Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-23
AROUND In GOTHAM.
JOHN A. CCcKERlLL TELLS WHAT IS
COMO ON m CLAm-9AKE TIME.
"Tom Ochiitree-A Good One on
Lester Wallack-Plntt's Picture.

Lester N1Ilnck-Plntts Picture.
Correspondence az tho Richmond Dlspatch.l
NEW YORK. August a1.-Instead of being
called tho silly season, this. il seems to
me- would with better grace DO termed
the clam-bako timo of the year. From
Pleasure bay all tho way up the coast in
and out the little bays OF Rhode Island,
where Babcock Of famous sauce reigns
supreme IN hia specially, and even so far
in the interior as Mt. McGregor, which
President HARRISON visited for clam-bake
purposes on Tuesday, the odorous heap
oi dainties gathered from sea. earth,
AMI ar, each IN ifs httlo linen
wrapper and the whole enyelopcd
in steaming seaweed and tarpaulin, smells
10 heaven with fragrance more divine
IMAM any that tempted the gods and god
desscs OF old to como down and feast with
men. Grover Cleveland has been To
clam-hake; David Is. Hill, New Yorks
somewhat tavOrto con, has not failed 10
show II mig respect his uniform apprecia-
ton q good things the dry but luminous
digli,iri OF the Prohibition picnic on
Staten Island, including ingalls,. Mile, and
the rc't u them. sat down to such feast
The ono the President wen. To at
Sit. McGregor took week 10 prepare
tho Jamnanv braves have, Ia detach-
ments. partakan more than once OF such
feed. and the visiting Statesmen from tho
noles and corners ~ the entire land, who
make their mid'uumer pilgrimage 70 tre
metropolis with deyout regularity. have
not tailed, this season. 10 do honor to the
inmou. rcpost whose origin goes back into
the mists 81 Rhode Island antiquity, ac-
companled through ons generation, at
least. with tho inde- Dahls fragrance Of
EaOcOcks sauce.
just what It is TINT opens politicians
hsart on al occasion Of this kind II might
hc hard 20 deiln-. in the midst Ot such
, . universal opening a. that Of the clans II
does not seem surprising that the clans
should low suIt. Certain Il Is that clam
Dafe fpeecGes have on more than one oc-
casion bad perhaps even too much I'M
pof;ance attached to them, n u tina; IN
rae COMMON opinion Of the 1vel ess along
tine Atlantic coast q public character who
cannot and viii not DO himself Justice ~
such tinio has lacked a. last one requi-
sito OF contemporary greatness.
TIE CLAM ~ roLTcs.
The part clam-bakos hGvc played in tho
politics Of this neck of the woods ~ inter-
csiing. the greatest clam-hake ever seen
IL TIC United States was gwen IN honor OF
the opening If Monmouth Park III ISL.
JAY Gould. Jim Fisk, William ~ Tweed,
Larry jerome. james Valentine, Richard
Sc1eli, Samuel j. Randall, an q host Of
other celebrities wero n attendance. Tho
Ivcnt--secOud New York regiment
marched IN one SIDE Of tho tent with IL
! band - tho LaaI, whIle simultaneously
! tArOU1h the opposite entrance CtIuo the
/ Ancficus CLUB with the famous seventh
regiment band IN tho lead. Such
| a. assCnblaee Of conspicuous person.
| ages On such an occasion mas never been
! parlilcled. Fcur hundred People ate as
| people never do expect 10 u clam bake
and CURED such hnat.ons Of champagne
"a must have turned old Bacchus himself
! ereon with envy. 4 detachment OF Phila-
/ delphiaps accompanied Mr.. Randall,
among whom were cx-aleyor Stokely and
! that Iuasterful political boss. John J.. Hi.
| he other leading city officials OF Now
\ ork, Philadelphia. Trenton. with strag,
! slcr5 from Baltimore. Washington and
/ Boston. helped maze up the company.
! Tweed was IN his glory and there was
many big man close by to shine IN us re.
| 4 ccted lustre. The bake WIGS the product
! of John Char beriIn's sklitul manlpula-
! ton, and happening TO meet Inn on
| Broadway Yesterday / asked hun for curl
! o5lty what was IN II.
