New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-14
LITERATURE OF EATING.
Curious Collection of Menus in Neu'-
Fork Public Library.

Miss Frank e. Buttolph, collector of menus l0r
the New-York Public Library, is happier than ever
before since she started her collection TWO ai'u
half years ago. She recently received from inoIa.
r Mills of West Superior, Wis. the Dill Oh iaro
for the dinner Aguinaldo giving his foho"ers
- celebration of his thirty-fc,rth birthday. March
%, 1901. when he was surprised and cap'ue -
General Funston and his squad
The card which was written ordinary unfuieo
letter paper in Spanish, was pasted iof coiiNei
on the lid of a cigar box, and doubtless was passe
from hand TO hand among the diners IL was %
served hy CAPTAIN Harry Newton, now OF the '1th
Infantry. CHARTERED at Honolulu. Hawaiian ieiaus'
but then of General Funston's command anu ~a
by him carried Eway souvenir OF the
of the Filipino leader. He sent 1t by man 10 NJ
,ruIe ,rd he having read of the Buttolph collec-
ton of menus at the Aston Library, wrote MISS
Buttolph to inquire il she would IKE TO nafe A.
She lost no time in saying she would ana 1t caii''
to her by registered mail about Two weeks aeV'
The menu is neatly written IN INK aho mas on
ornsnoenta1 border made with a red pencil Inc
stock Of neatness of the chef. however. was eVl-
IDENTIFY exhausted before his task was co'ipie.eu,
as he failed to fill the red in the lower mar sn
panel and pasted the paper on the ooh hu W.
carelessly leaving unsghtiy wrinkles In seVerai
naces Two of the eight items the bill were EVIL
IDENTIFY exhausted before General Funsfons arrival
as pencil had been drawn through 'he iiies
ferrns TO them Another peculiarly OF the DiiI -
that the chef signed his name to it with his fun
-
the hill the last line worried her greatly II was SO
written that the words were not clearly se2ara'eo'
and To use her own picturesque language she was
almost IN despair when. 1T suddenly occurred TO
mo that the cook had added himself to the menu,
but had neglected TO state whetner III pioi' q
-o.s+ ny a stew I have since concluded 1t must
have been the latter. as General Funston became
chief cook and bottle washer only a few moments
after the dinner began. p. Buensuceso, maestro
cocnaro, was the way he ended the last state
naner of the Asuinaldo administration This was
the bill:
MENU A LA FRANCEsA.
/. Arroz la Fipena Cruz Roja
g Budin en- forma de TORE e,t t1e 21,6i:
- Pescado la mayonesa
6. Psto de calabasa con almondiguillas.
g. Gran pastel de politics Telenaoos con nlaSa
nacional a 10 Palanan.
Z. Gallina trufada y jambon dulce
s. Carne asada 10 Rusa con ensalada de espar-
ragos & 10 Casiguran.
Dulce.
varia classes de suelto
History SAYS General Funston and his command
had undergone great privations and were hungry
when they captured Aguinaldo. What they did TO
the remainder OF the dinner is not stated.
Miss ButtoIph began collecting menus on January
1900 Her first effort due to seeing for the
first time on the bill of fare of a restaurant IN
IJnion Square the date 1900. She took away the
hill with her and spoke to her superiors at the
Astor Library about it. They proposed keeping H.
and Miss Buttolph at decided to begin collect
ing bills of fare She thought she might secure five
hundred good ones in few months. and she did
Now the collection contains more than 1o.5oo and
is growing at rate Of which she did not dream
until long after her little New Years 1900 beginning
Strangely enough. however that first menu-the
cornerstone OF the collection-has disappeared.
The collection has been divided into two great
classes The first refers to service meals In hotels