Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

In the evening for dinner. In the hall
there is reading desk, nc which one
Of the professors stands and asks grace,
and a platform with special table
for the dons or professors. The dim
ners are served In table d'hote style,
at fixed charge, wines and liquors be-
ing extra.
IN A COLLEGE KITCHEN.
The kitchens Of the college are among
the curiosities OF oxford That OF
Christ Church has been In existence
since the days Of Cardinal Wolsey, and
In II hangs a great grldiron which
was used by the cooks OF the cardinal
In entering II you pass by the cathe-
dral, which Is the chapel OF the col
lege, You go down stone steps into
the basement, entering a great stone
walled room, with a ceiling at least 60
feet high. AT one side OF the room Is
a fireplace large enough to roast an OK,
before which fowls and meats are still
roasted on 5lits. The fireplace is ~
arranged that dozen or more iron
spits can be hung in front OF II at one
time. and as many as 60 chickens can
be thus roasted at once In other parts
OF The room there are large ranges,
steamers big enough to cook two sacks
OF potatoes at a time and all the ac-
compartments OF the kitchens Of n
large hotel Twenty-t two cooks are kept
busy preparing meals for the students.
They dress In white. with white caps,
and have their chiefs and subordinates.
WHAT THE COLLEGE BOYS EAT
All the cooking for the 300 students
OF Christ Church college IL done in
this kitchen and the kitchen accounts
Of the boys are kept here. The kitchen
clerk has day book and ledger He
keeps TO he cent what each student
has and gives him a memorandum at
the close OF each week. although pay
ment Is not expected until the term
following the one for which the account
is rendered.
As / went through the kitchen !
stopped al the clerks Office and looked
at the accounts Food il given at cost
price and the charges seem TO me very
moderate, The ordinary breakfast con-
sists Of fish or bacon and eggs The
student Is served with three boiled
eggs and some bacon for about % cents.
lie gets luncheon Of cold meats for
little more, and his dinner in the COM
mon banqueting hall costs him about
As cents | give YOU here the menu for
last nights dinner.
Baked Haddock
Piquante Sauce,
Roast Mutton.
Steak and Kidney Pie.
Minced Pastry
Wine Jelly.
Extras. Asparagus. pence; new po-
tatoes, pence. cream. pence; sweet
omelettc 6 pence.
DRINKING AT OXFORD.
In addition 20 the charge for the
regular dinner are the buttery bills in
Guiding the wine Most Of the students
drink wine beer or whisky with their
meals. The college itself furnishes a
variety OF beer and a mild claret, but
most men keep their own stock Of
wines and liquors | asked some ques-
lions as TO the drinking habits OF the
colleges and was told that the men as a
rule are temperate. although now and
then one oversteps his limit and be-
comes intoxicated. Without a disturb
auce Is made, however such matter
would not be noticed.
one OF the most common forms OF
entertainment IN the college is the Civ
ing OF luncheons and wines. There were
30 luncheon parties last Sunday In
Christ Church alone. At such lunch
cons all the delicacies Of the season
are provided. including champagne and
other liquors. The average kitchen ex-
penses amount 20 ei or s. a week,
Many OF the students are high liyers
and the expenses OF number OF those
at Christ Church range from $40 TO S25
per week each,
IN THE GREAT DINING ROOMS.
I understand the students do not es-
peclally like the dinners "a the banquet
ing halls This hall IN Christ Church
college make you think more OF one Of
the aisles Of a cathedral than dining
room. II has beautiful windows OF
stained glass. Its walls are paneled 10
old English oak and its ceiling Is about
80 feet high The room Is $50 feet long
and 40 feet wide, and It's walls are hung
with portraits Of the great men Of the
college. | noticed a fine portrait OF
Gladstone. OF John Wesley John Locke
and Of Lewis Carroll. the author OF
Alice I'm Wonderland. among them,
Another portrait was that Of the DR..
Fell OF whom you may remember the
verse:
II do not like thee. DR.. Fell.
The reason why cannot tall;