The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-26
RACES ARE AT WAR
OVER BILL OF FARE
White Cross Society'S Ulti.
nahum Divides Chicago
Chefs By Nationality.

CHICAGO, Sept o6--If there is a race
riot in Chicago before the end of the
week the White Cross Society of New
York, an organization devoted TO pure
food, viii have nobody to blame but
itself
The society has laid the ruthless hand
- OF reform on thatfsacred and venerable
INSTITUTION, the French biIl-or-fare CbeE
pardOn-caTte du jour, and in doing so
has raised the hand Of brother against
brother
= The amalgamated brotherhood Of
- chefs Is all broken zIp- The Frenchnen
ssare arminE and singing the MarseiHais4;
= the Germans and the Irish are dancing
.sJigs and announcing that the hour Of
= their deliverance has arrived
= For 1t appears that all the Irish and
= German cooks in the city are a unit in
= declaring that the French biII-of-fare
ought TO be tossed into the ash barrel
- The FTenchmen, on the contrary, de
= clare that somebody viii have TO walk
over their dead bodies before anything
2 of mat sort happens
Declaration of War.
~ The White Cross SOciety's declara-
-tion OF war was a scathing document
- Nothing is more needed in the
= United States than a sensible Ameri-
= CaniZatiOn OF the menu card" SAYS the
= scciety's announcement All Of US
do not read French. but all Of Us dine.
3 Americans are entitled TO the Drivf-
= ieSe Of ordering their dinners in Eng
seIish
- 1t IS nos only the unlettered who
60 astrav- Persons thoroughly IA
miliar with French have their trou-
hes with the French that is written
by chefs
When the French chefs Of Chicago
read that yesterday afternoon they
united in one Ions drawn, agonized
scream Of pain
a thousand devils"' shouted
Charles LaperrUoue. of the LaSaIIe
Hotel. but used the French equiva-
lent
.'Sacre bIeu.~ remarked Albert Gail
lard OF the Grand Pacific
Mon dIcu" muttered +. Lefrevre.
OF the Great Northern
FoOcyt" sDuttered Theodore Pferrot,
of the Congress
But on the contrary
.'IIoch-~ stated NIath Hofeler, Of the
Auditorium.
-'HurraE,'' cheered W 6 Shafer. man
aEar Of the same hotel
Glory be- calculated Andrew H
s Gallagher, the AuditOriUm's steward.
More Gallagher Said
Foreign humbuE." were the unIzinc
words Mr.. Gallagher used in discussing
the French cate de jour
Imported bunko game he added as
an after-th0u=ht-
2 When You order corn beef and cab
HaSe,'' he demanded, do YOU say -boufi
: de boeuf sal aux chouNr Not If you de-
? sire the waiter TO consider you sane.
IF you feel a craving for ham and
esEs do YOU remark .jambon frit aux
oeUfsg' Not if sou expect TO return
10 your family with any feeling Of self |
: respect
= Then why tack these titles to the
aother things you eatc Is there any rea- /
: son in the world why you shouldn't call /
fried chicken, fried chicken instead Of I
'pouIet fritz
4 ask you,T said Mr.. HoTe1er- "as
man 10 man. what IN the world do Won /
suppose 'bouH dodin de q IA sauce an 4
.Celerie' meanS2 You don't knOW2 OF 1
-rourSe YOU don't know. Even the chefs
themselves don't know But I've looked 1
u ND IN the glossary It means roast /
turkey, with celery sauce Well, why
not say so in the first place, instead Of I
beating around the bushT''
on and L. said Mr. Shafer. ARE +
practical men. Now, why call II roast /
beef at juET' Isn't inst roast beaf- {
/. good enough? out in Butte, Mont, one /
time 7 saw IL spelled. o. Just YoTJ see
how absurd il all is
Not So the French.
Ef.tA 't ar-Il r-t.- llle ETeEFlTnln 10 J
subscribe to any such iconocIastfc views
as these
1T IS the tone that The French gives
70 the food explained N GaIIIard.
carefully 1T tastes better because it
looks 50 nice on the carte de sour. It is.
what Won caH en- p form OF Ivpnotisru.
You think It IS good. ara when il. comes
i tastes good Besides he added with
a lofty shrus, 1T Is the fashionable
Thing
French dishes said NJ Laperrucue,
Nith an air or fnaiity. are Frchcn
elShes- They must have French names.
French cooking is the finest in the
wOrlc Must the artist who devised
these -loriol-s viardS see Their works
havked abroad under vulgar titles. The
thought is SaCrileCe'
All sighed II Iefevre shall We
call brook trout. saute uOuuieTe,' brook
trout jumped. milleTS wife STYLE You
see for Yourself these white crcsscrS'
are crazy. We argue with maniacs. IT'S
enough"