The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-29
DELMONICO'S FAMOUS LINE.
AtNTiROS4 NOW THE HEAD or
the HOUSE AND BUSINESS.
Services. Of the Deimenicos TO New
lork-The Family and Ib Restau-
rants Dinner Notable for Their
cost Famous Mca Among the
Guests -Methods Of the Business.

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Aunt Rosa Delmonico. spinster. IS year.
od. is now the head OF the famous hous.
which in tune has helped 10 make New
York famous. The death OF Charles Crist
Delmonico at Colorado Springs. Col. on
sept. % gave this position TO Aunt Rosa,
n she " pleasantly called by the DelmonioD
clique. The late Charles Crist Delmon-
ioo's brother. Lorenzo. Aunt Rosa's only
surviving nephew. will continue 20 manage
tho business. But Aunt Rosa Inherit.
the business. She IL thoroughly con
versant with its myriad details and, save
I'm memories. Delmonico's will remain the
same as II has always been.
Aunt Rosa VA the sister of Charles G..
pclmonlco, Sr., who wandered from his
home In Fourteenth street In 1884 and was
found lead by Joseph NJ. Mora and others
on Orange Mountain. Charles C.. Sr..
left the business to his nephew. Charles
Cri-t written Chnst In old Lorenzo Del
mouico's Will. who added Delmonico TO
his name and took up the reius. On the
death 81 Charles Crist Delmonico at Colo
RADIO Springs the business reverted TO his
Aunt Rosa Her only surviving nephew
Lorenzo. as already said, will bs her repre-
sentative.
No one can recall the history OF Del
monico's for the last seventy-fve years
without Terceiving that tho public interest
which II awakens " something moro than
the ordinary curiosity about the details Of
sucyc-sful restaurant management. There
j. In this history a one OF grateful remem-
brnnce which implies a general conscious
ne@- - obligation. n sense that the Del
monicus did something for Now York which
Others could not have done. that they have
teen public benefactors IL N not merely
that the Dclmonicus have had the biggest
Establishments Of their kind In the world.
not that they made "A great deal OF money
out Of them. but that they conferred "a
positive benefit upon the community and
helped 20 make New York take its place
among the half dozen capitals Of the world.
OF course. this feeling may b. ascrbed
90 the materia lism Of a -minded COM
munity: but this IN n very Incomplete view
Of the subjcct. New York " undoubtedly "A
city devoted almost exclusively 10 material
interests. Some insist that II has produced
very little In art or literature or science.
The great men, IL IL also declared. are mer-
chants or bankers or brokers or promoters
or railroad men. The amusenents Of New
York. IL N furthermoro averred, are TO n
very slight degree intellectual. T tone
Of it's society. outsiders declare, Ia far from
serious. In all thcec RESPECTS New Works
critics insist that Il may be allies a head
quarters Of materialsm.
TBuK MISSION or THE FAMILY
In the hotel dinner Of years ago. with
it, multitude OF simultaneously and 81
lently devourcd dishss. washed down with
ice water, the typical national meal seemed
10 have been organized. The silence was
an essential feature OF Il Foreigners
who came over here hfty years and more
ago saw this condition Of things with some
thing like horror and wondered. II this As
tine irst stage In the development of nat
iona gastronomio customs, what tho last
would - II was obviously Idle TO hope
In this state OF afairs for any reform from
within.
Although when John and Peter Del
monico. tho founders Of the house. first
came to this country. seventy-hve years
ago. n r~eformatory period was at hand
and the air was full Of movements OF all
kind, no American was found to inter
est himself In g~sstronomio reform. Phil
anthropists took up the cause OF the slave.
literary men insisted on the creation Of a
national chool Of poetry and a national
school Of fiction. architects began TO ask
why there was no American architecture.
sculptors, why there were no American stat
ues and musical reformers loudly called for
an immediate development Of the American
car and voice. but amid the general aw YAK
ening Of the country TO the fact that Il must
elevate all its standards not a voice was
raised in the cause % the American stomach.
IL was at this time and under these cir
- NJ i
monico came Co this country and engaged
in the benefccnt work which their descend
ants are still carrying On. Their re~tsu-
rants have bscn and are numbered among
the institutions OF the city, things perfect
az their kind and at the same time peculiar
To New York. They are PLACES not merely
10 dine al. but 20 talk about. 10 take foreign
ers TO. places TO be- proud OF, places which
make the city attractive the world over.
START or THE los
Back In the fall Of 1875. just a. this country
was gathering strength and happiness
and becoming a nation indeed after it,
second war with England. there piled he
tween the port Of New York and the island
Of Cuba and the West Indies a little three
schooner It's captain mate and
bo's'n, too. for that matter was a Swiss,
named John Delfnoniop. He Was n good
californian. hut fate had other us,- for him.
IL had saved a little money. Not much
things 60 nowadays, but enough then.
and 80 he gave up thu ssa and somewhere
down on the Battery he opened n lttls
shop There Ia that little wine shop.
The exact location Of which no one can
remember. the fortune % thu house Of
Drlmonico. or at least no foundation Of
L. was mAds.
John Delrnonico cold only French and
Spanish wines. He p~ru~I-red and In 1897
rturned To- his old hons In switzerland
He returned Ia New York with his brother
Peter. and OF Dec ~ Of the same ve&I they
issued a circular Ia English and French
forth that they were prcpar.d Ia
suvply holiday Tfrcshments. fancy cakes
AMI i~s AZ ~. ~ and IS William str-rt.
Their sucCS-s VA immediate. and In ISa:
thsy oT-ncd another shop at "a BROAD street
Thsy invited th.ir nephew. l.prenzn. 10
epmc from Switzerland 90 become associated
Will thcm IN IA" business
Ia tu~ grca' Ere - iSS the p,lmonico.
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