The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-04
ROUND ADO GO, HAM.
A woman's Experience With Tobasco
Sauce.
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NEW YoRK, Jan. "a rotund, over
dressed woman entered Delmonico's res
taurant the other day and took conspicu-
Gus seat near the corner window. Two
things were apparent 10 those who noticed
her, and somehow she contrived to put her
self very distinctly zen evidence" before
she had been in the room fifteen minutes. II
was apparent, in the first place, that this
over-dressed woman was from some remote
section of the country. and. In the second
place, that she fattered herself that her
manners and appearance were noticeable
for that urban polish which is the ambition
of every woman in the country.
She ordered some raw oysters and tried to
look unconcerned and perfectly at ease
when she saw a dozen people regarding her
with a mild degree Of interest. fne waiter
brought the oysters a ID with them a small
bottle of tohasoo sauce. The woman
seized this and literally covered each one Of
the bivalves with tbs red condiment. Then
she swallowed one OF the oysters whole, and
q grin spread from face to face, for tina,
was exactly what every one had been wait
ing for her to do. The consequences of that
indiscreet mouthful were simply awful, fol-
t1basco, as everybody knows, is hot enough
to burn hole in a table cloth, and Is dan
gerous to mistake 1t for tomato catsup.
A gentleman who watched the poor
woman's agony said: 81 should think that
by this time everybody in the United States
would DO familiar with the peculiar quail
ties Of tobasco sauce, for | have Ger lainly
seen it on every hotel table between here
and San Francisco, and yet there are a very
few people who know where It comes from.
You don't know I'll betF
His companion admitted his ignorance
aud the other went on: "Well, all the to-
basco sauce comes from an island In the
gulf, off the coast Of Louisiana. about 100
miles from New Orleans This island con-
sists of about 9, 000 acres end is shaped like
hugo mound. from the summit of which a
superb view can be- OBJ aimed. Joseph JEFF
Persons plantation is close by. Avery's
Island, as the mound is called. is composed
of pure rock salt covered with few feet OF
rich soil. The salt was mined during the
war, but since then Mr.. Nc
Elhenny, the owner, has done
nothing but make tobasco sauce
from a recipe which has been in the posses
sion Of his family for several generations.
In the old days it was the Gus ON on the
plantation to put up quantity OF it every
year for house use. A lumber of bottles
were also given away TO friends, and In this
way the fame of the sauce spread until II
became known to nearly all the wealthy
families in that portion OF the south. AT
the close Of the war Mr.. McElhenny, being
| thrown on his OVID resources, began tc
anufacture tobasco sauce for living, and
in 1870 letters Of patent we're granted to
him. though the recipe has always remained
a closely-guarded secret.
''The condmeut is made from pecul-
iarly fiery pepper, which is found only
on this island, and its pre-. aration is carried
on by the wner Of the property assisted by
one old darkey, in whose faithful bosom IS
locked the secret Of its manufacture. The
business is carried on in a simple and
primitive manner, and the biggest groce y
firms in the country are compelled to pay
cash for the supplies they order"
MISS JENNEss TELLS HOW TO SLEEP.
Pretty Miss Mabel Jenness, the leader of
the new cult, the study Of the beautiful,
has been ill for the past six weeks, suffering
from nervous prostration. She has man
aged, however, occasionally to see her
pupils, but has been prevented from taking
her customary outdoor exercise. | saw her
yesterday, wrapped in furs in a great big
easy chair, very thin and pale, and not at
all like the dashing figure that New Workers
are accustomed 10 see on horseback in Cen.
trail park.
Yes" she said, 81 have been very i'll
but | am getting better now, and shall be
all right In a rew weeks. My illness has not
been unprofi able, for have learned some
thing that never knew before, and that is
how to sleep. l often hear men and women
complain Of sleepeSsness, and they attribute
i5 to all sorts OF disorders. / do not say
what it may arise from; but this do know,
for l have tried it with success myself, that
any Que who wishes may lay down calmly
at any nour Of the day or night and
sleep as peacefully as a child in it.
mothers arms. How do l do 1t, you
ask7 just curl up in bed. Danish every
thought Of care from my mind, close my
eyes, and make up my mind to go to sleep.
1t may come little hard at first. but after
few trials you will find it very easy.
believe That good health and greatness. to q
large degree, consist in learning how 10
sleep. Take Mr. Gladstone, for example
and there are scores of o hers whom might
name if / chose, and one Of his leading
characteristics is the ability to stop work
aud sleep at a moments notice in railway
car, on steamboat or wherever he may
happen to be. Plenty Of sleep means long
life to man and beauty to woman, and it Is
the easiest thing in the world to obtain"
TWO FAMOUS MEN REJUvENATED.
saw on Broadway yesterday two men
both famous the world over, who are actu-
ally as good as new The first was Robert