New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-12

Ii INC coo-se OF ny Erst voyage O discovery 70
the lower regions Of tho Savoy the Master whose
skill makes the Savoy ktcher9a source Of delight
to epicUres had explained to no that buying
rather than cooking vas the touchsto-e Of his art,
an1 that about the butter no used there vas
secret Next day, on my way TO t1e Savoy grill
room, whero It IS my hahi5 TO tax luncheon, 7
telephorcd TO friend Of nine wto happens u be
q specialist n dairy products, and Who has even
been employed by public authorities 20 teach
English butter-m2keTs their business. II occurred
to me- that he would apP-eLend more clearly than
the full puIport Of the secret. Tho two words
I" secret " and SO butter p brought I'm b-aatElo-a
TO the grin--oCn before had finished ny coffee.
Z" Why did you rot come to the Club e IND No a."
he asked, . I cannot understand WY 5vou always
lunch here surrounded by strangers, v2--ing
81 your money, when az the Club you can lunch so
" we'll for half-a-cro7u."
JUNCTION CHEAPER THAN At / CUB.
q EU5 co..l5 lUnoh 2s well for laIs-a-croT7, ~
. friend ? mere Is the bin, now :-I.oIjs11z,
Z" siZpence. For that siZueoce, I Lc~a eaten
" SOHO big Spanish elves, stoned and stuffed
9 with little sharp French Olives N oHclovy
. a-s-1Ly e1Tcloped il Z little CCoo OF s-ev-ct
g celery, and not = few ShcLc1ps IN . huge potato
" satod- Lc5 Uc proceed :-CutIet, Z shilling,
. Baked Potato sClrpel2e. I au afraid ate
" almost four penn worth Of fresh butter vL<L
" that potato. a Tart, thrcepence. Ca-ncE5ere
" cheese, th-eePeoce. Total for cOllss-ioles, two
= shliil1ly5 and -oUrpence, twOpenca less than
. the hOuse-lJnchcon az tho Club Ny coLee
= tho slC5 price u 1t the Club II
" pint CT claret is noo deaTer, surely, fer IL S On
=" the vintage brands, no. on the table vines,
- that q restaurant makes is profit. You may
" think that what / pay for tsble-uCney and
81 what give the walter add Up, at the year s
49, no
" attendant sxtortions the vhi7 for the servants
9 Christmas book, and the whip TO buy service
% CT plate for the retiring secretary, end the
- relentless prosecutions on behalf Of hospital
- funds, decayed aristOcrats, or misguided
- fen2Ies-tle thousand such eTactiOns which
g beset q -1s2 vko lunches n . room with ,
81 hundred ether men he knows. Are you sure
" that al these things win not coC1tePbalance
% ny threePence Of t2ble-Ccney and ny small
- contribution 70 the prosperity O. ny suIliDo .,
g friend, the vaiter-Tho II al seriousness, adds
9 a very great deal TO ny comfort Every day
- II the week as hurry from the Office ind ny
Z" table laid here, and this yOUlg man makes tOE
Z" rs Just such Z little haven Of security as
I" awaits ne when ct night 7 go home &c ny
I" chambers and ind ny thoughtful TOE1plC Cs
Sc ready with ny slippers. These little things
9 nay not be go important as they seem 20 no ;
. but remember that; after al, 10 Club can give
% you such cooking as this and since the art
g OF life is to live simply, one should seek
the best cooking, for that is the only condition
~ that can make simple fare tempt the appetite.
g And now We VIII visit my friend the cock, and
50 investigate the butter II you viii not have
" another cup OF coffee"
There was, feared shade, OF irony IN the
Master greeting Of the Expert. g It is an IN
t' expected privilege" he said, 81 hsve often
IS wondered who taught English hUtter-maEeTs 20
a. make butter"
Tried to save the situation
''Surelyit IS not more skill, hut better g-ass,
." that IS needed in order tfgt the English butte
& may rival the French - I said.
The Expera w9s modified, and the Master PRO
ceeded:-
81 have Ed TO convgne rttIe inquiry this
% morning. Let ne recount To you the episode u
- the missing: grouse II you have kept house IN
" London you know that JoC- house has TWO
" doO-s- Yol-r cool, even Il she mas but one
. sauce. has Two hearts the che fled. I
" trust, with respectful Loyalty for you, the
" other filed with ID U1reascuinC recarl5 for
" her friendth cousin T8hocUues from her native
I" county, her friend the policeman, her friend In
- the red coat. You a2e aware that 2I her friends
" are hungry friends, and that your hocse-keer-
ing accounts are not the lighter fer their visiEs
" Even II yo0 paid no moro, EIogran for Elo-
- gram. than pay for meat and fowls and fish
' even If every parcel which comes to vour
Kitchen were weighed, rs every parcel that
% comes here Is weighed even IL your cook had
" made az have made, . LIES St1dy Of the art
= Of buying-even If all these impCssibIities were
: possibilities, still you would lose by your cooks
" hospitality some part OF what you buy. Here
" there is no leakage when you dine hero vou
- find there Is not charged upon your hill Cne-
. thOusandth part Of penny 20 make cJcd Q loss
I" incurred through theft or waste. Let ueexplain
- IL to you. At ono o'clock each morning. when
supper Is done with, one Of ny eleven Iarder-
- me2-Uh20 one who IS responsible for the
I" poultry, AZ the end OF his evenings work notes
- II his book that he has in store such and such
number Of fat hens, Of cspons, Of crcin-teC fowls
and Ct small chickens. The arrivals OF poui srv
:" next morning VIII Re added &c that debit. So
:: many chickens have been received, 50 many
- nave been served. II q dozen are pu1 into he
pot 20 make a stew OF chicken, that dozen
81 appears on the books. Every day these accounts
- ara balanced /; / cannot Icse IN ortOlan the
g size OF a walnut without knowing: Of the loss
= within tweEty-foUr hO1Es- For five years there
. has not been theft, until, the day before
- yesterday, d grouse Was missing, azd nv head
81 lardernan was convinced that : theft, not az
- error of accounts, confronted hin The mn
- Responsible for the poultry wcS told thar lie
- must find me thief OF pay Tor the grouse.
4" method Of rough justice which seldom fails he
- did what should not Ike 70 DO before to-davs
- work began no entered the lardsr. which
- IS room TOO ccol for comfort, IS Won nav
" perceive; he hid himself In 4 spare ice-bcx and
:" through the glass window watched for the leak
I" The ice-Ee- vino come early N tie rco-1i1- bc-
- upon their backs from the wagons great blocks
% Oh ice, and each man has UpoD his shoulders
- broad blanket. Through the window ny SILVER
- ing young friend saw one Of the ice-men pu1 his
- buoen II place, and then, Is he slipped tho
% blanket Iron his shoulders enclose in its folds
- a grouse IRON the edge OF . shelf. that WIS the
= end OK the story, save Ter my suggestion to the
. ice merchants THAT they should not again SEND
: tins one OF their ice-men to the SlCoy. And
: give yoo the anecdoto only bec2Cse think
: people do net understand how much difference
:. IS made n the course Of the year by orderly
- administrator conducted ucou large scale as