The colored American., 1901-03-23
IN THE ROLE OF CHEFS.
A Gleat Breakfast and Who Cooked it.

when such "redou htahI IS as Henry
E Bak r. Arthur S Cray and Robert
Pelham, Jr,. determine TO do 8 thing it
ls done - we'll dOue g. ,that-and hereby
hangs q tale
The s. ory is good one, and notU ith-
standing the IN est strenuous eff Jrls
nave b en- ma1e to suppress it, "
scribe, In some mysteIi )us way. has
been enabled TO present it for the de-
iectatI0n of their host of admirers it
The 'press gang'-and others (ahemD
This iilustri Jus trio, spuned by
taunts from their ''betteI- halves" and
9sger to dem 0pstTate their capabilities,
TetODk themselves to prepare breakfast
one morning this week. - ith that
trepidatiOn BORN of an iDn6r cor
sclOTs Iess OF incOmpetency to deal VII
matte 2 pert sining y domestic economy
they ccunselIed and csucussed built
ir-3sstI and rebuilt them, and when
the eventful morning dawned, tn Y
went forth bright and eally, well pre-
vlded with lipseed oil, cOurtplaster and
other bslms for burns, scalds and cuts.
The 8TCU1esn task OF getting the stove
and stove piCe in working order was
accom- plished, and the shower of scot
deluged, was waited through the win
dOWs by the gentle zephyrs which hsd
their origin IN the hard thoughts, ema-
mating from somewhere tbereahOuts.
By making liberal rsquisitiOns on
the bOuntifu'lg suppled cOmmies arist.
the aFOre mentioned chefs, who by this
time we're wel'-nigh baptized in persri-
ration, had matters fairly well in band.
srzEgw E~E,
utensils, they managed to keep the
cnffee out or the skillet and thepOrrjdge
out Of the muffiu-mOds.
In this case il was the exception f.
the RUE that ''tOO many hands spoil
the broth, =" and except for few seal e.
burns and cuts, the undertaking up Il
he point of "sarving" was blooming
success and after that it was more
than q success; for never was such 3
t0OthsOme bTe kfsst put on a tails
and the ladies well, when they were
permitted TO enter that diOiug room
they were the most surprised mOrtal'
Im8gtr able Their appetites were pretty
we'll sharpened sfter SIX hours OF pa
tient bur painful waiting, ard just tC
think. the mean men had slt but sur
feited their cravings during the process,
| or preparation.
At each plate was q tasteful ly gotten
I'D menu tclder decorated with red
white snd blue ribbon streamers TAX
| ing one of THESE cards as sample (th'
one which the writer "plnch ed" while
visiting is found this quotation: $50
the sweat Of thy face shslt thou ca
bread" This is On the outside or fsct
of the folder. On the next, or recoTC
Gage, Is a cartoon open drawn) depict
ing some Characteristic OF the diner
and accompanied with appropriat
legend.
The menu proper is On the face Of tn
second leaf and is as follows as near q
it can be reproduced in type:
NE ANDU
Strawberries.
Oatmeal POrridge, Cream,
Brojlsd Chicken on TCast,
Potatoes q Is Franchise,
Rsdishes,
MufiDs, Sliced Tomatoes. Cafe.
This was interlined With piquaT
quo atiOns, while the back bore tn
nortent0us excerpt from Gays 'Tt
What Dye CalPt:"
so comes reckoning when the banquets is o't
The dreadful reckoning, and men smile no more
OMIT was a great breakfast, an
Mesdames Baker, Gray and Pelhal
have great "hubbies."