The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03
WAR LUNCHEONS.
Ices Come In Torpedo Shapes, Cakes
Built Like Forts.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
At a recent luncheon given TO President
and Mrs. Mckinley by a member of the
cabinet the table fairly bristled with bay
onets. In fact, nothing was eaten that
did not have in it a dash of the war spirit
nothing, except the SOUP and that was
served extra hot. Even the cakes served
with the topedo-shaped ices were made
in the form of a fortress.
A rather unique effect at an Astor lunch
con was hard tack crackers sent from
camp by Col John Jacob AseoT. Tn5
story that is told simply relates that they
were served, not that they were eaten
Another hostess, however, improved on
the Astor idea by having hard tack SOU
venirs with the names Of the guests en-
graved on them.
And still another woman went even
step further than this by having dainty
cakes made in exact imitation of The hard
tack crackers and serving them with ices
The imitation was so accurate that the
guests did not eat them until one more
daring or more patriotic than the rest nib
bled at her cracker. The next bite dis
PEELED the illusion
Cannon bail buildings are met with at
every table and even sugar is put up III
bullet shape.
Yellow flowers are out of the question,
but every shade of the national colors IS
seen in profusion in the reception room
and dining room floral decorations. IN
fact, these are invariably set off with the
American flags and eagles, and give me
affairs a most effective martial tone.
The weddings that have been celebrated
49, l.. \
and Miss Draper and Mr.. Vanderbilt anu
Miss Dresser, the latter in Paris, gave ca
terers splendid opportunity to show
their skill.
In The latter case it was a French ca
terer, who surpassed all his previous el'
forts by a model of the Bartholdi statue
draped in American colors, as a center
piece at the wedding breakfast. AZ an
other smart wedding on this side ue
bridal cake was a massive confectloo.
fully seven feet high and weighing :"
pounds.
on the cake stood a fac-simile of the
national capital in sugar, and around
were emblems of satin with raised sugar
ship designs.
Another wedding cake made by Ne"
York firm was five feet ten inches hsE
with four figures at each angle in sugar.
and representing Perry, Farragut Dewey
and Sampson.
The cake was surmounted by the ue
sign of the batteship Maine, and win 'lY1
flags and streamers above it and on az
sides of the room, the table fairly g lau
ing with its weight of flowers, the "iLsc'
was one long to be remembered
Even the menu cards are taking on ,ns
martial air, and one particularly warhHo
was that recently given by the Riv7fsoo
Yacht Club, of New York, on the oce4s
sion of its summer opening. The msn55
card was an embossed American flag auu
In each Of the stripes was a course h'ely
dish had only its American title, ana heA'
TO it such sentiments as these: &,
what Dewey Gave Montojo-SouP,
"Beer-Where Cervera now is-botri'd,.
"Beef-Here's to Roosevelts Cow boys
"Olives-a la Blanco-Eat EN- up etc
IL would I'LL the space Of a page TO ~
produce the menus that have been thro"
upon the market by patriotic caterers