The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-08
SEER OF THE IDLE RICH.
A FORTUNE TELLER WITH WEaLTHY
WOMEN FOR CUSTOMERS.
Spectacular Salads O. Impress Jacks Friends
Country Dining Places Near By for People
In Town Jeweiry.Ios,ng Season Begins.

In Town fredericksburg season Begins.
Society has its special seer, prophecies and
adviser She has grown rich in her profession
and Is so busy that II Is impossible to obtain
a sitting with her without making an engage
ment in advance. She live, in 4 handsome
house in one of the streets below the Fifties
half a block from Broadway. Carriages always
wait AZ her door and. catering as she does to
thl. cradesf customers. "A, may be supposed.
she is not in looks or manner like the ladies
who tell fortunes on Sixth avenue in weirdly
darkcned rooms with skulls and cross bones
for bric-a-brac.
on the contrary. she is brisk. bt siness-lika
well dressed and cheerful She is q clair
and something of a MIND reader. "A quick Judge
of character and temperament, She goes
into the Usual trance and amazeS her subjects
with the ease with which she acquaints them
with their family names and secrets, She
answers all questions and her advice Ia held
to be excellent. Strangely enough. her clients
visit her regularly, believing in her Judgment
in all matters. Her magnetism and good
humor have a most potent influence in dealing
with the nervous, worried. idle women who
come TO her with their troubles.
Whenever Jack telegraphs mo that he 70
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young houscksnper who had just begun fattins
after a hotel honeymoon, Il have a recipe for
tuning dinner up to concert pitch that invari-
ably carries ma through with flying colors.
Il knew before We began housek eepins that
a man enjoys nothing more than this informal
way of asking guests 10 come home with him
and ] also realized that it grew TO be a bono
OF contention in many families because there
was too elaborate an effort made to get up
a company dinner. There never is time TO do
this and the result is usually next thing to Q
failure.
Still one always likes "a impress the friend
that Jack brings home that Jack has married
a treasure OF a housekeeper; SO ! have a system
OF building up the regular dinner by means
Of a few pleasant little humbrks that make
the table look effective and add TO the menu
without being too much trouble.
Lots Of men think they are epicures with.
ont really being so. How many times one
hears them rave over a sauce or a certain dish.
a. served at some special place. which, when
investigated, proves To be u very ordinary
affair. only one man In ten knows really
good things TO eat and halt OF them cannot
tell beef from mutton, nor can they distinguish
modes OF cooking. 1t Is easy 70 humoug them
in a culinary way. Now that is Just what I
do when Jack PUSHES an unexpected guest
upon our family dinner.
SUPPOSE get a wire at 4. That is the EARL.
est II may d. hoped FOR. Men never think OF
the time IL takes TO get things ready. ! imme.
diAtely put the system in operation. We dine
very simply at this time Of year. limiting the
number of dishes As much as possible; 80 I
despatch my maid for flowers for the table
tiny Little Neck clans, ordered Just in time
for dinner and packed on ice. materials for .
decorative salad and Il cheese Of some sort
the very best that is in season. Men as a rule
like cheese and toasted crackers better than
sweets after "a salad. Stuffed olives those
with anChovies or red peppers, salted almonds
and peanuts make appetizing additions when
served in cut glass dishes. for they are not one-
half so desirable II Carelassly put on.
Now our dinner is always sure 10 include
a bisque of some sort, a Ash and "A roast with
one or two, vegetables and a simple dessert.
So that with the few additions We have quite
a presentaole repast.
keep pu.y looking nD new and pretty
the plan Of our salads often enough. and yet
there are So many different sorts, l like what
| call the spectacular salads. those that are
something OF a surprise 10 the eye as well a.
TO The palate;
One Of these is the iced-stuned tomato.
Perfect. firm tomatoes must De selected and
placed on the ice. then peeled with a knife.
not by the scalding method. The top is taken
of clearly and put aside To M used ~ a cover.
The interior. OF the tomato Is carefully scooped
ont into a dish and mixed with an equal por-
tion Of finely chopped celery and finely minced
spring onion, the amount to be regulated by
taste or omitted If desired. a good mayon-
na!se dressing il mixed with this. the tomatoes
filed with the mixture, the cover slices adj
Justed without showing the break and tbs
tomatoes returned 10 the ics. Served on Q
bed OF cracked Ice these make a delicious salad.
Cllcumbers may also be- prepared in this way
by making boats OF the cold cucumber, unpeeled,
and substituting the contents OF the vegetable
for tho celery.
A French artichoke makes an artistic salad
when brought 10. the table with leaves OUT
spread upon a folded napkin and the centre
lower portion of choke is taken out. POI
tato salad may be- made into a thing Of besuty
By the edition of other coia-sooked ye6s.s.
used dec@ratiyely. A chicken salad may b
made TO look like a marguerite by serving 1t
mound and cover with the yolks OF hsrd-bolled
le~ne,hwi-e and arrange about the dish to SIM
ulate the petals Of a daisy,
People who are kept in town by circunf-
stances or choice are fortunate In being To-
Gated within distance of any number Of pleasant
dining places that may be reached within an
hour by train or boat. Besides the advertised
resorts there are a number Of charming little
hooks In the country 'ot 80 generally patron
lied and for that reason the more desirable.
Staten Island has a number Of these places
directly In the country, bur made convenient
as picnicking resorts by restaurants and inns
where Germans and Italians are the hostss
serving their national dishes beneath awnings
and arbors. Along the Bronx River there are
also a number Of these Open-air dining rooms
and We-rchester has a famous stopping place
for driving parties that has become noted for
It's cuisine 4 Sheepshead Bay innkeeper
serves a wonderful Ash dinner IN an old-fash-
ioned house whore the ceilings are low and the
floor sandad Tbs fish is caught daily IN the
bay and cooked by negroes who also mako .
genuinely good cornbread from q special meal
sent from North Carolina, Mayor Vac WICK
gave a dinner At this place recently and one Of
the dishes. served az his request, consisted Of
| old fashioned Southern waffes.
BY the Long Branch boat one can reach
the famous clam bakss Of Pleasure Bay and on
the RumsOn road there l. n dinner cooked BY
the former Indian guide whose name IL pro-
nounCed "krum, which Ia a contraction OF q
wei dly spelled indian name krum gained
his first fame as a cook many years ago when
he took parties ~ hunters through the Adiron-
dacks. Over a camp fire he prepared the
trout and steaks Of venison and bear a. well
a. coffee that became renowned HI, cooking
accomplshmen1 made his services much
sought after. He saved money enough to buy
q house on the road Ia saratoga Lake whore 10
! became the fashion with hotel guest, AZ the
spri ngS 10 drive ont for dinner. krum's fish,
chickens and vegetables were caught or raised
by him and were cooked over a charcoal fire.
He was wont To ba tacitIrn and silent even with
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