Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-18

= colate drops" of natives took to base
ball and how the final score stood
is well worth finding out.
Another entertaining tale is John
Ycgg and cupid" by Edward $. Pills
worth In this story Billings gives two
roliclng young mllionaircs a course
i'm hoboism. appears in high society
with disastrous consequences, and Is
hest man at the wedding. 10 top OFF
If there is time. one may take "A Com
mercaI Gentleman by Arthur NJ
Chase. which shows that there is more
than one way of getting a handsome
dinner, and more than one way Of
paying for II, too.
The August number of Peoples con-
tains also an uncommouly good novel
ny Lydia r. Peaster Of the sponge
pCkcrs on the west coast of Florida.
In all, there are 1872 pages of strong,
clever stories. some verse and humor-
Gus bits, as well as 81 pages of theatre
cal photographs attractiyely printed
on fine white paper and accompanied
by careful dramatic review
Smiths for August has an interesting
article ON the manner in which the
king and queen of England keep house.
The author Constance Beerbohm,
writes:
"The royal servants liveries are diff
ferent in cut to those seen in any other
house. The coats are scarlet, made In
the swaIlow-tail style. with dark bluc
waistcoats edged with narrow gold
braid The men do not wear collars.
but gold stocks. White satin bleeches
ana white silk stockings complete their
picturesque costume. All the royal men
servants are over six feet I'm height
and chosen for their good looks. Their
good conduct must be equally undeni-
able.
Under Queen Victoria the royal SER
wants living in Windsor might be seen
any night carrying home neat black
bags. containing joints of meat and
fowls. The king has put down this
pilfering, and now the homes punches
left over from royal feasts find their
And 1t Is always gala day for the hos-
pitfalls after court has been held at
buckingham Palace.
"As may be believed minion of
supreme Importance in King Edwards
household is his French chef. Monsieur
Menager, and to whom he pays a yearly
salary of $4,000. as large as that re-
ceiVed by an admiral of the fleet ana
larger than those of most bishops,
while the keeper of the British Museum
is thankful to receive far less.
'Menager, a jovial soul of some 40
years, is a native of the south of
Kitchen passes an easy time enough
He does not sleep under the kings
roof, but reJoices in n pied a terre OF hls
own IN street not far distant from
buckingham Palace.
With such simple matter as even
u kings breakfast, Menager has moth
ing Whatever to do. At about II O'clock
he steps into hanson and is set down
at the palace. There in the sunny kit
chen, overlooking the garden lawns. he
receives the luncheon carte written
out at the master of the households
dictation, and work Of the day be-
gins.
First of all, the master of the kitch-
en-Menager's head man--sees that all
the articles ordered by him come in;
then he checks each item, and sends
the account to Sir Nigel Emgscote. the
paymaster. who writes out the neccs-
cary check
AS soon as the chief has despatched
his luncheon, he rctlres. Reculer pour
nieux sauter as he explains, until the
hour when the great event of the day
commemorative preparation for their
maJestles' dinner, Assisted by a num-
her of women cooks, 60 whom NJ. Mem
ager gives minute directions. he ac-
complishes his task as quickly as may
be, and again seeks fit pleasure and re
taxation"
The home life OF tho king and queen
of England is the subject OF an interest
ing article in tho August Smiths. Con-
stance Beerbohm the English author,
writes:
"The menu of the day is always laid
before both the king ana queen. They
find time just 10 glance at II and to
strike out any superfluous items.
Luncheon. served at 2:3O O'Clock Is a
heavy meal at court. and tea at five
does not mean tea and bread and but
ter. At Sandringhau, soups. outlets.
sandwiches. Whistles ana soda, endless