Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-11
Especial correspondence

Especial correspondents
= ONDON, Nov. 25.-When Lady
Knill, the new lady mayoress of
London. leaves her country
house and grounds In Black
heath to take up official residence in
the big. gloomy mansion house. she will
carry with her. metaphorlcally speak
Ing. a gigantic new broom. She will
WELD the broom so vigorously from the
moment she enters. that habitues of
tho city palace will hardly know 1t q
few weeks afterwards
Lady KnllL as the wife of one of
the principal city m.agnates. knows the
e mansion house well. and often dimes
and lunches there. To her confiden-
tlal friends she makes no secret of the
fact that she thinks 1t is the dirtiest
house in London. and that the food Is
extremely bad. She went so far as to
declare that when her husbands turn
to be lord mayor came she would car
ry out drastic reforms all round or.
II she was not allowed to do this. she
would be lady mayoress at homo in the
distant suburb of Blackhcath. just near
Greenwich observatory.
Sir John KnIll regarded her rcvolu
tionary proposals with some alarm. but
he could not live in state at the man
sion house, and have the lady mayoress
doing the hostess act by telephone. So
he fell In with her ideas, and, as soon
as he had been officially chosen as
lord mayor, Lady Knill reached down
her broom.
The first thing sho did was to dis
miss Messrs. Ring and Brymer. the
frm who. under that name and former
ly as Birch and Birch. have catered at
the mansion house since long before
anybody can remember.
Thanks very much" said Lady Knill.
but we shall not want you next year"
NO MORE TURTLE SOUP.
Ring and Brymer make the best tur-
tie soup In the world, but the now lady
mayoress, who Is a smart, fashionable
woman OF youthful middle age. says
She does not want to 1--we on turtle
foup and whole oxen, and become fat
ike most OF the aldermen. She wants
10 give her guests nice delicate meals
like those her cook provides at home.
or Ike those she gets at a fashionable
restaurant. Sd she went out. and fixed
up With the B7rencll; chef OF the new
Piccadilly hotel who agreed to super
wise the cooking at the mansion house
Tor the coming year.
MANSION HOUSE MENU. '
This IS a greater revolution than
may appear 10 the uninltiated. We'll
come guests who drop In TO lunch or
dinner at the mansion house Will, ,fnd a
marvellous difference In the bill of fare.
Below. for instance. Is a typical man.
sion house menu at the present time:
Tortuc Tortue Claire
Timbales de Sole q l'Italiennc
Chaud froid de crerettcs en- gclee
daspic
Croustade dc Mauvicttes Munich
Faisans en- casserole
Perdreaux en- casserole
bdron OF beef Pates n la chausseur
Capons 4 la modern
I.angucs de Boeuf
Gelee a rorange
Sucdolses a la Belgrnve
Cremcs MedcI
Gateaux a rImpereur
Croutes a Ia Favoritc
PstIts Glteaux
Glacos Dessert
THE NEW BILL
All OF which, though high-sounding.
Is very solid. The new order will be
something like this:
Veloute Dame Blanche
F'ilct de Sole Alice
caille pochee au Vim du Rhln
Nouiiles rAlsacienne
Bccassne rotie. Salade.
Aspcrges vertes.
Poirc Melba
Lady Knill has done more than
change the official mansion house ca
terers. During the years she has been
familiar with the headquarters OF city
hospitality she has noticed that there
have never been any artistic floral
decorations. Now the new lady NAV