The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-01

sherry with the croustade. Chateau RAN
Zan was served with the tenderloin. and
champagne with the veal. and so on. That
tenderloin is very complicated dish and
quite worth description. On platter are
dozen little flets. On each steak rests a
fond q drtichdut, or base of an artichoke.
which remains after all the leaves are
pulled off. On the fond d. Grtichant is a
black truffie In which are little g,tenelEes de
u0tGite, or peas made of chicken. Outside
IS bernaise sauce, butter favored with
taragon.
The method of preparation illustrates
principle OF etiquette. 1t is not good form
TO serve anything to your guests in their
plates unless no other method is possible
The platter must DE passed, and the waiter.
generally speaking, offers no other assist
ance. Even with big saddle or a duck,
for instance, where the carving must neces-
sariiy be done by an attendant, it is Gus
tomary TO pass the dish and let the guest
make his own selection. This practice is
not universal, even with the very swell,
but it is unquestionably preferable
The chdpedu (hot) de fruit which ap-
pears on this menu is q "Reminiscences of
Jane Hading, the actress. Everybody
knows the Jane Hading hat. Well in this
case the receptacle for the fruit ices copies
the shape of that hat. 1t is laid upon It's
side on platter, and the fruits appear to
be falling out of It.
When the young man of fashion takes
his best girl and her mother or other nat
ural annoyance to the theater, he NAV
perhaps have TO stand a little supper aft
erwards. This is thing that may happen
to anybody. As the hour is late and the
restaurant will probably close before morn
ing, 1t is better TO save delay by begging
permission to order a little supper. Take
the responsibility upon your own shout
ders, my boys, but do not forget to study
the preferences of the ladies. Order the
entire supper at once, so that those dishes
requiring time may be prepared while
those which come before are being served
Oysters, cup of bouilion, a broiled quail
and little salad lettuce or celery with
mayonnaise) will do very we'll. In place
OF the quail you may have pate de foie
erns, but in that case the celery with may
onnaiSe wouldn't do; il would be too
rich. The quail being a little bit dry, it
goes we'll there, but the pate de toie qrds is
rich in itself. 4 little ice may supplement-
such supper properly.
Returning to dinners, il may be well to
say something about wine glasses. People
suddenly cast into society used to be both
cred by the different colored glasses placed
upon the table. This source of incon-
venience will not exist much longer. 1t is
the best form now to serve all wines in
colored glasses. Some ornamentation is
allowable, but the really most fashionable
thing is a perfectly clear glass. One shane
od-fashioned wine glass. the diameter at
the rim being slightly less than that lit
tie further down. Fashion is moving to-
ward larger glasses. but they are not so
nearly filled. The largest size is used for
champagne, the next for burgundy, the
next for claret. the next for white wine,
the smallest for sherry.
By the way, IL isn't of course necessary
to say it, but still it may do no harm; you
may smell a glass of wine at friends
table, but never make a remark upon il
unless you are on terms of the closest
intimacy. Even then you would better
apologize afterwards.
The coming season in New York PROM
Uses to be gay with liberal entertaining.
1t is much to be hoped that the indica-
tons will not prove delusive. The last
two years have been rather dull with the
sons of rich men. They haven't been
nearly so interesting as they used TO
be IL is q fact which every body
recognizes and many deplore, that the
rich young man is becoming more
staid with every season. We have pro-
gressive!y fewer Of these interesting pranks
and picturesque extravagances which make
such good gossip. Money mas been awfully
tight lately, and doubtless this accounts
for il in part but more important factor
is the tendency of the young men TO go
into business. Perhaps the coming winter
will develop some novelties. They are
needed We want to hear OF lively times,
and iovia entertainments such that
bachelors farewell dinner a wear or so ago
where the friends OF the prospective VIC
tim of matrimony stood him on his head,
poured champagne up his trousers legs,
and afterwards shampOOed his head with
straw berries and cream.