Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-09-25
STORIES OF DEL ONlCO
Incidents Which Depict the Fa-
nous Ressaurareur's Tra.es.
HEART FULL OF GENER0sIIY.


His Employment-Ke Wa. rraes
In PoIftenes-Famogs Dinners In
His Restaurant.
The late Charles Cr.st Deimonieoe
owner OF the famous New York res
taurant. had as good manners as an,
man in New York. He was always AZ
his best \ prince could not have Eeeu
more courteous than when Charles Del
monico appeared to the well bred Won
an. the stranger who insists upon din
ing alone al ''Defs'-and there We're.
are ard will be many such-to inform
her that a dinner alone was against the
rules of the establishment
After all other expedients had failed
a tail, slight gentleman, perfectly dress
ed. of calm and judicial manner, APP
peared TO such a woman and in the
best language in the world proceeded
TO explain why il was impossible 10
serve her out dinner in house that
has never served a dinner 10 a dame
seul and which has made ii an unalter-
souls after o'clock in the evening,
And, sorry as | am to say so, the
rule is imperative. but if madame
would like TO have her tea, dinner or
anything she wishes served to her in
any part of New York or Brooklyn l
will be delighted TO send il to her at the
regular price of the bill of fare
1t was worth going far to study
Charles Delmonieo's politeness under
such circumstances Indeed he was
worth studying under any circumstan-
ces. He was a modest, quiet, retiring
man of about forty years. Mark you.
if you please, he is being described in
his public establishment.
He knew everybody worth knowing
Murray Hill. actors and actresses Of
Broadway, bankers and brokers of
Wall street, lawyers, publicists, turf
men, editors, educators-he knew them
all Dignified as he was, the leading
lady called him Charley; the chief JUS
tice anG the great fnancier called him
Charley He was Charley to nearly
every one, although occasionally some
one called him Del or Delmonico. Adj
dressed to him, Charley did not smack
of familiarity, but rung with affection
ate esteem.
Sometimes Charles Delmonieo wore
q Nandyke beard. OF late years his
fine face had been adorned only with
mustache. He was as f3Stidious
about his apparel as a French belle.
No linen was too fine for him. no cloth
too costly. no silks too fine; yet his
attire was never striking. He was one
of the best dressed men in New York.
Whenever it was permissible for a
polite man TO smoke Charles belmont
co had Turkish cigarette in his
mouth. These cigarettes We're made
expressly for him, They were an ex-
pensive luxury. fer he consumed them
hungrily. Smoking necessarily, Charles
Delmonico never drank to excess, and
he drank only of the best yintages, of
which he was an admirable Judge. Be-
fore his marriage he was an inveterate
first nighter'' The hero of the play
would have been almost as much miss
ed as Charley Delmonico on a first
night.
Charles Delmonico was generous and
charitable. Take this one instance Of
it: Regularly at noon during October,
1899. "A fine dinner was taken in cab
to Bellevue hospital from his eating
house" is the directory hath it, and II
waiter went TO serve the dinner. All
this was for Miss Clancy. a scrubwo-
man. Ordinarily Miss Clancy has no
familiarity with entremets and fiiets
and salmis of this and that Tripe she
knows and is fond of and prefers pota-
toes au naturel TO rommes de terre at
gratin or au Savoyard.
But on Oct 21 Miss Clancy had On
accident. She was at work in the ele-
vator in Delmonico's cleaning it out.
The elevator started suddenly. Some
one heard her scream. and the elevator
was stopped. with the girls leg bro
ken. For fifteen minutes she lay sroan-
ing and moaning in Delmonico's mar
Bile hall. Then an ambulance took her
TO the hospital.
What's happened TO the poor girl %
Charles Delmonieo asked.
They told him OF her plight, and Mr.
DeImonico frowned.
Instantly send food to her" said be,
and see TO it that every day she has a
dinner served at Bellevue
So every day the cab drove up and
the waiter got out and Maggie Clan
ey's dinner was paraded through the
ward. while the mouths of the other
patients watered.
Probably the most famous dinner
ever given in Delmonico's was that CT
Sir Morton Peto. about 1872. at $50
plate Ward McAHister's memorable
swan dinner" occurred there. White
law Reds dinner TO celebrate the coup
by which he snatehed The Tribune
from the hands OF Schuyler Colfax was
given there and is memorable for the
first recitation by John Hay Of Jim
Bludso" and Little Brooches