Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-13
special Correspondence Of fne Evening Star.

seen the banquet tent at 0 o'clock on the
same morning. when all the p,ates and
knives and forks were Laid when tho WINE
had been placed on each table and the etat
mao of the maitres hotel surveyed the
completed preparations And the immens ty
of the whole thing was more striking IN the
empty, waiting eKrauso OF linen. silver
flowers and fruit stands than when. later
en-, the army Of destructi n gathered in IT,
nave spoken Of this banquet a. cold
luncheon How great a cold luncheon the
leading caterers of Pars can get up. even
for -, 900 unchaperoned Frenchmen. may
be judged from the menu:
Cucumbers and olives.
Fine sliced sausages and butter.
Da-ues of salmon g:aces. Haul Sauterne
pilates cfanged)
Filet of beef. en- Bellevue Il. e.. In meat
Pressed 'l9aves" of Rauen duck. Margaux.
1891
Plates ctargedb
Young Bresse chickens roasted
Ballotines Of pheasant
sa,adcs. Champagne IL 7ntehello.
GPlates changed1
Ices. Stewed pears and rice.
dessert D'atesb
CheeseS and Fruits.
Fancy CAKES coffee and 1GueurS.
Here Is a cold lunch tina nevertheless
demanded four changes of p'ates fpr ~ x
guests. which by a simple multiplication
Eve times - 2'5. be- ause the first service
was already laid. comes to a total OF ILL.,
40 Plates, not e uniting breaNage.
Served In Great Tents.
As there was no tall In Paris az once
large enough and free to serve for such
gathering. the arrangement was forced &c
use great tents occupying hatf the space o:
the Tuilleries Garden. beside the historic
Palace OF the Louvre.
Nine rows Of forty tables each were the
first Planned. when only 1900 guests were
expected. Accep.anCeS came IN so fast.
However. that 4 FIST wing of thirty-stN ex-
TIA tables e. by - had To be thrown ut 10
the right This proved utterly insufficient.
and = re more rows Of twenty-five tables
each had to be finally placed parallel with
the first lnt.a-most to double their capacity.
As We stood there ain .rlnE We Oh. erv'd
near by Taitre d ,ei. Ike the anx Gus
man IN 'Pi.gIims Progress assIdut Us.y
pe.Uslus little book He Let u Sc it IL
exp'a ned how order could be noi'ad to he.
2. eSe-Ved In such comp. cate' undertake
Ing. 1t was an Order of Campaign. pre-
pared and printed by the ca.er:ng firm that
dared 20 undertake the banquet.
Elaborate Preparations.
II came or on Saturday. The service
according to the Order of Campaign. fad
to commence on the previous Thursday
morning al O'Clock. with the :sorting OF
the material" tab.ec.o-hz. rRtes. forks.
knives glasses and SO on They spread the
tables Thursday afternoon. AT : am. of
Er day they st the pates. one pate for
each Puesr. " in one large gia =. one BCr-
deaux glass. one champagne and one Iiuuer
g'ass, enc Cofie cup ana cancer ana
napkin. The silver was not paced unit.
Saturday n:orn nS with TIE fruit; and how
ers. Each table. then. ad 10 ne garnished
also with five salt and pepper casters. four
comp lie disneS. ere DCt OF IT. sta wan
itS spoon and three little pots Of to .tapicks
O. So llrGay at ; 4. IN. TIE chefs ,ie I, W
on the chefs de groupe and the seconds
or each group bryan laying The s.lyer-foI
each guest one FORK. one large kn te. one
spl on Tor the Ice cream, little kn fe for
the cheese lin EUROPE you eat chez Sc with
knife. and in each coffee cup a coffee
spoon and ,wp Jumps of sugar. On Sa tur-
CAV morn rg at o,cock hey aced two
little breads" (ro!ls) IN each napkin AT .
oc.2cH taey put the Ordinary he on n
tao.e with the m neral waters at 10
cock they opened and placed in Their
service boxes the fine wines and iioueurs
and, finally. at IL O'clock. al was ready
An Abundance of Wine.
In the little printed Order OF Campaign
the ma!tres dhotel and waters were
charged not to be discreet with the wine.
but 20 force the service" So the average
was noble one. Each group of nine ia
t'es had allotted 10 1t 2l6 quart bottles of
good. sound Bordeaux wines although cali
go ordinary. Heaven grant US all such
ordinary through our lives. They would
De stNen-Irdnc wines in any hotel of the
continent OF the fine wines there were
Ia each box. two quart bottles Of Haut
ne tsweetisa. perfurned white wine
OF Bordeaux, three OF Margaux 1887 Zone OF
the grand red Bordeaux and three bot
tes OF chaTnpagne-QuaTts again. So, for
each table Of th!rty-eisht guests there
were IN The first provision fourteen bottles
or Pr"ignac. ten of Saint Julien, two of
HaUt Sauterre. three Of Margaux and three
OF champaSne-in ALL thirty-two quarts for
tElfty-elSht guests. not counting ten bot
ties of mineral waters and a pint each of
me champagne cOgnac and Jamaica rum
As the order was to press the wines
each maitre d hotel was ordered should his
sGpr!y exhaust itself. To fall back on 'the
reserve. Moreover to make dnub!y sure
each was told IN serving the Zine wines''
"a see that the first two bottles Of Margaux
should be only half emptled so that they
might stand Upon the table. within reach
of the appreciative. through dessert This
order. as it turned or. almost doubled the
consumption of the MargaIx. 1887 and II
COST ~ francs &2 so a bottle at wholesale.
Rules aud Regulations
Some of the recommendations show a
deep knowledge OF human nature: Drink
Ing bars for the of the mai,res d'hotel
and walters VIII lie ins allied in each tent
This installation permits II to be hoped
tEat none of the wines destined for the
guests Will be touched before the repasti'
The walters begged 10 respect the
decorative menus. Those who wish to have
copies will find them at the headquarters
The menus placed at each cover are des-
tined to the use OF the guests" AS II In
written: Thou shalt not muzzle the OK that
At noon the % 290 guests sat down to
luncheon. the president OF the republic at
the head OF the table of honor. surrounded
by the ministers. trremovable senator's
senators and deputies of Paris. the diplo-
matte corps. the mayors of Paris and the
presidents of the press syndicates. At / 30
the after-luncheon speeches had already
begun. At the tables near the presidential
party all Were dressed In evening clothes.
despite the fact that II was full monday.
That IS the continental idea of correct
dressing.
Further down the great interminable
rows OF tables. mingled with full dress Of
weird and wondrous cut from many a pro-
vincial town. were seen frock coats-some
smart, some weird and wondrous. too and
cutaways and sack suits. light and dark
Tor the good country mayors were told to
come "tust az they were and aid n Ru,
the republican enthusiasm the equality,
fraternity and liberty. the mounting Joy of
life as bottles passed. the bowling and hur-