Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-08
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Tho largest and the finest Kitchen on
earth Il IN the basement OF the Waidorf-
Astoria hotel. II occupies 10000 .onsr.
feet Of space, 1000 SQUARE feet being taken
up By eighteen mmense ranges, each hav-
ing twelve separate fires and requiring ave
men to attend them. Thsro are twelve biz
broilera. four big steel ovens. three bake
ovona, two paetry ovsna six gigantic COP
per caidrons for soup. ak for VERSAILLES,
which are divided into compartments. NJ.
teen coffee urns n dozens OF special
CRATES, b~roiiers. kettles. etc. In this kitchen
have already been cooked a,7o0 orders a.
the same time. This IL the hlgh-watsr
mark, which, was reached during the horse
show a few Years ago. Probably 20 large a
number Of people. were never before served
At a single meal covering only about three
hours That IL not however, the limit Of
the capacity OF the kitchen. It is possible
to cook 5000 orders OF soup. 5000 orders OF
coffee, 5000 orders OF meats and a,100 or
ders each OF several vegetables, without
confusion. The salad department can make
1000 portions Of different salads IN an hour,
the bakery can produce 4,00o loaves of
bread during q morning, and the ice cream
department can freeze SOC gallons Of cream
during the hours for dinner.
There are fourteen chefs, all accom-
plished cooks, each capable OF tHking
charge Of a kitchen himself. Nearly ali OF
them are Swiss or Alsatians. Each has his
own department. and they are assisted By
ISL men and t~wenty-four women solutions
and dish washers. In the soup department.
which includes the vegetables and also the
boiled meats, there are twenty-eigbt men;
eleven men Do nothing but fry things. ten
are engaged in the salad department, which
Includes all forms OF sauces. Three men
handle ali the cold meats and twenty ars
required for the ice cream. fruit and pastry
department.
Russell Sage, theNnoted wall street mag
nate. celebrated his seth birthday snniver-
sary August 4 by doing his usual full days
work watching the markets variations on
tape and ticker. 81 believe" he said, in
response to greetings Of associates. shat
I am. the oldest active business man In Now
York, and l feel fine, I can tell you. Give
up work. Not a bit Of II. How long do you
thlnk / would last IL / gave up work? What
sort Of pleasure would I take in life n I
gave up work. which. let met el1 you, young
man. Is the best thing that life has to otter.
I tell you, 1 would not be comfortable II I
tried to get along without It. I know. I
have tried it-when the doctors made me-"
and there was a merry twinkle in the vet-
eran's eye.
He said the young men Of today we're
looking for too many holidays, and added:
always pay attention to business. / have
dons It, and I have done pretty well, you
win admit. Be on the lookout for oppor-
~tunities always. Seize them when they
come Hang onto them II II drags your
nails out by the roots. Don't let go Of a
good thing. Every man must make mis-
takes. I have made them. lots Of them.
But the man who succeeds is the man who
sees his mistake a little quicker than any
one else, and who ruahes in and ~corrects
t."