The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-02-13
pELmoNlco's BLACK LIST.
One 81 the Causes uf tho nigh Respects
bliliy uf That i.gstnurnnt


An undertaking rule OF Delmouico'- res.
taurart is that up trfrcshmout will be fur.
nishod iu private room 90 q mbu aud wo-
man, no matter who they are. lu the life.
time Of the late Charlie. Dt luouirJ August
Belmont and bis wife went there to dine.
Can we have r. private rlomf' asked
Mr. Belmont.
win there bc any othcrs'" inquired Nir
Dclmouico.
NO" said Mir Belmont
"Thcn you cannot have the private
ruum,' 90 was the reply.
! Mr Delmouico had known Mr.. Belmont
~ years, and Mrs Belmont was equally
| well known 90 him. But therc was the
/ rule. lie would break II for no one
Another Delmonico rule forbids loud talk
ing or profanity not only In the dining
room, but anywhere. Nomatter how noisy
or tipsy Il man De-, lac dare make no noise ia
| Delmonico's II l. very seldom that row
occurs, and when it does It il "squelched"
80 quickly and speedily that no annoyance
/ Is caused.
! But TO New Workers there il one terror
above all others which Mr.. Delmonico holds
over the men about town. 1t is his black
list-the list Of men who, having violated
some OF the rules, are IN utter darkness 40
| far as this placeis concerned. The result il
that, though the place may be full Of New
| Iork's noisiest youths, they don't do any
yelling there. The reason is this. to be on
the black list means, to the heavy swell
that he cannot meet his friends there or be
served, no matter who gives the orders.
This is very easily done. At Delmonicos
every New Yorker belonging to a certain
set is presumed to be gentleman. Should
one Of these make n bill which after a rea.
sonable time he would not pay-mind the
words used were would not''-he is put on
the black list This means absolute ostra.
cism from the one place every New York
swell and about every gentleman visitor
wants to enter almost every evening.
When Fred May, who went once TO fight a
duel with James Gordon Bennett, received
notice that he was on the Delmonco black
list for throwing decanter through great
mirror, he at first laughed scornfully
When he experienced its effects, he talked
largely about n fight Yet his name re
mained among those shut out for nine
months, and he was not again admitted
among the elite until his sister came home
from Europe and interceded in his behalf.
The methods Of the black list are cruelty
simple, but mighty effective. The offender
receives polite note from Mr. Delmonico,
generally in his own handwriting, inform.
ing MIN tnht tuenceiortn the services of the
Delmonico establishment are not at hi,
disposal. But It is public house, and any
well behaved person has right to enter
So one might think. Suppose you try it
just to see how the black list scheme works
Invite man thus tabooed into Delmon.
ico's. He has received his notice, but YOU
of course cannot know It, for IL is not
| thing "A man is proud of. You two seat
yourselves at a table A waiter comes for
ward, and you order, say, two glasses of
sherry.
The man returns with the glass and one
portion Of the topaz hued fluid, which he
places before you, but none for the other
man. Ask him what 1t means. He, with
seeming innocence, will reply that he
thought 'ze uthair gentleman did not
| drink" just look at your companion. His
face is perfectly white with shame and an.
ger. He says quickly. Yes, dear boy,
don't drink now, you know. Swore off
lately, you know" lie dare not say he IL
| blacklisted
But there are other places open to him,
| you may think, True, but If he il a man
about town to be unable to invite AN ac
| quaintance from another city, for instance,
to Delmonico's means downfall, and IL he
is n society man the result is u very serious
matter.-New York Letter in Washington
! Post.