The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-18
HANNA'S "CORN-BEEF HASH"
QUITE A POPULAR DISH NOW IN
WASHINGTON.

The President, Secretary Root and
other Summer Bachelors" Never
Fail to Accept the Ohio Senator'S
InvitatiOns-It Is a Breakfast Dish
and Mr.. Hanna's Cook Knows Now
to Make It-As AN Entertainer Mr..
Hanna lis Said to De All Right.
Washington, June 17.-AH traces of
the threatened breach in the friendly
relations between President Roosevelt
and Senator Hanna have disappeared,
and the President was yesterday morn
ing the guest of Senator Hanna, at one
Of the latter's now famous "corn-b beef
hash" breakfasts. Secretary Root and
Postmaster General Payne were also
present.
1t may have been by mere chance
that these four distinguished summer
bachelors" assembled at Senator Ham
mas residence, or perhaps they met by
special arrangement to consider ques-
tons of greater national Importance
than the mystery which surrounds the
combinations used in the construction
of the Hanna brand of corn beef
hash"
1t is not an unusual occurrence, when
Mrs. Hanna is away from Washington,
for Senator Hanna to invite some of
his friends to join him at breakfast,
when his favorite dish is always the
most conspicuous number on the menu.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Root, Mrs.
Payne and Mrs. Hanna ere now abs 1nt
from Washington, and their husbands
probably find breakfasting alone less
enticing than an assembling of kindred
political spirits at the hospitable board
of the junior senator from Ohio.
No one. not even the President, has
been known to decline an invitation to
partake of a 'corn-beef hash" break
fast with Senator Hanna. This is not
the first time President Roosevelt has
successfully attacked the Hanna corn
beef hash" The first breakfast he ate
outside of the White House. after he
became President, was at Senator Han
mas. Postmaster General Payne has
also had a similar experience, but to
Secretary Root the repast was now
city. 1t is understood that the latter
was so favorably impressed that he
minated before the meal was over,
that he had a few more open dates
while Mrs. Root is away.
COrn-beef hash, while forming the
most important feature of these break
fasts is reinforced by numerous other
tempting dishes, which Senator Han
mas experienced cook prepares in her
inimitable style. There are but few
houses in Washington better adapted
for entertaining than the residence
now occupied by Senator Hanna. 1t
is just opposite Lafayette Square, less
than a block away from the White
House and equally convenient to the
Arlington Hotel, where Secretary Root
and Postmaster General Payne have
summer bachelor" apartments.
The Old Don Cameron House.
There have been many distinguished
gatherings, of a social and political
nature, in that house. 1t is owned and
was for many years occupied by Don
Cameron when he was a senator from
Pennsylvania. The Cameron dinner
parties and Mrs. Cameron's social en-
tertainments made it one of the most
attractive homes to social Washing
ton.
The late Vice President Garrett A.Ho-
bart lived there before Senator Hanna
became Mr. Cameron's tenant, and his
entertainment, especially his "Satur-
day night stag" receptions, were IA
nous for the distinguished character
of the guests and the lavish hospitality
dispensed.
Senator Hanna is a generous host
and an original entertainer. He under
stands the art of managing his own
entertainments. That is he does not
have to depend upon his guests to fur
nish topics for discussion, nor does he
have to rely entirely upon them to
furnish anecdote, "reminiscences and
other appropriate table talk The par
ty which assembled there this morning
probably found ample material for
comment on current events, and even
If the President and Senator Hanna
had been alone 1t is not likely that the
conversation would have languished.