Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-01

NEW YORK, March 25.-Dinners at
BOO q plate while they are not com.
sssa occurrences even in New York may
&scome ~ IL the present fad for giving
SsAsts beyond the dreams Of Lucullus
himself continues. Dinners AZ $1,000
- plate may indeed be expected al.
SAough at present $500 il tho high
record, since tais was the cost Of din.
sss recently given by young million
Aire TO fifteen Of his friends The bill
including tips was an even 5000.
Since one Of New York's most famous
saterers has gone on record 20 the ef.
fsct that as regards food slope no per.
en- can consume more than ten dollars
worth. even in the most expensive
cafe, the manner of spending $500 a
plate arouses some curiosity. Only a
ANAL fraction of this sum Of course
wss expended for food in this, the most
gorgeous feast Of the year, although a
special chef was hired for the prepare.
Zion Of each Of the twenty-five courses.
The remainder went for tho decorations
~ad wines, all Of the latter being spec.
tally imported for the occasion. The
liable was in the form Of a large hollow
square, inside Of which and level with
Il was a large FURNISHED copper tank
SLED with water. In il swan many
aquatic birds ranging from swans 10
aucklings, while below lurked rare fish
supported for the occasion. The edges
OF this miniature lake were banked with
roses and in the center a fountain
spurted wine which falling into a spec.
nj receptacle was carried by an in.
9enious arrangement Of pipes to the
place of each guest. or course the par.
ocular kind Of wine changed with each
course but all through the dinner il
literally ran like water. The coffee
served after dinner cost $22 pound
and the cigars Is apiece. Strangely
enough the young millionaire rival Of
Lucullus who gave the dinner il known
N a shrewd and conservative business
man who may always be found at ais
ONCE by half.past eight in the morn.
eng
Another link, and one of the las,
binding modern New York 10 the city
~ II was before the war, il soon To dis.
appear. The Alpha club, organized in
1851, one Of the first permanent Repub.
iican organizations will shortly close
ats doors forever after nearly 80 years
of existence. OF the 100 members which
u numbered in its fourishing days, in
eloding such men as James r.. Blaine
and Chester A. Arthur, only one re-
mains in solitary glory in tnc city of
greater New York. With its rooms 10.
Gated in what il now the lower east
side, but what was at its organization
. district given over to ship building
on the outskirts Of the city, the club,
or what remains of it, has seen devel.
opment which has brought moro per.
sons into single adjacent building
than there were in the radius of
quarter of mile when il organized.
In addition To having housed and num-
bered among its members many men Of
national reputation, the club Is also
rich in historic associations. Within
the shadow Of its walls was constructed
the great ironclad steam ram Dunder.
lerg, which ordered by Secretary
Welles in 1861 for the navy, was con
sidered, with her speed of Is knots an
hour, the most formidable warship in
The world. As she was not completed
until after the war tnis first ironclad
was sold TO the French hwy where she
was rcchristencd the Rochambeau. The
last surviving member Of the Alpha
club in New York describes her M
"only pile of logs covered with
iron. - Her dimensions were $50 feet
lcngth, ~ feet width and 90 feet depth
Of hold, truly enormous ship for ner
''"''' nv 'hhoHS N'P"d 'ihb tHoueh
IL is going ont of existence finds itself
with n cash surplus in the treasury and
many invaluable relies. All will be
divided among the dozen members
through the country who are all that
are left of this once lannon's organiza.
ti0n.
New York il getting not one but
many examples of the decided change
that is taking place in the attitude of
big corporations on the subject of pub.
lie control and also in regard to giving
publicity to their affairs for which
Governor Hughes has been contending.