Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-13

provincial srandpas In the well-worn handi-
work of the provincial snip.
A Notable Demonstration.
Then NJ Emile Loubet. president of the
| republic stood, accompanied by his official
| household. at the head of the fine. shady
alley between the two long parallel tents.
| The mayors Of all France hocked to the
| alley lining its two sides-22.2 20 OF them.
filed I'D with victorious Bordeaux. cham
payne and liquors and smoking good cigars!
| They Lined up and waited. The preslden-
| tiai party started Its slow walk between
| the lines. Hurrahs rent the air. The six
military bands blared the triumphant
march So the president walked between
the two long lines of loyal mayors of all
France In q demonstration that was there
Tor AL the world TO SEQ.
II was the greatest banquet ever served
In Paris. The Par slams. Of course. recall
the famous mayors banquet of the ex-
hibltion of 1883. when the same house Serv-
ta!f the number of the present day. 1t
was then thought an unapproachaple feat
to serve 1890.
Interesting Features.
Two curious de.aiis will Indicate the mag
naude Of last Saturdays effort. You will
notice ON the menu course OF 'ilet OF
beef en- Bellevue" A flet of beef Is a par
ticaiar Cut, app, oximateiy the tenderioln
II took half Gay TO cook these 22,ZSo fiie'ts.
A herd OF ID s-eers was k.iied TO provide
them Inc second detail Is the way In
Win, the general of division for the affair
got over the ground. from tent to tent and
from k.tcheu 20 kitchen, to oversee the
Whole. he went around III an automobile.
This. for the present. The ParisianS think
IL the last word of up-to-dateness in the
mas ter-oi Gel esiiol.es .iIe. ~ i-egldI.I On
MS autOmoblio mas become a Inquire to pass
Into history. And yet, In raking up the
past. tl.e .earned have discovered ~that-
although they had no automobileS-the folk
of bygone Centuries were not SO slow. Dur
ing the twelfth and THU teen,h centuries In
France and Germany the pas were handed
about oy servants in complete armor. and
even r ding on caparisOned horses-the au-
tomobi.es OF the epoch. In 1919. at BAN
quot given by Cardinal du Beliay At
Rome. moving kitchens are spoken Of In
the fourteenth century machines descended
through openings In the ceiling. even to
the triumph Of tables endrely served. In
NO. at the marriage Of Marie de MediciS to
Henri Nv. celebrated at Florence. flying
taDies''-whatover they were-were inaug
rated. to tho admiration Of all.
Another Famous banquet.
In his speech after lunch NJ. Mllerand.
minister Of commerce and Industries. who
received tbs mayors on the part Of the ex-
position. In referring to the great Partisan
banques Of the remote past. recalled
historical fact that strongly moved tho
mag iiers OF all present. Six hundred
Louis. then King Of France. the garden OF
the TulIer!es. where these banquet TENS
were set up. was pleasant wood beside
the Louvre then a hunting lodge beyond
the outSAr.s OF Oiu Pans. The wo4ses aud
other wild animals had been cleared away.
and the Louvre grounds, though still forest.
were, under the XIII king. favorite pc
mic ground for the Parisians On this spot.
then. go years ago. declared the learned
mn .ster Of commerce and industry. King
Lou-S offered al frescO banquet to his
mobiles that passed into history for it's mag
nific eIce. II is TO be found in the pages OF
joirville that SO many chevaliers sat down
TO meat in the gade that no man counted
their number. Froi 'sart speaks of thous-
ands of princes and seigneurs. hundred
Ken we're Toasted VIII BE o. the spot. The
BANQUET erdrd IN free f;"ht between two
Ciiques OF rival feudal lords, and the good
King OF France himself-Saint Louis
-nnUght II no more than right not to stop
them. but to order that the combat should
replace the after-dinner speaking. Thirty
were killed and eighty gioriously wounded
The 22,-i5 mayors OF all France slipping
heir good cog &C. putting their good
cigars, smiled comfortably az each other
conyi1Ced that tune ard republican irsttu-
t!ors have Improve ed on the Old customs of
their country. STERLING HELLO.