CaAxrzBIIN's pAEB
| The memory Of that marvellous day
| thrilled the Brilla' Sayarin of America t.
! the tIls of his dcft fingers. 4 long, slow
( smilN expanded ri3 mOustacno as he slowly
| rubbed hls hands and replied: hal
cIam-hake, the greatest OF al ever seen Oh
I eaten IL this country or any other, was {
( work Of art, II do say 1t myself. / hear
| great deai ~ complaint II New York now
} abou, Cobbie-a.oaes. They we're very pre-
J "a. a a r1nffgr OF TACT
had ~ send all the way from Monmouth
! PARK TO New York city 10 get cobble
stones to Lay nv foundation on. W hen
! nd get them they were cieansed and polish
.d al each saonr like an individual gem
| On tho lmpromptu hearth constructe,
| OF these cobblts. after ri enormous pie o
| resinoua piuo had been burned until thu
| stones were at wuite heat, plentiful
Quantities Of sea-grass Vas scattered. ano
into tho midst OF this .cdolent surface
| hundreds of young chickens were lald
| wrapped in clean linen cloths. Some peO-
Die ia nix that ANYTHING at all that II I'll 70
| eat Is good enough 10 put IN a clam-bake
| didn't think 20. Dozens and dozens OF
| woOdcOck, partridces. and pheassnts, al
in their linen cloths, followed the chickens
INTO the steaming seawcot. After these
treasures OF the earth and air came suct
| dainties Of the sea as sheepsnead, spanlsl
|
sters aul crabs. Green corn. sweet
and Irish potatoes and soft and hare
clans. in unlimited quantities, filled up
| the interstces and rounded out the
fringes. Over all, when TINS labor OF love
| had been concluded. more seaweed wa
put, and then mighty tarpaulln 10 con
line tho succulent steam and enable 1t &
permeate every nook and Granny OF TIM
| sayOry mountain. And the result was wei
. Il 81. st.ln och "a a.
what he puts IN clam-bake sauce, and hay
no doubt he would tell me If 1 did; yet tn
sauce which used OF that Moumouth-Parl
cam-bake seemed TO giyegreat satisfaction
1t wac made of butter, pepper, salt, vinegar
! and served hot. Very Likely no ha
the same ingredients in his sauce, l be
lleye II / thought of 1t at the time
[ could. alter eating the Babcoc.
sauce, Diagnose pretty accurately VIVA
10 contained. II frequently amuses III
after eating some gastronomic novelty L
test the accuracy OF my gustatory nerve
| by telling my chef when get home wha
was in the particular dish that | have Il
mind and what thought ought TO he tn
proportions. | have never yet talled IN tn
and more than once have by this hypothe
teal recipe, enabled myself TO produce
plat more seductive even than that whicl
had so enloyed. 10 come back TO Bat
cock. he ~ q weIl-knONn horseman, yo
know, as well rs gas.ronomer. He owned
Nelmbold and one or two other well-knowl
flyers. and when beat him at Saratog
with Bluebird he held the record Tor Ia
fastest two miies--3:3t4. l carried 1t u
III 1924"
ROYAL CEU1sE
A letter lust received. written on boar
the North yacht Eusilier, OF Ostend, Bel
gum. brings some interesting news. iron
Tom" Ochiltree. who - evidently EN-
loving himself quite as thoroughly anon
the effete monarchies AS he knows how Z
do over here. He says: " am aboard thi
beautiful specimen Of marine archltectur
on cruise that has lasted two weeks. J"
havo nut in at almost every port, startlnl
from Portsmouth. England. and includin
Boulogne-sur-Mer, Antwerp, ROTTERDAM
Amsterdam. back down the scheidt {
Flushing, and now are stopping over
Ostend day or two preliminary {
visit 10 brussels. The owner of III
FuHlier is Harry North, the Gully son Q
the great Nitrate King. Colonel North
and an entertainer who takes care OF HI
guests In prlncoly fashion. have bee
literally used up with dinners and enter