dozen assorted pies In anticipation OF big
rum w bAth AaNptt'N
pAsiry. But the customers were scarce
the next day, and when he store closed
1871 dozen pies were SUI on hand. Tn,
restaurant manager was In con- tPrnation
He az oace sought WAnamaker, whom hi
found In his office after all the employs
bad gone home.
"Aro the pies still good" asked III,
great merchant, alter listening to thu
manager's story.
"Well, thea" said WanamAkor, "pu
au advertisement in every morning pape
announcing for tbs day ouly We will sci
choice fresh pies ~ cent cut. SCI
what that will do"
Next morning the PbiladelpAians rea,
Wapamakcr's pie Advertisements, and b!
uig btial tdero was not II piece Of Iie lei
in the house. In telling the story Mana
, ger Gillian added: That Is the way will
, Wauamaker. He will have only tie hes
that Is to be had, and when the good
, won't move he makes them. "-Corres
londence Chicago Tribune.