The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-27
The ROASTING CLUB.
The Latest Fad Among New YorH
Rich Men.
AN EXCELLENT BILL OF FARE
A Feast Fit for a King-No Roasted
Thing is Eaten-The Toasts and
Responses.

Especial to TEE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch.I
NEW YORK, Dec. 26-Choice spirits
headed by Francis A. Fogg, president, and
Herman Oelrichs, vice-president, inaugu-
rated Tuesday night another of thoss
eccentric clubs for which New York is be-
coming famous. The gathering was in the
new Plaza hotel and the title claimed nv
this latest band of rich roysterers is "Ths
Roasting club" which pretends TO claim its
| origin from the cooking of Nebuchadnezzar
VINO was thoroughly roasted B. G.. 544.
Those present at the initial feast included.
| among others besides the officers named. A
A. Bonner, who is secretary and treasurer
son OF Robert Bonner; Stephen G. Bar
mum, Archibald Watt, of the family that
OWES unnumbered acres on Manhattan
Island; Colonel Lawrence Kipp, who was
on Sheridan's staff and who achieved addi-
Ilonal lame Dy marrying one of the Loril-
lara beauties, and John Chamberlin, the
| only modern successor of Brillat Savarin.
The table was work of art.
Inc oddly of it's decoration consisted
| largely OF the fact that it was almost GOV
ereo with all sorts and conditions of roasted
Things. the beauty of which nobody was
permitted to mar by eating them. There
were roasted ribs of beef, roasted pig
roasted turkeys, roasted chickens, roasted
grouse, roasted ducks, roasted sweet pota-
toes as Dig as ones head, and roasted this
and that beyond believing. But none of
these were touched by knife or fork: and
yet tnere was plenty to eat, and even to
drink. Herman Oerichs cooked terraDin
hlmseH In mis- own home and brought il to
the banquet hall, and in order that it might
De properly drowned brought madeira from
his own cellars.
The best idea, however, of this remark
able dinner can be CLEANED from the menu
card, which was prepared by Tiffany, and
IN most brilliant cOlorS. Beneath a ROYAL
roast OF beef appeared BriIlat Savarin's
motto tnat "a proper roast should be Doth
well done and rare" Under this were
hbely repres entatiors of John Rogers and
his ladi faire;" Joan of Arc being well
roasted, and beneath this iJalicised motto.
II zee 'toeH," well done, thou good and
| faithful servants" Then followed a synoo-
SIS OF the origin of the club and mention
OF It's original membership and its Dill Of
fare, which was as follows:
ORDER OF CEREMONIES.
Part I: Drinks everybody. Intermission
2-MOre drinks, the same. No intermission.
3-Many more drinks, do. do.
LECTURE, MY Trip into Africa-A dark
Story by Stanley c. Varnun
,o.-6Congressional "reminiscences. By Alexander
the Tailor.
6-Song. BY DR.. Crawfosh. Twinkle Twinkle.
Little Rms, Are You not Pretty Tbing9'
| o,I-ReclJatlon, The Old Arm Chair" By
I George w. Manchester, For ShaYinr ONLY
| ce-ocrlpturaI utterances. By Colonel BACK
| 9-Song, when 1 First Put NV Uniform =,
| Leonardo the Brave
! 1J-Wauenstein's Lager Bv German Howl
rlch. ''Ihls IS Poem, not d Drink
lnterInisslon OF fifteen minutes. during which
tnere VIII be reclted beautiful InOnologue en-
titled The Charge for the Four Hundred - 81
per capita for balls picnics, teas. receptions
etc" ~ Fourth Ward McHustIsr.
Part Il No ll-Sustenance. All Hands
/ TO Keep the Wolf from the Door.'
R-Song. By mine host Here's Health to
the Landlord who Asks for His Rent
and Here's TO the Man who bates Fifty Per
And Bumper to Him None at All Does De-
mand.
For Bedad He's the Boy VIII be Paid for His
! Land
l8--sOng. "saly in Our Alley" By the Vice.
! President
l-'Looking Forward, Not Backward" BY
| Arkansas Jack.
15-Essay. THE Divine Amatus.' By Skew
\ bald LOugfellOw Morris
! I6-Exhlbition of Prices. BY Lorenzo Skin
l-W1t ana Humor. Extra Dry By
I8-song. Ry A. Fog. We've Got Him On
the List. He Never VIII be Mist"
i6-Danee, the Cachuca. Light and Airy"
Part III. ''Grand Scheme and Finale, Gem
eral reloading followed by chaos ana oblivion.
The following are the ''regulsr roasts" Of the
/ evening: First roast. (EgOt.s 5icaO, Our.
| selves" 1t having been impossible to find any
men Der of the Roasting club who could speak
well OF anyone, this roast Will be omitted
| Second roast, (Sa5ircaD. Our Club Re.
sponded to By q member of the stuffed and In
dian clubs. Third roast, (EmblematicaD, 1.-The
Gag Bird Nobody there.
| Fourth roast, (Ske 1ticaD "Liberty1 Re.
spoudCd TO by FRIEND of Colonel Doorsou. late
OF Sing sing.
Fifth roast, (DemoniacaD, '.Helen B1azes.p
Responded TO by Robert G. IngwresouI.