The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-14

tip the walters more than % cents. That
was his limit.
In marked contrast to this was the
liberality of ]. Pierpont Morgan. He fire.
quented the Waldorf and ate any dish
with equal appetite. There was never
anything fanciful about him except his
fancy tips. | think Mr.. Wilson would
have tainted at the sight of them. Mr.
Morgan always smoked a great deal and
was quiet man.
"A captious and difficult customer at
the Brunswick and Waldorf was Commo-
dore Gerry. A nice man, at that, but so
particular and fanciful about his dishes
that ii was a hard matter to get things
to suit him. He wasn't quite as bad as
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt, however, for she
was not only somewhat fanciful as to the
dishes she ordered but particularly
cranky about the least delay that might
occur in serving them.
zone morning breakfast was just five
minutes later than the time which she
had set for it. As she started for the door
her waiter appeared with the tray. Nine
BeTnhardt gave the tray kick that sent
everything on it to smash and startled the
waiter nearly out of her wits.
Then there was Senator Chauncey NJ
Depew, always a welcome guest and the
life of the table. He was not a large
Upper. however. and his favorite dish
seemed to be broiled lobster, because ne
always had one prepared which he car
ried home in his pocket after the dinner
Sometimes a waiter, disappointed of his
minded senator and wish the lobster We're
alive.
Russell Sage was an habitue of the
Brunswick, where we knew him particu-
larly for his economical habits, while the
elder Aston was noted there for his fond
ness for sliced bananas and cream and
stewed prunes.
Sir Henry Irving was the most ex-
travagant man at the table that l ever
beheld, and l have seen many such. We
required six silver lemon squeezers eS-
pecialiy to squeeze for him the blood of
canvasback ducks for a sauce. 1t took
vide him with enough of this dainty. We
also were obliged to squeeze thirty
pounds of beef to get juice enough for one
meal for him. On one occasion, 1 re-
call, he spent 500 on yellow tulips for a
dinner. He was noted for his extreme
particularly about details, and every tulip
had TO be pure yellow and Of just the
eight tint.
General Miles was aIsr a frequent
guest. He gave his orders like a gem
eral. He always looked the general. He
was especially quiet at the table, and 1
never saw him laugh
Mr.. Carnegie, on the contrary, always
dined like a busy man who was not par
ticular what he ate and had no fancy
specialties. Mr.. Frtck. his former as
sociate, was one Of my most frequent
customers and when l opened a place of
my own, l supplied him with cooks,
twenty-six walters and a steward.
Richard Croker was what might be
termed supper patron, for he invariably
came for supper and ordered stuffed
crabs and squads.
Iii Hung Chang carried around with
him his own pots, pans and kettles and
had his own cook to prepare his meals
1t was my duty to provide chickens for
him and to show them to him, alive and
squawking, before the time when they
should be dressed for his meals These
were very simple, consisting of chicken
rice and egg plant fried in Oil. He would
never eat bread nor did he ever eat at
the table with any one else