New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-03
TIE FRENCH COOKS BALL
TRrUMpHS OF CULINARY SKILL IN DISPLAY
CITY OFFICIALS THERE.


Yesterday was the twenty sixth anniversary Of the
organization OF tho "Soclcte Culinaire Philan-
thropiquc,' more commonly known as the "lrch'h
coo,,s II wa, the one day in the year on which
these skilled repre- cntatvcs Of tho cooking art display
the most elaborate and fantastic specimens OF thclr
work and dine and dance for chartys sake. The
society was established for the purpose of aiding the
poorer members Of the craft All the leading chefs Of
be city belong to IL and contribute to the display Of
culinary trlumphs that characcrzes the annual cole
bratiOn
This display was spread yesterday in the Assembly
Rooms Of tho Metropolitan Opera House and all the
friends of the chefs, many Of the guests and patrons
OF the hotels and restaurants represented ana III gen
roI those possessed with the spirit OF reverence due
,o the work Of the master hand In the g,lstronomic
line gathered there To SEQ tho tempting array OF
toothsomeuess. VALERIE Braquehas the chef Of tho
Clarendon who IS the president Of the society, had
prepared bust of Admiral GervIs. surmonntcd by the
oags Of France. England, Denmark and Russia. Z.
Eanls,fcr Dclmonico's chef, had cunangy wrought
. great tebaskct, Lllcd with magnificent branches
Of candied cherries. Close at hand past Neptune
vas driving wax horses over frozen foam.
J. Klein who IL the ruling spirit IN ". C. Whltneys
kitchen had devised fantasy In sugar representing
4 cherry tree in full fruitaSe, mounted on cornncopns
dica win cherric. Cornelius Vanderbts chef +.
uemmerc called his gastrOnomic creation The Tree
Of Montmorency From J. Burck, of the Tuxedo
p,r, House came three PLAQUES Of paste with de
i,rs In trufles each u gem OF art Other ingenious
,erc 81 work there each the prlde ID II, creator
ppnd every one knows how much pride French cook
can thrnW into "A thing on occasion. Among the more
natal IL pi,crs were summer paste young boy, huM
Inc a VA, If hGwcr-. and THE Three Mu>Retccrs,'
whc,s Holsters did ysman service. b, -,dran Ienu.
~, the cafe savarln La Fontainc des Rendezvous
chicay remarkable for It, pink cupids, by ~ Caller
OF thr brunswick: "rlc Attack" where ferOciCus
animal Of uncertain wa making NE ihl'e!aDlc
for a dapplc gray horse, by H. hrhncr ol INC A,tor
IInuse and two immense vases made py T. HisVV'
Maillard's Chef. -. - A.. ,o,,o,, ,,r,,o,
in many colored flowers over The portal NJ the en-
trance TO tn, ballroom last night. md IL wa, rcai
French hall and q Jolly one, too. There WIS every
hody and his wife best girl there 10 epr seni INC
French uunrtcr and most Of the city'N notdDe' Were
her. even though their French ancestry came from
Cork. 4. .o-. . ,,oit ,,,,ndod rrn,r
roocbed The Tribune Office that the French COOKS
r"uidn,t 90 HON. TIL morning, and then wouldn't
90 home. ... coro,o, Iov, oil ,h. NOM
,orN ~ tIc Heard Of Aldermen NJ dAbzac the French
CorsI thc Russian Consul General, ~ Olarovsky, ana
nj, wife C. peicrser the Vice Consul and MI Pnpon
~. ec,c,,rv of the Russian Legation; a. Gottscllnd
W. u the ioei brunswick; Henry MARKS Colonel conkcy
1870 St,,es Commissioner shields, Captain =. NJ.
na,n of the old Guard W. u. Fitch and George
H. Parker