The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN AS HOST.
THINGS FOR WHICH HIS CLUE
~ WASHINGTON WAS FAMED.
secret Recipes mat Delighted Lovers Of
Good Eating An Plain American
Cooking. Too His Nd Popularity
The book lie Dldn'. write.

lishment. They were all sen, 90 the late
John Chanberlin, the proprietor. and. they
form a collection that could not 10 dupli-
Gated Mr. Chamherlin valued them more
than anything el-e he owned. A few months
before his death he znid.
Look a. those pictures. No money
could buy them from me. | never asked
anv man for his picture. My friends
among the noted public men who came 20
my place began TO send me pictures ~
themselves. aud when about n dozsn had
been received. ! strung them on the wall
Ia the main room These were noticed.
and other friends. knowing how much I
appreciated such gifts, added theirs. until
! have got together a gallery that a million
! could not buy
The pictures include oil portraits.
crayons and large photographs They are
all Handsomely framed One of the nrs,
received was an oil portrait of tho late
Dean Richmond. President many wears
agu 81 The New York Central Railroad
II was he who permitted David Bennett
Hill. when a 10y 81 ~. Ia sell ne~wspapers,
candy and peanuts on the trains % his
line. and the statement has been made
that Mr. Hill was the first lad In the United
States TO make his living In that way
Three Presidents gave their pictures to
Mr.. Chamherlin. Garfield. Arthur and
Cleveland Ito NV dear John = Chamber
lin. from his friend. Chester A. Arthur. :
IL what the then President wrote on the
crayon contributed.
In hi most successful DAYS Chamber
Inns club had three buildings, all com
muniCating They had once been resi-
denct- 81 the old-f0hioned kind When
In Congress. the lat" Fernando Wood OF
New York lived In one Of them EN-tioypr-
nor Swan Of Maryland lived In another
The cooking nj ~'hamberlin's wa always
plain. hut " was The very best imaginable
when things were going right IN the es-
tahli-hment II was purely American
NO French ~ German cooking In here =
was ChRmleriin', constant boast W
can beat them all hollow With sauce,
gravy, spices and herbs they serve bad
stun You cannot do II Il YOU stick 10
tho American wRv ~ cooking. and ] will
| not have auv Othrf
Chamhcrlin IA his dav ask~i the biggest
prices charged ~ W~ashing'"n he had a
night. ~ | -nld two drinks Tor = quarter
and boar ~ 10 cents n bottle II would not
L. a month isfpr" every Tom, Dick and
Harry In his town would be dropping into
Chamberlin's ~ meet prominent people
And. boys. YOU would not com. In here II |
ran "a cheap place
Chsmlefln's cooks werc negro women
from MARYLAND and Virginia. He employed
I've or ak - them IN addition to what
they knew befo-a entering his employ b."
taught them many new wrinkles In a cul-
mary way. Unless some one can get hold
| II his r~eciTea u IL doubtful II another such
place will ever y" conducted in Washing
ton Many ~ the ~rcciT-s wer" secret
I Never did mortal man Ca rissw mere such
dcv1l~i crahs A. were -erv"i ~ Cham
heriiu's They could he ohtRiuoi any day
In the wear ~ IN" average place a ieviled
| crab il sold for 10 or Is cents The price
/ at C~hamherhn'= was invariably ~ cents
During the International M~iical Congress.
which was held her" IN 1884. the Delegates
| from EuruT-' simply went wild over the
crabs and other good things served NJ Cham
herlin's. They tried Ia get the rrcipe,
but 90 no purpose a. II was a secret
The plainncsE - tho cooking AZ Cham
herlin's was what really mad" II ~ popular
Men and women got there a home like
%~"rvio" Tho supplies earn" regularly from
certain localities For instance, he bought
turkeys In Rhudc Island. declaring that they
verr th" most DELICIOUS to he found any
~har. In the luitei States They were
specially rai-sst for his house. and cos' de-
! liverod rs cents n pound Jowl and spin
mach wnS n famous dish NJ ChRmhcrlin's
The io~ls he invariably g"i from Ten
ue-sae Good old country sausage was
Furnished him hv psoplc in Maryland. not
many miles from Washington The so
callesi Rlue Point OYSTER Chamberlin al
| WAYS malntAlnssl were n NltnblKt anu ne
did not allow them In his hous"
-Raby oysters an" served M for Blue
Points. : h. exclaimed. and ! will -pot i'm
pose upon the public Very few nal Blue
Points can H. obtained.
The Lynn Haven Bay oysters Chamber
lin considered the t.-i favored latest
and finest that could 10 -t l--for" a guest.
H. purchased them regularly IN large guam
Titles from a hrm AZ Norfolk. Va lie neve
permitted n slider or alleged diamond hack
ierrapln to CT into hlS Kitchen.
There II tut one real terrapin, be used
90 Say To call them all diamond hacks
l. rot You can go' diamond backs from a
dozen States The Chesapeake ,errapin
h. superior 10 suy other found on Nh" earth.
and auv keeper Il a public house VIII
would palm N slider. or the fresh water
terrapin. stcw"d IN a lublully sauce, with
YEA and guu-' liver added, ought - lie ,'nt
Co thc J~s'nii"ntiarv fur ten YEAR
Cold appl" toddy wa ia" fav"rte tippie
al Chamtarliu'- Tho proprietor himself
intr, .luccd u here II" tought hts appl"
brandy IA Ionu"ss- II was carefully
distilled and was d,~rideilv mellow
Mincc pie was q drlcacy that came high
al Chamlnrln'-, tat ~ wnS the test tina
could - had That wa another secret
rec.J~ Ou" pie cost g. or ~ cents "A cut
A. Thanksgiving and Christmas II was
Mr. thamlSrhu'S custom and pi"asur" -
sens 20 IA" President ~ tho United states
and other friends among tho prominent
men uf the capital city Rhode Island turk
kcys aud his noted miuoo pi"- IL" also
sent each year tp the American legation I,
London a lit-ral supply Of cppd thing, for
the Thanksgiving dinner, including turk"v~,
oysters. Kentucky mutton, Smithirld hams,
and miuCo pie.
\ grrs, deal 30 card playing wet On n
Chamhtrlin's For eighteen years previous
Ia his death he did not indulge iu gambling
himself. IN his earlier HE h. wa "a uotoi
gambler, but h" CAV" II W n a risky and
Improbable lusiuo--. u" often remarked
that II va~ a foolish thing aud b." wondered
why men would sguaud"r everything they
had az tho card tablr. At IA" same TIM"
he frankly admitted that he had been IN
some 81 tho stif,~t games ever arrangei,
and he finally wound himself w financially
"a the racrtrark.
C~haInl-rlin's place Was alw avs rIn wide
oJ.n. night and day, and sundays NJ well
The polio" did not bother him. Tho law
makers 80 the land. wis wen" inclined 10
lo CAV and sJrrtive. fr"gucntcd hs plac"
IN such number that hc knew he waS safe
IN conducting the establishment ~ he
pleas-i. Policemen would pa~- Chamber
iin's on Sunda afternoons IN summer
" hen the a were up and the wai.rs
s-rN~i dnuls and cigars "a customers
Just n II Il had is-n SATURDAY, You could
49, Ssnato's, Representatives, 6~overnorS.
and urihic officials A. the table, A merry
crowd u Ma. and the gsnial husi was fitting