San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-01-30
SOME FAMOUS DINNERS.
Larry Jerome's Cost $500 a Plate
and Mrs. Irviug's $4,000

by men who are versed in such mat
tiers, was given by LARRY" Jerome
to twenty Of his friends at Del
monico's old restaurant at Four
teenth street and Fifth avenue
many years ago.
The guests included a number OF
ladies, for whom valuable gifts
were provided. These consisted OF
diamond pins, ear jewels and other
ornaments dear to the feminine
heart, which were distributed at
the close Of the dinner as souvenirs
of the occasion. This banquet cost
$500 a plate. The viands were the
most expensive that could be pro-
cured, but the great cost, OF course,
was for the jewelry.
The largest dinner, in point OF
the number of guests in attend
ance, was the Columbian celebra-
tion banquet given by the city OF
New York in the LenoX Lyceum,
Oct. IL, 1892, in honor Of the dis
tinguished representatives Of for
eign governments and neighboring
states, who came to this city to at
tend the festivities of that memoir
able occasion.
The dinner was furnished Ernest
Corval, of the st. James, who was
compelled to organize for the &C.
casion four distinct corps of chefs,
assistants and walters in as many
kitchens in the basement of the
big building. The services of 800
persons were required in serving
this monster dinner, which was as
complete in every detail as if it
had been given in the st. James it.
self.
Eight hundred and twenty-five
guests were seated at the tables on
the floor Of the Lyceum at one
time. The city paid Mr.. Corval
$l5 a cover for this banquet, or a
total of about $4,000. The amount
Of wine drank upon this occasion
is said to have been sufficient to
float good-siZed steam launch.
Three notable dinners at the
Brunswick are worth recalling.
The first was given by the Grand
Duke Alexis during his visit to
this country in the early seventies.
The walls Of the banquet hall were
completely hidden by costly
flowers, and the tables were laden
with the most expensive dishes.
There were seventy five guests, and
Alexis paid $4,000, or $40 a cover,
for their entertainment. While
the dinner was being served in the
hall, the Dukes dog, noble look
ing animal Of which he was very
proud, sat at table in an adjoin-
ing room, enjoying the same dish
es as his master, and served by a
special waiter.
Offenbach, who was llonized to
an unusual degree while in Ameri-
ca, some ten or twelve years ago,
in return for the favors he had re-
ceived, invited fifty of his profes.
sional friends to dine with him at
the Brunswick. When the dinner,
which was very elaborate, had
been served, all OF the guests added
their share to the entertainment
which followed. Tragedians, COM
edians, dancers and operate stars,
theatrical managers and leaders of
Orchestras contributed to the pleas
ure Of the evening. The dinner
cost Offenbach $1,000.
The third Of these banquets was
rendered by Henry Irving to sixty
guests during his visit to the Unit
ed States six years ago. The table
was oval in shape, the center being
filled with miniature lake, the
banks Of which were covered with
ferns and Towering plants. Gold
fish swan about in the water as
unconcernedly as IL in their native
haunts.
At one end of the table stood
pyramid Of game that excited the
admiration Of all who beheld it.
1t was composed of every kind of
edible bird or fowl that could be
obtained. There were pkeasants,
quails, cartridges, redhead and
canvasback ducks, golden plovers,
red birds, woodcock and meadow
larks, all cooked, but covered with
feathers and grouped as though
ready to fly at the first crack of
the rifle. The speechmaking which
followed the dinner was continued
to such a late hour that the birds
were stripped of their plumage and
eaten as part of the late supper
which followed. This dinner is
said to have cost MIR. Irving $4,000
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