Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-23
THE mETHoDlsr BAra UEr.
A statement From mr.. Morse on the
subject.

subject.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, June %, 1894.
othe Editorof the JOURNAL AND CouRIKR:
We beg for little space just once to re-
ply to our "well known and esteemed
Mr.. p. Ferry, in his article In |
your paper of this morning.
I wish to refer especially to the last
paragraph in the article referred to shove,
in which hs says that he furnished ''23
bowls holding s or quarts each Of chick
en- salad, and % bowls, quarts each, of
potato salad" We had two of the very
same bowls referred to measured to-dsy by
disinterested party and find that they
will hold only little more than q quart
each of water, and 1t was stated by this
disinterested person that each bowl might
possibly be made to hold two quarts each
of salad If heapsd up. Query: How could
Mr.. Ferry crowd three or five or six quarts
of salad into a one-quart dish9
Mr.. Ferry tells me that an ample guam
tity of food for 500 persons was sent to
Banquet hall, and that the lady walters ate
1t up before the crowd got there. We sub
NIT the following problem: % bowls of
chicken salad. holding s quarts per bowl,
% bowls of potato salad, holding quarts
each, makes total of 1874 quartz. Now,
1t Ia estimated that when the people sat
down to the table the largest quantity con-
tanned in any ons bowl was one pint; some
say, not more than one-half pint; but al
low 1t to be one pint, and we have 46 bowls
of salad containing one pint each, which
makes % quarts. Take this quantity from
the 1874 quarts, the total amount he says he
furnished, and we have left ISL quarts,
which, divided among about 55 lady
walters, makes 1t appear that each lady ate
quarts of salad without any coffee to
wash 1t down. The facts are proved by
each waiter that they had nothing at all to
eat, for they were appalled, at the small
| to be divided among the 500 people who
were so soon expected to enter the room.
Mr.. Ferry says he furnished coffee for
| 500. He did, and at about the rate of q
| tablespoonful for each person, for 1t is a
| fact that chm be proved by many witnesses,
| that the persons who were fortunate enough
| to get any of the coffee were allowed only
| a teacup half full, while many more die
not get any.
MI. Ferry says in his article that twenty
cents for each person was all we would
pay. This was his own price, and he
| agreed to furnish eupper at that rate
and was anxious that the numbers should
be as high as 800 or 1000. Query No. 2
| Why should he wish the number to be &C
large If he was to furnish all he says he did
at charge of twenty cents per person and
| at mere cost?
Ok Tuesday morning Raw. Mr.. Scofieli
and myself had a conversation with young
Mr.. Ferry, with whom all contracts were
made In reference to the quantity of fooG
and the number of persons to be sup
| piled. He told one of his men in GU,
presence 'tto put all the turkeys into tn.
oven that had been prepared, so that W,
could have an abundance" He also STATED
to us that the Strawberries he would fur
nfsh would cost at least 8 cents plate
| We supposed from those statements tina
the quantity would be ample and woult
be very much larger than the eight or tel
berries that he furnished each person q
the supper. We will say to the credit o
young Mr.. Ferry that on the evening O.
the supper, when We told him that NOR
food should be sent up, he offered to d,
30, but his father would not allow 1t.
The $50 persons at the supper will tes
tify as to the quantity of food supplied b.
Mr.. Ferry, and we think will back u
statements that we have made on thi
line.
JOHN MORSE.
A further statement from Rev. M,
Scofeld will appear in our Mondays IL
| sue.