The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-05
THE QUEEN AMERICAN APPLE.
RAISED in New York state, Polished
Packed in GaiIy Painted Barrels

New York. Feb 3-The Queen OF Eng
land breakfasts at 9 o'clock, lunches dt Z
and dimes at g. and the waiting at break
fast and luncheon Is done entirely by Two
Indian servants
The menus arc headed Her Majesty
Dinner" with she date benealh- Inc
good. old fashion as kept up of having the
cooks name called out as each ulsh -
brought to table.
The Queen is called the most expensive
tea drinker in England. She likes zen
and uses particularly fine souchons cost
ing As cd a pound She always bought
her tea at a shop in the strand About
forty pounds Of tea are used 90 "a week at
Windsor of coffee. she seldom paItikest
except demi-tasse after dinner. WIN
her SOUP. is served a glass of Ola, WINE
sserrv. This the lady drinks from . cup
OF gold. formerly the property OF Queen
Anne She often takes glass OF beer.
The apoles which the Queen eats grow
la New York state. 1t was Lady Ran
dolph Churchill who introduced bhe Sfltz-
enberg apple to her majesty just Twelve
years ago, and since then supply Is sent
yearly to Windsor. These apples, by tho
way. are highly polished. each one Is
wrapped in vari-colored tissue paper ana
the barrels are painted in parallel stripes
of red and green, and glossily Furnished,
while around and inside the top of the
barrels. apple blossoms and leaves are
realistically painted. on the head of each
barrel is stenciled the address, TO the
Under Steward of the House, Windsor
Castle, England
The Queen $ fondness for Niennese ana
French bread runs into all sorts Of shapes
There are loaves and twists and rolls
made like little mannikins are supplied
for the edihcation of any small grand
children who may sit at her majesty's Ia
BILE
A hllet of beel a la dauphine is ia
vorite dish. also baked potatoes. In her
published diary the Queen admits her
partianty for Scotch cream and haggis
Queen Nictorias household expenses
amounts to si25,oo0 a year.
Imperial Germany at Table.
The Emperor and Empress of Germany
take their morning meal as simply as any
couple in the and. A small, round table
fully set with everything the menu affords,
in covered silver dishes is carried into the
breakfast room at the appointed hour
Next to her majestys chair, a smaller
table, with coffee and tea urns, spirit
lamps burning, is placed, and then the
house marshal having approved of the ar
rangements, the kaiserin's chief valet
knocks at the bed room to announce that
breakfast is ready. All officials and ser
wants withdraw
The breakfast consists of eggs and ON
elets of various favors, steaks and cut
let's hot and cold rolls, marmelades and
toast and that very German dish. pun
pernickel. Upon festive occasions-birth-
days, for eXample-chocolate as well as
tea and coffee are served. Her majesty
comes to breakfast in "A wrapper with her
hair done up in an imprOmptu coil, while
the Kaiser sports smoking jacket over
la
Breakfast is served by the Empress. and
when over, everything is quickly removed.
A favorite Wand with their royalties is
a small, white loaf. the top powdered over
with salt, and a kind of bun called the
"Lucca eye" is another. Yet another
kind of bread is required for most of the
royal meals This is made of the finest
flour and baked till the outside, which is
afterwards cut off, is quite black His
majesty is quite prejudiced in his tastes
and does not care for any dishes save
those made in Germany" The EN-
peror prefers vastly a girl who can make
a jam to one who can manufacture a con-
stitution.
Once while visiting In Milan, the late
Empress of Austria took her luncheon
quite alone and unattended in a little res
taurant Rice and shrimps-risotto ala
certosina-the name on the menu-formed
the staple of her luncheon. for which she
paid eighty centimes.
Queen Olga of Greece has very simple
tastes in diet and she keeps Lent with
exemplary fidelity and eats black olives
and bread like the poorest of her subjects
other Royal Whims.
King Humbert is a vegetarian. He lives
entirely on vegetables and fruits. The
doctors have forbidden him to drink cof-
fee and his beverage is Bordeaux and
plenty of water The King never feels
so well as when his fare is bread, pota-
toes and oranges. Peaches are his IA
vorite edible The Queen has made re-
peated attempts to become a vegetarian,
but finally has givn up in despair, being
fond of a generous diet. The royal meals
are served on gold plates.
For breakfast, the Pope has a single
glass of tea. or milk, a roll and no butter.
Al O'Clock he dines-a little soup, two
courses of meat, with vegetables, one glass
of wine and a dessert of fruit, He al
ways eats alone.
The Sultan of Turkey spends 5000 a day
for his table. and this does not include
grand state dinners or other elaborate
functions. 1t is simply his majesty's ev-
cry day meal. He likewise takes his
meals alone, and not in any particular
room, but wherever he happens to be-in
the palace or the garden private park
Silver dishes, which are sealed up. are
used entirely for serving the meals These
are covered with velvet covers to keep the
contents warm, and the procession of ser
wants, consisting of perhaps 100 persons
starts for the spot where the Sultan hap
pens to be. The table, which is of sill
yer is the first thing borne in the process
sion. ladleful OF food from each vessel
Is first taken by the imperial faster; this
grand chamberlain takes a spoonful, the
sultan watching the operation, and finally
commencing his meal.
The Mikado of Japan rises early, break
fasting a O'Clock. He uses knife and
fork whenever he takes foreign food. bu,
prefers chop sticks. He usually takes his
breakfast and luncheon alone. His din
ner. taken with the Empress, is served in
table d'hote style, with all the European
accomplishments. To have his wife 81,
with him at the table is contrary to the
regular practice in japanese families.
Emperor Kwang Su of China always
takes his meals quite alone, save attend,
ants, In solemn silence. Chicken is serv,
ed at every meal and the eggs he con
sumes are anywhere from 200 10 300 year,
old, and considered rare delicacy. ais
sharks fiuS-'sVpr chez" beino tho ,,ro,a,