Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-09
DENY TIE ALLEGATION
WASHINGTON CHEFS TAKE I'M.
BRACE AT RECENT STATEMENT.
Explain Why They Did Not Partici-
pate In Charity Exhibit-ssError
Of Judgment"

Mournful and I'm minor key. but as insist
| cnt as an echo. the chefs of Washington
have come to the front with a protest
against what they consider an affront to
their profession In reports recently circu-
lated regarding the Exposition Cuiinaire''
held at Rauschers. The chefs held an In
disnation meeting Monday night and passsd
resolutions condemning the man whom they
CONSIDER the cause OF the reflections made
on them The chefs hung their frying pans
on the willows, as 1t were. and assumed a
Deiiigerent attitude. Aspersions had been
cast on their humanitarian characters so
they considered. and Mr. JOS o. Kordina
chief cook Of the Austrian embassy, was
the man whom they held to be responsible
1t was said in the original story that Mr.
kordina had planned an exhibition of high
culinary art in behalf of the sufferers at
San Francisco, but that he was not the
dean OF the corps diploznatique of chefs
ana as result his seniors In official life
had thrown him down and jumped on him,
metapnoricaily. OF course. and he had been
isit almost alone and unaided to work out
the details of his culinary exhibition.
mar. hordina, as the story ran, had a rec
ora Oh out SIX months in the capital while
nlahy OF the men whose alleged refusal
was counted as potent factor in the re-
Srettaoie outcome of the enterprise had
peen located in Washington a number of
years. In word, the story claimed that
me Whoie anafr accumulated the etiquette
vi onnCial precedence in the corps of chefs
as Wen as rebuke to the man who had
Nioiated the ethics of the profession
Members of Corp Explain.
In reply to this NJ Philipe GiuIiani dean
OIL the, chefs. and two other prominent mem
bers of 1.-The corps" gave the foIlowine
statement of their case to The Star.
In reply to reports regarding exhibition
which took place at Rauscher's under the
patronage of Mime. Hengelmuller. we the
representatives of Washington's leading.
lows: a' ioi-
we are accused of not being willing to
give our assistance to the San Francisco
sufferers, to whom in reality our hearts
go out IN sympathy. In fact we have al
ready contributed to tbe yorio,,s Lie
funds. oi
Regarding the exhibition at Rauscher's.
we would all have participated with great
pleasure but for an unfortunate error in
; usiile1t OF uhe man who took the initia-
i've IN bringing about the exhibition. He
gave the chefs OF the private families of
Washington an invitation to meet him At
given hour and place. All the chefs were
present, out the gentleman himself did not
appear.
Indulge in Mild Criticism.
we do not care to criticise the reports in
question: but we wish to say and we are
glad to say that the pieces exhibited by Mr..
Rauscher were pieces Of great art and made
by genuine culinary artists. But the 9TH
ers' witch were made by the chefs of the
Austrian and British embassies, were not
up to the high standard which has been set
and maintained by the representative chefs
of the leading families in WASHINGTON So
ciety.
I'VE regret that the affair should have oc-
CURED, as we have served in Washington
many years. at least one OF US sixteen
years, and we have a natural pride in the
reputation OF the clty's chefs.
If Washington desires an exhibition OF
the talent of Washington's chefs we are
always ready to exhibit our work at a
suitable season.
I'VE remain representatives of the
leading chefs in Washington's private fam
iltes,
PHILIPPE GIULIANI,
Chef for Nine Bonaparte;
LOUIS SCHELCHER,
Chef for Mrs. Townsend:
VICTOR z. ZUBERANA,
Chef for the Connecticut Apartment House.