New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-16

llc mouse lt,cil, ana | guess we cOulu supply hl1u
If 1t were necessary. One of the finest entertain
mcntS ever prepared was that of James Coates, or
Providence, r. |. 1t was eaten in o large hall,
which | furnished throughout, carrying every
thing needed from this city in a SPECIAL car.
i even carqcd women to wash up the Things aItcr
the guests had departed. We do n large business
IN Newark, where the people entertain n gicaC
zeal, and have special arrangements Win me
railroad companies for carrying dinners we
have handled many as fourteen entertainments
IN single day, each having from 100 to oOO
guests.
DO the people of Ncw-YorlS pay much attcn-
ton 10 the ordering of dinners, or do they leave
that 10 you ?'
Il usually prepare the menu and submit it to
my patrons. They do not care 10 worry over H.
sometimes they suggest changes, but not 0itGh'
The people OF New-Yorl are living better all the
time The Oldtime cumbersome dinner, where TWO
fish courses, two entrees and forth, were served,
has passed away. ! fought long and hard against
1t, ard prevailed at last. The knowledge OF DIN
ing and the knowledge Of wines have been &C,
qulpd by the increase Of dinners in New-lOrk. ana
not from foreign travel, so many persons
Imagine. The New-Yorlt dinners of TODAY are
superior i'm many respects to those Of any other Guy
III The world. The people have money ana
are willing 10 pay for the best that the market
affords. and there is doubt that the Ncw-l ork
market has no equal. There are more rchncnents
al an American entertainment than elsewhere
more variety"
Yet our menus are still printed i'm French"
That is true And why, you will ask. Be-
cause French cooking is still regarded as the per-
lection of culinary art. And there is another rca
NoI 'lnP OF inc delights OF n dinner II rs sui
prScs. II is not well 20 anticipate. and by con
ccaling the precise character Of what is coming
The pleasures OF the table greatly enhanced.
Many Of the beauties of a dinner are hidden be-
hind some curious French word or phrase, only TO
be revealed at the proper moment.
Are our hgh-lvers very critical?'
LADIES LvNCHEONs-rHE scCLE
Extremely So Especially are the ladies critical.
One Of tie most difficult ordeals through which
have TO pass is the preparation of ladies lunch
con. Ii must be gotten up in the highest style OF
the art Great skill and tact required TO avoid
failure, for nothing escapes the ladies, you know
To show you how particular have TO be-
have only to mention the way in which we serve
raw oysters. You have always noticed that oysters
are rarely treated in decorative way. They
usually 90 10 the table on plate with lump of
ice III the centre and the customary quarter ot
lemon lying about somewhere. To be sure there
IS nothing beautiful about them, and II always
occurred 10 me that they were not IN keeping
with the dclcaclcs at a ladies luncheon. Ke-
Gently, | invented mode OF treating them tlat
seems 10 have met with favor. Inc oysters,
selected with great care SIX little fellows apout
the size of silver halldollar are served on q
fpcle. which, YOU know, Is an ice mould, shaped
Pike plate and having crimped edges. II ~ -
n color luncheon, say pink, the soclc Is made pink
10 correspond. y piece OF lace paper, or
dolly, is laid IN a plate, and the Socc containing
Wl and ornamental, aS il keeps the socle from
slipping about. In the centre. instead OF the
conventional quarter of lemon, We put basket
cut ont Of whole lemon, the handle or Whlcn
is tied with satin ribbon, also pink. The chcet
IS very pretty. Sorhct is served IN forms made OF
ice, representing Tomatoes, fruits etc, ana some
We don't hear much Of breakfast PARTIES, Mn
Pinord
Breakfasts have gone ont Of fashion Such
as are given nowadays could hardly be called
breakfasts 49, all. Ten or twelve years ago they
were common enough and were then really break
fasts given II breakfast time
You Tavc given many good dinners. Nhlch
DO Won think tho finest Won ever prepared
think the dinner - Charles Ot onor snr-
passed them at. H. was MANAGED 10y sam N"ru
and cost over so J plate. Ihr menus alone
cost 81 apiccc The decorations were most clah-
orafc tie tables - ~ literally covered WIN
rare flowers The vines were tic costlicSt that
could nc had some Of San Wards finest Wa
dcira was poSscI around. The Guests numbered
nffv II am not mistaken.
