Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-14

there are the confectionery room, tho
pastry room and the bakehouse, IN
each of which a separate staff is
employed.
The clerk Of the kitchen, who re.
Jo1ces in salary Of G700 a year, IS
responsible for the conduct of these
departments, and he has to deal witn
all the tradesmen who supply he
royal household. But the potentate
OF the kitchen is the chef, who also
receives G700 a year, and under him
are four master cooks, each of whom
has the control of a small army of as
s1stance; while the confectionery de-
with salaries of $500 and $3.50, re-
spectively.
Such thing as unpunctuality IS
unknown in the kings kitchen. Six
separate sets of meals are served up
daily, and for one to be late would
throw the household into disorder.
Neither is waste allowed in any form:
the most rigid economy is practiced,
and such food as remains unconsumed
is distributed among the poor, who
apply at the castle gates every day.
The kings kitchen hides something
like $4,000 in copper and iron utensils
and 31,8OO,0O0 in plate. Among the
former should be mentioned the
enormous meat screen of solid oak
lined with metal, which is nearly 500
years old and bears the imperial
badge of the house of Tudor-the port.
cullis and arms. Connoisseurs have
sighed in vain for this meat screen,
for it's worth is inestimable. Then
there are 1000 knives, 5000 forks and
as many spoons used for cooking an1
kitchen purposes, which do not in
clude the 5000 forks and spoons Of
massive silver for use at the royal
table. There are 800 pots and pans,
mostly of copper, and five scourers
are employed solely to keep them
brightly FURNISHED.
Not far away are the plate rooms,
two in number, which, although they
measure only 13 feet by Is feet, hold
treasures Is tons of sOvereigns would
not buy. The walls consist of CO i
crete, 3 feet 6 inches in thickness, aAl
detectives are on duty guarding the
rooms day and night. The most valu-
able item in the storerooms is, OF
course, the famous service consisting
of plates, dishes, tureens, epergnes
and candelabra, all of solid gold,
which were made by Roundelle and
Bridges for George w. This service
is used only on state occasions, and
will probably be brought out for The
coronation banquet. Equally famous
is the emperors service of silver gilt,
the worth of which may be vaguely
cleaned from the fact that each plate
weighs stone and the epergnes two
hundredweight apiece.
Some of the dishes and other
articles could not be bought for twice
their weight in sovereigns on accouns
of the historical interest with which
they are associated. There is one
gold dish of surprising loneliness
which is supposed to have been used
by Alexander the Great before the
battle of Hydaspes, and for upward of
six centuries it has reposed at
Windsor Another much-valued piece
Of plate is the silver-gilt 1agon,
feet in height, which was recovered
from an Armada wreck three cen
turtles ago, while there is also a table
of solid silver, the surface of which
measures feet square and is en-.
graved with the four emblems of
Great Britain.
But perhaps one of the most
cherished relics in the kings pantry
is the golden eagle which was taken
from Tippoo Sahib's throne. 1t is o.
solid gold throughout, the feather
tips being pointed with priceless
diamonds and rubies, while the beak
is carved from a 1awless emerald.