The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27
Eate ls q crueI, mereIless thIng.

| Beethoven grew deaf and the ioudest note of the immortal Moonlight Sonata could not penetrate the dull and dead ened ears of it's composer. He linked with music the soul of man to the in- fnity or nature. He voiced the aspl- rations of humanity and echoed back to man the voice of its understand Ing.
 I And yet the moonlight imprisoned In harmony, the twItter of the birds In the Spring woods, were dead to him. The masters soul could create, but it I might not rest and find peace in the soft strains 1t had created.
 | It was a pitiable thing--this deaf ness of Beethoven.
 l And Frederic, the gourmand. the epi- cure; Frederic, the chef and the bon vivant; Frederic. the monarch, of South | End on the She'll Road of Mobile Bay, 1 has been put upon a diet. Frederic, who made cooking a science and dining an art, has been put upon a diet. Fred | eric, the inventor of the crab omelette; | Frederic, the Mobile Brillat Savarin. may not eat what he chooses. A | traitorous digestion has brought sor- row to him while he is yet in the prime of life
 Poets and philosophers. statesmen and l players, prelates and prize fighters. | have sat at his board. where but few moments before the white vestments ! that Frederic wore while performing 1 the sacred rites of chef had been dofted, that he might preside at the head of the table, and give mot for mot and quip i for quip.
 The guests changed like players upon A stage, They dined and disappeared, land others came to take their places. !, But mine host remained He was ai- ways there to clink glasses with the newly welcomed guests, to plan the ! menu. to superintend its successful ac- | compiishment, and to grace the board with his presence and to enliven the l feast with his flow of wit and remin- iscences. Thus 1t was through the sue ceysive years One might excuse that | traitoroJs; digestion, 1t was so sorely I tried.
 | Beethoven deaf. and Frederic on Q diet. This is sad world!
 | But 1t ig not yet gone this digestion. | It Is disIoyal and rebellious, but 1t i has not yet deserted. The wine may DC I taken sparingly. The clear and am- 1 bient soup may be tasted, the omelette I au rhum may be nibbled. the sauce test ed and it's ineness established. ! Ma foi! . Fill up the glassesl The | sun dances upon the bay, the tropic
 breeze is warm and barely tempered by Il Alabama's November weather, and the Il spanish moss hangs gray and graceful | from the magnolias. While we i've, | let us live! A fig for digestion and a | fig for the doctors verdict! The cognac \ in Frederic's glass reflects the amber I beauty of the sunlight as 1t falls upon | the bay and, the old chef and pon | vivant falls to moralixing.
 l4E.1t ia the Attention to detail that
 makes the artist Genius Is nothing more nor less than the infinite capac- ! ftv for taking pains. The knowledge H of detail--it marks the difference be- H tween the great artist and the dauber' between the great lawyer and the pet- tifogger. I have achieved some repu- tation, How? By attention to detail | By attention to detail have made cooking a science and, an art and raised
 it above a mere occupation tne ooinS of a necessary thing.
 ''You Saw me make the salad It took but twenty seconds, but every in- EredIent went in at it's appointed time' l with it's proportion to the weight or hair. Give that salad to a nigger cook to make and he would take two hours and then 1t would be made wrong.
 Eating is a science full of para doxes. The colder the country the colder the food, the hotter the country the hotter the food. Tn Norway and in Russia arrak and tallow are eaten. In Mexico you find hot tamales and chtli- lconcarni. Which goes to show that the culinary art and the gastronomic art are complex questions that require thoughtful study.
 'But a plague upon philosophy. There are better things in this world than
 moralizing." .y.s-
 This Is Frederic. the Master of South End, the monarch of the road house | lA hn RnaG that parallels the West Side of Mobile Raw for i've miles. His culinary ge- nius came to him by right of inherit Lance. Ills father before him, a true host and a true Frenchman founded
 the house in 1859. It has since been in continuous operation, and the son Ipresided many years longer than did
 the father.
 It stands upon historic ground. Bi-. ienviIIe landed there in l702 and march
 cd his men up the bay to found the capital of the French Province of Lou isiana There, too. landed the union IGeneraL ,Canby, at the head of the Fed Ieral soldiers in March, 1865. The pre- Ivious August Frederic, as the boy, had
 stood upon the little wharf and from afar had seen the sea fight between
 some of the Confederate and some of
 the Union war vessels.
 The place, too, Is known Tn song anu
 story. It is vividly described in The
 southerner," the latest novel from the pen of Cyrus Townsend Brady In his book Life on the Mississippi. or Gamb- Hing Exposed" Colonel Duval describes
 a duel between a Confederate and Spanish officer that took place at South End
 Mine Host Frederic is one of the best
 known citizens of the classic city by
 the Bay. He is known to gourmands
 and epicures throughout the United
 States. He is the friend of soldiers
 sailors, statesmen, churchmen, players
 and prize fighters.
 eve are one of the sights of Mobile
 my place and T." said Frederic. We
 have entertained politicians states
 men, Governors. Senators, actors ac-
 tresses, prize fighters. criminals and
 what not. I see in the morning pa
 pers that some distinguished man mas
 arrived in Mobile. I look for him be-
 cause I know his friends will bring
 him down to Frederic's. My bell there
 is connected with the bridge up the
 road and 1t rings when carriage rolls
 over the bridge.
 T noticed one morning that cer-