The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-02-25
AN ELABORATE AND BEAUTI
Full DINNER
The Most Costly of It's Kind

In New York city, on the evening of
the lth instant. beneath vine clad bower,
while niahtiugales sang and a fountain
purled, Randolph Guggenheimer, president
Of the municipal council, gave dinner in
the myrtle room at the Waldorf Astoria
which in decoration and appointments sur
passed anything Of the kind ever given in
that city. Ii set the mark above the
I.ackmeyer dinner of 1873. which has al
ways been spoken OF a. the most costly
feast ever served on Manhattan Island.
The dinner at which Mr. Guggenheimer
entertained forty personal and political
friends was given beneath vines in gar
den which exhaled the fragrance of the
flowers Of spring and sang with the roun-
delay Of nightingales, backbirds and Ca
naries Real grapes hung from the trellis
beneath which the guests were seated. and
flowers actually growing nodded at their
feet
Softly glowed the light upon the garden.
Il was ike the sunrise in the spring. The
guests from an adjoining parlor walked
down a garden path Tulips raised their
chalices where once had been well-waxed
floor. \ bank Of ferns bearing the dews
Of morn had upon the top the roses of
June. Here We're hedges OF frs, the boun-
darits Of the tangled thicketS of palms be
youd. The walls of stone and plaster had
disappeared. The guests had come from
the land Of gilt furniture and brocaded
sette,s to an Arcadian glade. The doors
were closed. and the foliage hid them from
the view of the habitations Of men.
Between the hedges, along the path,
walked the guests TO summer house in
the midst of tropic jungle of palms. 1t
was Of light trellis work The timbers,
painted green, were wide apart. The
vines hung loosely, revealing the cool,
green depths beyond Full, round punches
Of grapes hung from the leafy canopy.
Over al was the light which came from
Venetian lanterns The electric light
-hone through panels and medalhons Of
richly cllored glas, From the leaves on
the root Of the bower shone scores Of elec-
THE lights, - Tiny that they hardly gave
the suggestion of color.
There was no lavish display of silver.
There were instead flowers and fruit the
NEST perfect known TO man. Bunches Of
grapes glowed on the white cloth There
las oorsase bouquets of pink roses and lilies
of the valley and boutounieres Of white
carnations. The menus we're painted IN
letter, Of gold upon cocoanuts, from part
of the she'll uf which the rough fibre had
been scraped away. The menus at the
places for the women guests were printed
upon fans,
Those who sat at that board could hardly
keep their eyes from the beauties beyond
the rim of white napery Here was a min
iature gar,len, which seemed to grow be
fore their eyeS. From the edge Of the ba
>in Of the fountain, more than two feet
from what had been the floor, sloped bed
Of tulips Then the flower beds reached
to the table Upon the ascent bloomed
roses, and sometimes daftodill would droop
upon the table Sometimes drop Of wa
ter would splash upon the floral borders,
glisten in the light and disappear.
Here Is the menu
Buffet Russe
Private Wine. oyster CucE tails.
Amonnllado. Lemarielas a la PrineesSe.
Plsldo Green Turtle, Boliver.
Basket OF Lobster.
golombue of Chicken, California style
Roast Mountain sheep. with Furee Of Chestnuts.
Jelly Brussels sprouts Saute.
New Asparagus, with Cream Sagee and Ninnigrette
Mumm's Extra Dry Fancy SherbeJ
Noet < Chnudou Brut
Diamond Back Terupin,
Ruddy Duck Orange aud 'rtpe Fruit Salade
Fresh Strawberries and Raspberrics
Vanilla Mousse
Boubou> Coffee. Fruits.
Toward the end of the dinner the music
of stringed instruments sounded in the dis
tance, 1t grew more distinct, aud then
SIX Neapolitans, in picturesque sarb, passed
around the table, playing upon guitars and
mandohns
The fayors were exquisite. There were
beautifully engrossed vinaigrettes for the
women and jeweled match boxes for the
men. The dishes were in gilt and the
glasses rimmed with gold.
All the first fruits of the earth contrib
uted to that feast There were strawber-
ries which looked as though they were pro
duets of the early summer Then there
were raspberries of new kind. They
were discovered by Oscar, the head waiter,
and they were grown in an out of the way
corner of New jersey by process of fore
ing entirely new They were an inch in
length and fully an inch and half in
width They were of blue shade, unlike
any tint hitherto observed in that fruit.
This was the first time they were ever
served at banquet. They were brought
in on sugar leaves made in imitation of the
leaves of the fruit