The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-22

cloth spread before you and few reishes
scattered about Immediately the Servants
begin bringing on the brolled lopslois,
and soon you are at work upon the saNoiS
DISH eating II from the snell 49,
silver fork while the attendant passes
Won the lug of melted butter ana offers
Won salt crackers radishes and celery
That is a Gladstone lunch. 90
Nv your side lies a menu caro- WHICH
you will take home with you as lreHs ,
ure. Ii is a fac-simile recipe Tor COOK
ing broiled lobster. 1t rs IN the manu-
writing Of William T.. Gladstone ana is
executed upon note paper preclscly nhc
his. i'm black Ink. anG with those irregular
margins for which he Is noted. ENciy-
thing about the recipe LOOKS as II IL, II ",
lust from the pen of the Grand Ola Man.
M'KINLEY BREAKFASTS.
Another day YOU are invited 10 NC
Kinley breakfast Here you ihu VIC
environment quite different me Dream
fast is served al the lashloi"o ne 49,
ond breakfast" hour, noon. ana the hOsl-
ess meets YOU I'm her newest pIcahios,
gown. You are in your SHIRT waist anu
sailor hat You are greeted upon a pld@
and Immediately you adjourn TO the anvil
where YOU seat yourself TO snillins
coffee urn and clolh INA. - 49,
embroidered with designs In snow Whl'e.
There is a peculiar appeuznS sho"ih0SS
TO the table; nothing is IN coloIs' 49,
While the hostess Is pouring the coiec
YOU partake of fruit, but there - an ai,
az cxpectaucV. Then the main ulSh VI
the feast begins TO arrive for II comes on
I'm installments. The hot breaus aIe
brought i'm. There are rolls. the secret
of which was learned IN Boston ~
are corn breads such as YOU get III y II
ginia. and there arc Maryland inunins.
with nothing in the middle ana haky
outside. And maybe YOU VIII get sollv
of those graham gems OF Missouri va
have nothing i'm them except eiai ,,,
flour salt and ice water YET Hol' INV
butter IN your mouth. A.,
These hot breads are made after the
reciues of the ladies In the CABINET.
Doubtless YOU have tasted them' lot .hoy
are well known in Washington; ~
Mckinley breakfast they are pruubnI
ont and the Presidents fdNorue stduus
tn the centre. This Us the square pan OF
corn bread made ass they can make II
everywhere. The souvenirs AT TINS pIt1h
fast are fac SMILES OF the HANDWRITING
of the ladies of the Wilson, Gage. Alsci'
sherman and Mckinley families
A DEEPEN TEA
Dcpcw tea Is oftcnest given because
A. is so easy to prepare. IL consists Oh
fruit OF every kind, stony, seedy, green
and red. brown and purplc-cvery KIND OF
summer fruit. Tea e. served with the
fruit and all kinds OF cake. And the
souvenir card reads.
INV Dea- Madam; Since you ask me
for my favorte dish l must give H. al
though 10 has always ht'u -hNpN GU Z"
confidential one with myself. nave
never told ii before. / Ike a plum as
purple as the light in girl S eyes uhutI
the moon. J like pear as soiuSh as
the sun when II shines upon a masuih-
mer dav Give me an apple as req as
the checks of a child and cherry as
ripe as the lips of-wcn, OF the pfe'Hesl
an Won know. These with oranges,
anrieots and tho other fruits OF the sea-
son, are my favorite dishes. ,,,,,,,
MY Nj. llI4IfN.
This letter causes great deh OF
amusement In the reading and MAKES
the tea go of as merrily as though MT
Depew himself were there to help
'' TEsLA's WEIRD FEAST.
A Tesla tea IS the most remarkable
feast Of all II Is held under me tIees
AZ dusk and the table Is lighted from
Upon the table are wonderful uishes
OF which you do not know the name
The souvenir menu card reads:
II never know what / am eating, =.
which was once received by a lady
who wrote 20 tho artificial daylight
wizard a. Know upon what food he fed
and 10 Get his faVorite rccipe
There are fish dishes borrowed from
Norway with a queer sour sauce poured
over the fish. which - boheu' lreea l lou
bones and minced. There is hot dish
OF chopped peppers from Mexico. with
lightning sauce. There Is gamekeep-
or's Ash from England which YOU must
guess the name Of. II IS bird Drowned
an over and covered with small chopped
greens. Then there Is Holland dish
which looks ilkc succotash. but winch Is
really small round noodles. WIFE hcans
ana corn all boiled together and dressed
with MIX You guess the namss OF mo
dishes rs YOU nartake and ~ you want
20 know how 10 make them a servant
hanfa Won a written recipe.
CLEVELAND LUNCHEON.
Then there are Cleveland luncheone
whsn all the family. old and young come