The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
QUEEN REGENTS COOK STRUCK
Even Royalty Has to WrestIe With
Domestic Problems.

a strike OF cooks in the royal palace
al san Sebastian, the watering place
Wnere the family of our late antagonist.
little King Alphonso takes its summer
vacation from the pOmps and van ties of
Madrid, put the Spanish court on short
rations for the day. and. had the in
Iantas not been properly brought up by
tIelr mother. the queen regent the young
KING would have gone dinne-less to bed
When the cook strikes it IS a serious
matter IN any family, especially if that
FAMILY happens to be living in the com
try, and thousands of suburban mites who
never sympa thiZed with the queen regenr
Whan she was forced to cede away the
ancient possessions of her son. will droD
friendly tear when they hear the news
OF the revolt OF the roval cooks at San
sebastian From Pompton, N J., to
true and unteigned sympathy for the
royal household Of Span when the sttbur--
pan homes learn the sad news of the
strike of the royal cooks A turb1Ient
kingdom is hard enough to govern: but q
turoulent kiteh n is beyond everything
one disgruntled cook in household
| Is as terrible as an army with banners:
the anger OF four or five cooks Is some
tnlng still more awful. It seems that
the queen regent. noticed what so many
other housekeepers have noticed-tre
the policemen on duty at the palace and
the soldiers of the guard always c1IIId
md favorite Dish and fr' endly glass
in the kitchen SO that there was a rnirac
cakes and pies. and the gripsacks of the
IeFallVes or the cooks were ALWAYS
plethorlc when they departed from the
palace and anaemic when they arrived
Now many housekeepers have submit
tea TO these things from terror on the
COOK; or nave demonstrated at their per
sohal peril The queen regent being
woman of great strength of character
and a good housekeeper withal took the
latter course. She inaugurated a stricf
system or accounts, designed to stop the
In he
ana read a lecture to the head cook on
the way things had been going in the
e summary department 1t can be Imagined
| that there was indignation below Stairs
at the presumption of the queen No
d6ubt that in France and Spanish the
COOKS declared, We'll. 1 neveri'i IT won't
a-eear It Tor one moment!| Such i'm
perence" and made remark about the
last place they were in. and "What an
angel the mlSSus was therer| The head
COOK was grand and awful, the pastry
COOK was fearful historical, betakfng
himself to liquid consolation, and vowing
| ne would never make another pie for an
| the Bourbons, dead or alive The heal
COOK demanded that as he had been in
suited and his department grossly Sian
I oered he should by way of recomn ensse
receive an Increase in pay and a certain
/ goodly sum for expenses" If these de-.
/ TnandS were com piled with he might cor
sent to overlook the action of the oueen
! regent and give her another trial
| On being told to go back to the kitchen
| ana get ulnfler tan, what a brave WOm-
an IS that queen regentD he addressed
| his helpmates, male and female and in
| formed them that the ''nissus'' must he
| sternly dealt with. Thereupon the en-
| tire staff, Alphonse, who concocted those
/ sweets with which the boy king produced
! royal pains in his little "strniacket..'
! Valirino, who cooked the frijoies and
other particularly Spanish dishes;
| Bridget, who attended to the English
! rosbif, in short, the whole staff tore off
/ their aprons, dashed their caps to the
/ kitchen floor, packed up their boxes and
marched in a voluble procession from the
palace precincts; but not before the queen
regent had sent an officer of the palace
| to inspect their boxes and see that they
/ did not take away any of the silver
| spoons.
When the cooks departed there was
| CONSERVATION among the upper servants
To cook, they all vowed and declared
| was beneath them, so it was and, be-
! sides, they did not know how: which
! latter statement proba bly, was true. The
/ noble ladies of the court brought face to
| face with their appetites, and a reallza-
7 ton of their own deficiencies as cooks
i rushed to the book stores and bought lrp
| all the cook books in San Sebastian The
! queen regent was equal to the occa sion
| Accompanied by her daughters she made
| visit to the kitchen regions and scour-
| ed the pantries and ice chests for food
/ The royal ladies returned In triumph
J bringing an abundance of cold meats