Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-17
CHRISTMAS FEAST
OF OLD WORLD RULERS.

90, ne Nznr OF Russia will dino on
ihilHtinns Day nj O'Clock. Al that
lvul thero VIII stand upon the Rus
lAh i"Ynl table whole roasted rig.
mouth. he will be- stuffed with boiled
huckwhcut OF knsche. which will be
mixed with tho chopped liver. heart
hni other edible adiuncta OF the anil
NAL.
The royal pig n specially raised
AMI killed Tor Christmas Day. Fof
years the royal c1ttiomAn has raised
one strain OF plr from which the prize
W. ~ selected every year Tor tho rulers
'hfiHtinaa dinner The animal never
wclFhs more than eight pounds and il
IN color q very dark brown like "A Jer-
Fcy plr
out of regard for the Cars En-
tlhh VII" there ~ English roast beef
hut tho other dishes aro essentially
l'uaHlnn There Is the paHcn. which IL
mixture ~ cheese. cream. buttor,
sugar ana raisins. and there ~ the
hnullsche, which IL n raisln cake. And
men lhetc are the roasted cggH. which
are on every russian table. The Car
drinks u great deaf OF Koumyas. ~
which h. IN very fond. and all ihc flnc
Wines OF the kingdom. lie dimes long
and libcrally. and tho russians con-
Hider Nm very good eater, aud, In.
deed. he should be. for he descended
from very long line Of gentlemen.
THE kAisEivA DINNER.
The German Emperor IL n marvcl-
Gus dinner glvcr This ruler UNDER
! stands the art of eating with all Ma
lions and his Christmas dinners arc
like his every day iifo-a grand inter-
national mixture.
lie has wonderful Kitchen, In
which "a dinner for 1000 can be pres
pared ne easily aa n dinner FOR two.
The German royal family on holiday
occasions numbers nfty. for there are
q grcat many outlying German coua-
ms who expect to he Invited In at this
time. The fnvoritc picture In tho Em-
poror'a dining room II that Of Ger
man girl picking cabbage from
Christmas tree and underneath IL n
beautiful German inscription 10 tho
eject that Germany In the garden of
civilization.
Tho Emperor has n Chrlatmna din.
ner u all Nations. consisting Of. among
other things, roast beef and turkey.
lie also has sour krnut. HauHnFcs and
| Tor great central dish a goose stuffed
with chcrtnu,a The dessert consists
of cheese cake. baked apples and
sweets. Al the children dine at the
Christmas dinner table which IL spread
~ o'clock.
FRANZ JosEF's FEAST.
Franz Josef. though only n few
miles from his German cousins. eats
decidedly different food. Vicnncac
cooking IL more delicate than German.
or ~ 80 considered. The goose II roast
90 bruwn and IN served with brown
potatoes. And then there II a very
nice compete NJ pears ana rice. Very
small ruund HnuHaF,s. nudes and coffee
bread arv served aa an cntree aud tho
dessert conHiHta Of "a marvellous pud-
ding In which there are nuts OF all
kinds. served with hard sauce. The
late Empress had n great many privnt.
dishes which aye now a part OF tho
Austrian cookery, She brought them
from Paris. where her sister, the Dueh-
cHa d'Aicncon. was a noted oaicure.
HuMnEHT'S RELIGIOUS SPREAD.
The King and Queen of Italy go 10
church ON Christmas morning as rcEu-
l LARRY a. they dino Christmas night.
iieing the HtficteHt Of Roman catho-
lies their Christmas nay IN spent In
worHhip nt long mass. The great
I feast day In Italy IL observed at
O'Clock at night with u hig Christmas
dinner Hero. too. our National bird
has travelled. and King llumbcrt viii
eat "a marvellous turkey stuffed with
ch-atnuts. with cells MS side dish.
lIo viii have mAccaroni. Hcollopa and
tnrtH ~ honey and almonds.
ON Christmas Day the King sends
10 the Pope an entire Christmas feast,
which His Holiness may eat or serve
10 tho servants Of the Vatican. The
choicest OF wines ARE drunk on the royal
table ana tho dinnor II right royal
eplcurcan one.