The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-10-07
BIG MEMS APPETITES.
WHAT UNITED STATES SENA-
TORS EAT FOR LUNCH.
The Gourmet OF the Upper House
PETERS Fare OF Bread and MIX and
Jones' Breakfast-A Question OF Tips.

Nnlteu STATES senators live nign as
rule, but Mr.. Wolcott, Of Colorado, ha:
already ea-ned the name of the most ex.
pensive eater in Congress. The best thai
can be had is none too good for him. and
the price Of an article on the bill of fare
is no object from his point Of view. He
is graceful entertainer and always has
two or three guests TO take lunch with
him in the restaurant beneath the cham
Der OF the Upper House. Lodge. of Mas
sachusetts, Gen. Mancerson and Don
Cameron are .ehums and very commonly
table mates of his. Perchance il may not
be uninteresting to copy here the items
OF an order which the most luxurious
man in the Senate wrote out for his noon
tide meal day or two ago.
Raw oysters on the half shell were the
first course. Then came q fish, which
was succeeded by broiled woodcock.
Chicken salad followed, and peach short
cake furnished the dessert. The last is
dish much loved by the Senator.
When peaches are not TO be had he finds
substitute in the homely squash pie.
OF course, the order wound up with
coffee and cigars. The weeds Mr.. Wal
colt smokes are imported from the
Vuelta Abajo, and he never buys them
at cheaper rate than three for 81.
A remarkable contrast to the luxury Of
this statesman Sybarite is afforded by
that unique parsonage in politics, Senator
PETER Every day between l2 and
o'clock he may be seen in the restaurant,
consuming a frugal meal which almost
invariably consists Of slice of apple pie
and q cup Of coffee. Occasionally he
takes bowl of bread and milk instead,
avoiding grease spots by means of a
napkin with one corner tucked into his
collar in front. He wears no necktie
because he has whiskers. Evidently he
disapproves of the tipping system, mas
much az the walters say that he has
never been known to give one Of them a
cent.
Senator Lodge often eats his MONDAY
meal in company with Speaker Reed and
Bourke Cochran, who come over from
the House side for convivial purposes.
The young man from Massachusetts, has
weakness for broiled ham. Usually he
takes poached eggs with it. On other days,
for the sake of variety, he INDUCES in
calf's liver and bacon. Sometimes he
brings his wife and other ladies into the
restaurant for lunch, as does Wolcott
also. Merry parties of both sexes fire.
quently enliven the eating room of the
Senate with laughter and conversation.
On such occasions the spreads" are
more elaborate. There is nothing pur-
chasable at Delmonicos which cannot be
got at this cafe in the basement Of the
Capitol-as rule, quite as we'll cooked.
IL
twins in politics, have both established
reputation already in the Senate res.
taurant as ''good feeders" They take
lunch together as rule, contenting
Themselves with simple fare, however,
such as chops and potatoes, with lettuce
salad as a second course. They have the
ways of busy men, with none of the
leisurely repose which marks such Sena-
tors as Allison and Cameron. When in
a special hurry they content themselves
with a bowl of cream and bread.
German of Maryland, Brce of Ohio
and Ransom of North Carolina lunch to-
gether nearly every day. They too are
always in a hurry, and for that reason
take cold lamb, cold roast beef, or cold
chicken, with fruit or pie afterward,
Nothing stronger than tea or coffee does
any of them imbibe at this midday re-
past. They take turns in paying for the
meal. Mr.. Brice is spending vastly more
money than any other man in Congress,
but he is not extravagant in his eating at
the Capitol though in the fashionable
season he thinks nothing of squandering
$1,000 on single dinner, including
flowers.
Senator Hale of Maine generally makes
noontide meals of deviled crabs, which
is dish he greatly loves. Some days
he takes poached eggs for variety. lie
does not smoke. A frequent table COM
panion of his is Mr.. Aldrich of Rhode
Island, and another is Mr.. Allison of
Iowa. Every now and then he gives q
big and very expensive lunch in his com
mittee room, to which foreign diplomats
and other important personages are in
vited. AZ an entertainer he is unex-
celled.
Not last on the list of gournets in the
upper House is Jones Of Nevada. He
often comes TO the Senate restaurant for
breakfast, and no man has ever ordered
such elaborate breakfasts there as he eats.
Probably his morning repast is more com
preheusive than that of any other
statesman in Washington. 1t begins
with black bass, caught with a hook
and line in the lower Potomac-a two
pound fish, OF which he is served with
one half He always takes bass when he
can get it. This is followed by beef
steak or bacon and eggs. Finally he
winds up with griddle cakes and Vermont
maple sugar He never eats a lunch.
which perhaps is not surprising.
Mcmillan Of Michigan likes a lamb
chop with fried patatoes, or a broiled
spring chicken. At this season
he INDUCES in reedbirds, which arc
favorite dish with many Senators,
who well know the difference between
them and English sparrows.. AS an adj
ditional precaution the reedbirds are
served with their heads on The head of
sparrow is in shape very different from
that of a reedbird. and the same remark
applies to the blackbird, which is like