The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-30
HERE'S THE BEST OF DINNERS.
TAKES GENIUS TO ARRANGE FOR
4 REALLY EXPENSIVE ONE.

Even tie Can't hiring n Above $50
Plate for Food AIone-Iie Gives
she Finest rInIn Menu That Can
lie DenIsed-wfth Wine aud Dee
orations Dinner of Twenty Cow
ers Might Possibly He Brought IN
to S5o.OoO. but the Main Isxpcnse
Mould he tn the Dccorntions-A
Dinner for Eighteen That Cost
si3.oc0.
View York. Dec 2s-The holiday dinner
tas become a length one Of the multi
farious serrors OF the rich. Il g. not the
question al contribution 20 the houday
cheer OF the poor. but the providing OF a
dinner which will fully accord with the
worlds estimate OF ones station in so-
c.ety In short how to get up the very
most expensive dinner has become q SCI
rous question. The old. much planned.
mach-devised. cheapest dinner" f., aft
- ai. only question OF quantity and
the adherence 20 a few threadhare essen
uals In the matter OF custom bus the
most expensive dinner requires general
taip that mere money may not always
command. Each year adds TO the dificul-
ties Of the situation since Il becomes
part OF the constantly rising succession
a.. tide marks. This. IN fact Is the real
quesion-how 10 surpass all previous ef-
forts And this year viii be notable. be-
cause several well known society men
snd women arc already striving TO settle
I've question once and for all by ordering
We most expensive holiday dinner thar
eln possibly be gotten up
me arrangement Of one or two OF these
notable feasts has been lcft 90 tho dis
.ieion OF Oscar, famous over the couu-
,fy a. the head waiter OF New York's
"aldorf-Astoria: oscar who. on his
hiN.' runs his own steam yacht and
oNts q tine summer place. Bach spread
~ cost maEy thousands OF dollars. and
'ach has required many weeks n not
months. OF hard work. Oscar has em-
iioyed corps 81 designers TO arrange
me cHcorations. and his agents are search
"k the hot houses OF this and other couu-
"les 10 obtain certain out-of-season fruit
which hc desires % have prcsen C-s
nAs udvanced the calling Of tine caterer
20 such "a pass that one hesitltes between
'fiilng u an art or "a science. but his
sfsien. DIS t8r-ruaching enough TO enable
nim O. bring together many widely scpa-
tatea interests Ia the matter or food pro
anctioi. So. knowing that sooner or later
bona dde order Of the kind Will b.
sven tim. he was asked the other day
20 write out the menu for the most eN-
pensiNe dinner he could possibly gct up.
With uuliralted capital az my CONF
niand." said he. Il would siiu have %
eepend IN my resources In produeins
me moss expensive dinner All the money
in New York would not produce straw
berries u January unless ! knew where
70 hnd them. Also might hnd them 20
one plact during ono season and miles
away Outing the next. There are also
matters q taste 90 d. considered ana
matters o. reason. u would DE- absurd
aud out o. place 20 have on our holiday
tables eatfbles which properly belong on
~ 20 the tropics ana are not eaten ~
'he Unlted States. even IN summer
In tho natter Of food alone. che most
expensive auner would not run as hish
in price as you might suppose o. hfst
thought. a any dinner 81 when com
mon sense Il taken into account the fooa
alone would. not cost more than twenty
collars ccfer. That ~ without vine,
decorations. or ATTENDANCE. Now
you may bis new wine ~ almost any
price. depending on the reputation Of the
winters. bus you may not always buy
Ga wine. Tie connoisscur often Fa41ts