Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-15
pered George compassionately. But look
at the order Of those Summers in the cor

pered George. compassionately. But look
at the order Of those Summers In the cor
nerr'
Two of the three summers had iced
bouillon, chicken a Ia king, tomato-and-
cucumber salad. fried hominy. sweet po-
tatoes. waff1es and maple strip. the
other girl had okra soup, roast lamb and
mint sauce, corn fritters. cold asparagus.
mayonnaise, scenes and tea-and finished
with strawberry Ice cream-not water Ice!
Not one Of those dishes. apart from the
famous Paris restaurants. said George.
We'll try the chicken fricassee with red
peppers and cream sauce. southern dish;
delicious Hello. Will!''
The young multi-millionaire gave a cool
finger and passed on to fishballs, Ameri-
can coffee with cream mot hot milk. and
corn bread with Breton butter, while in
strolled two famous painters
"Buckwheats and maple sirup!
Now just wait and hear them scold be-
cause the hot cakes don't come as fast as
they COB" said George. They are all
baked by one girl. Ruby Fabris. till her
treat girl as those two celebrated
American artists treat her. The slim.
red-nosed one. who paints Venetian land
scapes. put down nineteen buckwheat
cakes in twenty-seven minutes, Thursday,
by my stop-watch"
Then IN waddled two Partisan matrons.
dignified and sweating; and as they would
speak their broken English, 1t took Miss
lone FSe1Q ten minutes 10 get OOWn their
order for nine mince pies-in midsummer!
to be sent hot at the hour of dinner to q
mansion in the Boulevard st. German.
DY this time I had been introduced to
- Edith Fabris, the eldest Of the three
sisters.
Yes" she laughed, 1.-The French want
mince pies and plum buildings right down
to the moment they quit Paris for the
chateau or the summer resort. They are
the two things all French folks take, too;
although men-and quantities of univer-
sty professors-now come here for lunch,
and some eat chocolate and marshmallow
layer cake until get scared for them!'
They like the curries.' said George
proudly.
Yes. and how the big Partisan restau-
rants have tried to steal our curries!
First they sent and asked the recipes out
right. l answered they were dishes with
ingredients from the orient. sent to me by
my brother. Then they sent their chefs
to eat curried chicken. curried eggs and
analyze them. When that didn't work
for two months had offers from expert
cooks and helpers who would work for al
most nothing"
Thus 1 learned the curious story of the
sisters.
Their grandfather on their mothers
side was DR.. Jenkins, the first Methodist
missionary to Shanghai. China. He be-
came a great Chinese scholar, and his
books remain authorities. Later Abraham
Lincoln sent him back as American con-
sui. Thus his daughter. the girls mother.
lived much of her life in China, though
born in Charleston, S. c.. So also the three
girls were born in China. but they had
their education in New York. When the
Boxer war broke out, the eldest Edith.
was caught in Tientsin with her brother.
who served with the American-English
forces, earned a medal and picked up the
valuable loot with which the Chinese UNI
brelld of Paris Is now decorated.
Thus, too. the curries that have profit
ed by the girls residence in China, New
Orleans New York and Paris.
"World-curries. boosted George. Il