" understand Won ere GONE - publish % book
Yc. shall soon give my twenty years rcni
nisccuccs Of society and dinners 10 the world
Mr. Blaine wrote Of twenty years IT onSrrNS
and Nfr Clcyvs Of twenty-five wears IN Wall Street;
why not twenty years OF dinners
LrcrrLus Of THE SHELF
Risht here it might be asked is it not time 10
nut Iucnllus on the shelf? For more than l.9OO
wears the world has been talking rubbish about
Ircullcan fcas,s ImaIinc an American at
Lucullcan feast WHY, Lucullus, with all his
treasury notes. was "a lcathcn 500 far as fcasiin2
himself 10 ,s.ath. Some years before be- dlcd
he sank into state OF mental fccblcn"ss ana
inI,rility. which obliged him - surrender Inc
management OF his Affairs - bis brother Marcus
H. va, not the quantity 81 ic iood A' ~ "N'
It's quality That put 80 miserable an cid - nun
Sucb f,oJ would destroy the gcston OF am ostrich
What did tie Romans know OF the culinary atl
anyway th1t ouc 81 their old generals sh'ula
be hold up 70 tie world ~ an 'A"hPie LOT 'I
time Ilc lLnc proved many years ago th1J
there was Is arsc amount of fudge about lucullIs'
80 TO- is quite unnecessary Tor the "Fi'cI l." ~"
sack Tie encyclopedias Tor llrtirr lhioIt ''io
on tl,t pgint Circumstautial evidence j. not
needed ~ convict the old man. on genera Plh-
ciplcs Lee WIS, from culinary point OF view,
fraud. True. the " Roman AcTN's' "N I'lHP'S
dcrsl}cly called hlfn, Was generous III ire 'HFi-
tainmcnL of las friends \ SINCE supper "4i'h
Lee cave some 81 them is said ~ have cost nm
.so 600 drl1III. OF about $500. Ihlmou'co, or
pi',~l or Sherry, or the Cafe Savarln. could .ct
mn ii tnlrrably respectable dinner on 4, 800. but
Iucullus probably sat his guests down TO a. least
IuculIus WA, excessively vain of his cherries, ana
rs for his sow she Was always served hlSh. At
rare intervals. on state occasions, be treated ms
great rticuds so a thrush on toast. Titus flamin-
inu, eivcs us am excellent view Of Roman supper
,nppcd once said he, with Il irl0nd, ana
could NOT iOIbcar cNpOStulatlug with Inn at Tie
number of dishes lac had provided, and sud
wOudc red where lie had furnished himtri WIN
enrb a variety Sir replied he. ~ confess
The ruth. il is all hogs flesh differently rooScd"
Tire hoe played AN important part IN Roman
civilization And il had its Influence on religion,
FOO ia another corner Of the world. Buddha
died If au oycrfccd of dried boar's flesh In
rccc,t time, there has been more hog at the table
than ou ~.
p rlan, tie best liycrs were the cd French
uoht.rucn Of the Middle Ages The modern world
has never seen such Injuries and cNtrayaganc's
al attended the Banquet Of the Pheasant given
by phifip the Good. Duke Of Burgundy, when hc
wa striving 10 organize crusade against the
Turks That was the most gorgeous dinner re-
cor,cd i'm history.
U-DGE OF HIGH LIVING.
tlc,saudro IiHppini. who las become well
known through his book, THE Table says that
Ncw-York contains "a larger number OF so-callcd
Mgh.hycrs tlan any other city. Fiiippini ought
10 be q jud.c of high living. he has been with