New-York tribune., 1898-01-23

cuss them, but that to the point concerning
wine he thought 1t wellnah an invariable rule that
it was served a dinner Is not no dinner without
# in giving tone 10 the stomach and as an ad to
and woS consider m Sarbar did we
not serve it. We have many dinners given here.
served and / have YET 20 see a case where It's
use has led to trouble or dsgraceful ncidents
are similar to those Of Mr. noldt and he -,o. was
SGG nS m the msg o" Te II hrSu The dinner
he was proudest OF was one given 10y Emory
latter visited this country. 1t va given at the
Leland House in Chicaso and a distinguished
lands banquet that Lord Coleridse te,Ilcsr9phcd
back from s. Louis to have any extra bills Of fare
it the best dinner he had ever eaten.
PREFERS WINE INCLUDED IN THE PRICE.
Louis sherry believed in the necessity Of wine
AT dinners and spoke Of It's almost invariable use
He had never known case Of its misuse at BAN
ouet OF a semi public nature. I'VE serve dinners
both wavs" he said further. "either with wine
included in the fixed price served at order but
prefer 1t included in the general expense. for
when IT IS served at order eXSr{ man TanrS NM, Il
ers being scattered indisCrmnately ab Ut. IL makes
1t hard and tedious for ne walters 10 nCk men men
wine served at order inevitably results In dssaiis-
included simplines matters for the walters. and
they are enabled to serve II easily ana qulckY
when there is no picking and choosing to be done. E
The reason for the served order plan IS that
the men who do not drink Justly feel that they
for for some,hne some they do not got dinner never
goes well unless wine Is served.
THE DINNERS OF THE FARMERS CLUB.
'"The pleasantest dinners have ever had TO
serve for what called the New-NorK
Farmers Club. Among the members were H. a
c. Taylor j. p. Morgan. Cornelius Vanderbilt. w.
Seward Webb II Mex. Twombly. !. Townsend
Burden the late Theodore Havemeyer and George
s Bowdoin and "A number of others. They used
to give four dinners a winter. and one OF their
number acted as steward and arranged me dlhheI
with ne Every one Of them Was an cNcule ana
knew the exact value OF wines and food. and j
put my metue 10 get up dinner Wh'ch
they couldn't cayil at - -
ranged by Mrs Giarence Dinsmore for 1Go The
week before a. dinner OF twelve was gNon 10 E yes,
EsEe EcsN ilSS o 10 s served the Twelve the wager
was won and the loser confessed TO me that he
was more surprised. MY most eNpehst We
about thirty friends II cost over 5000. and was
the mos, beautiful I have ever seen. The centre
was filed in with maidenhair fern, into whch at
regular intervals were InsertSd "o' no dinne
81 20 apiece The effect that Of one enormous
eXpect to see again The res, Of the details were
attended to on a ike scale. and resulted IN the
The extreme cost Of a plate for a dinner Is & Si2
for food alone 90 noi see beM how yo ,a' rc TO the
wines 1t is another story ana can can oc cos any s
| bottle and liqueurs which cost 81 % a glass
COLONEL OCHILTREE's "REMINISCENCES
| Colonel Thomas p Ochiltree when asked about
wine at dinner. absolutely snorted with disgust at
even the suggestion of its absence and declared
| that a man could have but one opinion in the
matter. Wine Indispensable.
| IF | wasn't feeling so III, my boy, said Colonel
Ochltree. Il could tell you stories of dinners that
would make your mouth water and throw DICK
! cns's descriptions IN the Pickwick Papers INTO
| dim and misty shade. but a diet such as l
! have 10 undergo IL irritates a man OF my tenn
| permanent 10 remember those pleasures OF Whlci
| ne may no longer partake. II only ihat prince OF
/ good lvers and king among men. John Chamber
! I'm were still living. what tales he could tell YOU
: of famous dinners OF the past There was no
man of political fame for The last thirty years
! that had not sat AZ his hospitablc board. lie was
| one Of my best friends and named great race
horse after me. lie was true TO the traditions, ne
| lived by and il only two hours before ne dled
that he insisted on being dressed and heiped 10
the dining-room Of his hotel AT Saratoga; When
| once he got there he ordered such d luncheon as
| ONLY he could order and pint OF champagne ana
! a fine Havana cigar to while away the interval.
! After drinking a glass Of the wine ana smoking
| narf OF his gar he became UNCONSCIOUS, and had
/ 10 he carried to his room. where he died an hOur
later That's what call living, or rather, dying.
| consistently , , -
dinners. on. yes, ! do. though. The Aborglnes