New-York tribune., 1909-04-16
MEMORIES, BUT NO JOB
Plight of Chef and Artist Who Has
Tickled Royal PoLdtes.

What signiheth the praise spoken by royal lips
written by royal hands. and that stlrred oy
grateful remembrance of royal stomachs wen con-
tent, If one is able and willing to work but can
get iobq That Is the question which Eduard
Werner chef inventor and painter OF landscapes
is asking himself after being out Of work Tor al
most a year. and not through failure to huht tor
means of making living
Back in the early 90s Werner. who is native OF
Copenhagen, came very close TO royalty Wheh ne
vas employed a chef for Prince Valdemar, the
youngest the late King Christian IN ana III
that capacity accompanied the prince when the lat-
ter. commander of a Danish cruiser, mace Tip
from the Baltic to the Black Sea. His COOKING
pleased the prince so much that the return TO
Copenhagen Werner was recommended for place
IN the royal household, and for two years and a
half was one of the chosen eleven whom the hins
was fond of visiting and watching at their work
Very naturally. owing 10 his place in the palace
Mt Copenhagen, Werner cooked soups. entrees and
desserts for members OF almost every royal farnly
In Europe, and occasion his recipe for nap
jacks was responsible for making the Gar Alexan-
der OF Russia throw discretion to the winds ana
forget that the monarch had in his suite COOK
who specially engaged 10 see that no Nihilistlc
substances, bombs and prussic ACID were
used give high seasoning to ragouts or caviar
That was one day the Gripskov. of the larg-
est forests in Denmark. about thirty miles from
Copenhagen where members of the royal families
Of Denmark Russia, England and Germany were
out hunting The Czar, who had paired on with
the King of England. then Prince OF wales, III the
pursuit drew away from the others In the chase
and half famished when he and his companion
came upon the inspectors lodge. which had been
set aside a kitchen for the day. Werner was
deftly turning the batter into the steamins cakes
when the pair of hunters entered and without fur
ther ado sampling them. When the Car had
finished a plateful he suddenly forgot that 1t was
not his cooks concoctons he was devouring
and then with n laugh asked for another helping
The Prince Of Wales made a good pacemaker. and
when the rest OF the party came up Werner couldnt
produce the fapjacks fast enough
Werner. on the death Of his first wife sixteen
years ago came to this country and has portfoiio
full of recmm enda tions from hotels. apartment
houses and private families for which he has acted
as chef. He holds patent an Ice cream freezer,
which is so constructed as make Ice cream by
its own motion, but he is without means TO manu-
facture his invention His little apartment. at No
142 East 52d street 1. hung with landscapes In oils
by himself He Is dapper and cheerful little man
and has clean record. is attested by the letter
Of recommendation from the chief marshal OF
the royal household at Copenhagen. as well as
testimonials his faithful service from his Ameri-
can employers. What does the approval OF either
aristocratc or democratic stomachs matter ne Is
asking II he cannot cook for others at time
vh.n the dearth OF good cooks is said 10 be a
irving problem in domestic economy?
Despite his vain search for work. werner mas
been quietly helping others whose plight is Worse
than his own. Only recently he heard Of a case of
an elderly couple who without food One
of them was blind and both were SICK ana III
actual need Of food, when Werner discovered thern
because they were tso I'll to leave the house he
Obtained a doctors services and has since been
sunplving the couple with food and looking OUT
FOR all their wants and 1t through the graft
tuds Of these recipients OF his kindness that his
own unfortunate situation came 10 be known.