The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-17
FEAST FOR FRENCHMEN
PRESIDENT LOUBET WILL ENTER.
TAIN $4,000 PERSONS.
Immense Tents Put Up I'm the Gardens
of the TuiIeries-ThOusands of
Fowls Now Being Cooked.

PARIS. Sept. 1.-THE banquet which is
to be given in this city Saturday next.
Sept. -, when President Loubet will enter
tain all the mayors I'm France to celebrate
the exposition promises TO rank among the
historical feats. 1t is now estimated that
2, 900 persons will sit down to this monster
banquet, which will be held in immense
tents erected in the gardens Of the fuller
les overlooking the Rue de Rivoli. The
number of those who it is expected will
take part in the affair is 1000 above the
most sanguine estimate of a fortnight ago.
and another immense tent has been erected
in the gardens of the Tuileries Such
gigantic gastronomfc entertainment neces-
states a marvellous organization to insure
success and the details are most interest
ing and ingenious. Twelve great kitchens
have been constructed and united by
perfect telephone system.
An army of walters has been enlisted.
numbering nearly 5000 men: the tables
placed end to end, would cover distance
| of seven kilometers; the kitchens cover
four kilometers. and the problem of prop
erly directing the service over such dis
tances has been solved by enrolling a
couple of motor cars in which the caterer
and his staff will travel from point TO
point wherever supervision is required. In
addition. four cyclists will carry orders
i'm all directions The work of cooking the
poultry has already commenced The
cooked fowls will be kept in the refrigera-
tors until the day OF the feast. The gem
erous fare provided will include 500
pheasants, $500 ducks, $500 chickens. 5000
pounds of salmon. 5000 pounds of beef.
90. 600 rolls and other bread, $4,000 bottles
of red and white wine and 1900 bottles of
champagne.
In contrast with the success UP to the
present of the presidential banquet is the
tasco with which the municipal fete is
threatened. The Nationalist mayor and
municipality of Paris. taking advantage of
the presidential banquet, invited ali the
mayors OF France to a reception at the.
Paris Hotel de Vile, and they received
quite a number of uncomplmentary re-
fusals, including one from the MAYOR IF
Lyons, the second largest city in France
who openly declined to associate himself
with the Nationalist municipality of the
metropolis. 1t is now known that
nearly all the mayors of the leading cities
have declined the invitation. many even
Withdrawing their acceptances to what
they say they find was Intended 10 he
a Nationalist demonstration against the
republic. Lyons, Bordeaux Orleans an1
Marseilles led the shower of refusals
which has been raining on Mayor Gre
bauval and the Paris municipality. and nor
more than 100 mayors are expected 10
attend the fete. In the face of this failure
the municipality of Paris has resolved IN
beg President Loubet TO accept an invi
tation, but IL is not considered likely tina =
he will consent. unless the premier M
Waldeck- Rousseau, and the Cabinet minis
tiers are also invited. and the municipal
ity is loath to admit it's defeat i'm This
open fashion.