Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
FRENCH WILL RULE
CULINARY OFFICE
Charles Maynard DireCteur lie Res
taurant and John Marie Escale
Assistant.


In the culinary art the French stand
supreme
The world Acknowledges IT,
They are ,versed in the srcana OF gas
trononiic science
Who ever heard OF such thing as a
celebrated Russian chef" or famous
Italian cook
Just as well expect 10 hear OF a dis
tineuished Turkish composer or a cele-
brated Esquimo sculptor.
And the great thing by which a hotel
is judged is its cooking.
The Fontenelle has been particularly
fortunate In this respect. Monsieur
Charles aIaysrd viii preside as directepr
le restaurant
NJ bMayard comes direct from the
Onoudaga hotel syrUcase y. y. where
during the last four years he has con-
Quoted the culinary department. and given
an air distinctive 10 the dining room ana
the banqueting halls.
lie will be assisted by John Marie
E.scaie whose name speaks for his ma
tionality.
Learned ills Art In Nice.
NJ Mayard began his education with an
apprentice ship In the pastry department
Of a hotel In Nice, that gay city OK the
fashionable Riviera on the sunny shores
OF the Mediterranean.
tic had vsst experience In the most
noted and exclusive hostedries OF Europe
including the splendid hotel AK les
Balns, where he catered to the KING OF
Greece and to j. Pierpont Morgsn' the
Villa Islata. Palermo. sicily; M.ssauei
Itorl WI sbedon. Germany: Grand hotel
Rome. Continental hotel Cairo bgyp"
I,kttrs PARK hotel. Hamburg. Germany
ini;he ,ast named he served at one unc
tho .late King Edward VII OF England
and the present kaiser
~ besan his career In this country as
SECOND chef nj the exclusive 81. Resis
batd New York, to which he was brought
h, Emil Ballty from the Grand hotel
Monte Carlo. Bsiiy Ia the acknowl-
edead pcer OF American chefs.
I'm. und wide Expericnce.
AIdyard has been connected with the
cafe rAlgIon. Philadelphia and the Hotel
Aston. New York He was chief decor
atcur at the Plaza New York. when u
opened.
An. monsieur viii have something OF
fihehess 60 show to the good people OF
Omaha. La. le We shall sec what we
shall sec.
Monsieur will find tho French idea pre-
valIhg also In the hall over which he IL
20 hpld sway. And this may further In
spird hin. 70 culinary efforts befittlng a
san bf In belle France.
For the dining and palm rooms OF the
Fbn{enelle hotel are built and decorated
afted the style or the period of Francois l.
rae decoration Is copied from the
famous ''sailes des eardes," or hall of
the guards in tho palace at Fontainbieau.
The bcamed ceiling IN richly decorated
on en-. antique. .SnahogAny background
deliberately -ovariaid- in conventional orna-
n,ents IN gold and parti-colored tapes
trytin beaver tones hangs on the wallis
From tue beams downward IL the an
ttuue mahogany dado while the base u
belgian srecn marble.
illumination IL by means Of French
lanterns IN antique bronze and octagonai
in shape.
Tho floors are marble % warm gray
tones. The furniture 10 mahogany up
holstered IN deep red.
In the dining room the window drap-
cries are OF tho Same deep red deliberately
Apnllaucd III gold bfocade ornaments and
having the Fonteneilc coat OF arms as a
central motif on the vaience Buff shades
and lace curtains hang back Of the silk
velour drarery
In the private dining rooms the drap-
eries are mauve with gray applique.
Woodwork IL gray with painted medal
lions: the walls are gray and the ceiling
OF an ivory tint The floor Is laid with
black ana gray carpet,
Cello ana livery In Ranaaet Hall.
Gold. ivory end French gray are tbs
colofs IN the banquet room. while the
walls ave painted two-toned golf ef-
feet Tie woodwork Is French gray and
the ceiling old ivory.
Tho pilasgers are arabesqued in Ivory
ana gold .nfeaauien and the draperies
Rio two-toued gold and yellow silk, the
fixtures cyyatai. one set in each deep
panel.
IN the palm room the draperies are
silk hrocade. lighter and airer than those
in the dining room and the furniture Is
covered With lighter material.