Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
PRESIDENTS NEW COOK
REAL ARTIST Of RANGE
Chef With Wilson TO Paris Has
Prepared Dainties for Kings and
Queens; Specialist on Pie.

Queens; Specialist on Pie.
The President of the United states
farlng 10 Europe rs n bearer of ideals II
being sustained al tho way over bE that
most practical Of idcalists Louis ~crce.
whose name appears on the roster of the
steamship George Washington as a chief
petty officer twenty-five Of tie spccial
culinary crew do we'll TO call him chef
Even tho many thousands who have par
taken Of hle creations do not recognize his
name becatlsc when he lnvcuts new
gasfrononic rhapsody he dedicate. il
not - himself, but to his own quest for
PERFECTION Thus. when the President and
the diplomats and tho distinguished com
panv now on the dim ocean pathways
shall ono day see before hem a supreme
ideal they may know that it IS not
dcleCtable dish alone, but the outer sign
Of the expression Of the soul Of this knight
Of the Gordon BIcH.
sEREs ARTIST or THE RANCE.
Sercs, like other adopts Of the range,
has cooked for crowned heads Of Europe
In DAYS ike these. when kings and em-
perors are losing crowns and some are
lucky 10 have heads with which 10 dine 4
chef does not speak over much Of his
services to autocracy There have been
proud moments in the life OF Louis Seres.
when he received the compliments Of
royalty, but the proIdest Of All was when
he put on the uniform of 4 non-commis-
stoned officer in the navy OF the I nlted
States, and stood out with his jacketcd
and capped assistants To bc duly mustered
into i most important mission He LETT
his snug ss-partitioned pilot house IN
the kitchen Of 4 leading New ! lork hotel.
eager 10 10 the best ne could To present
our delegates at the peace table IN The
very pink of condition.
Bv his side stood Jean Nulnati. maitre
dhotel, who IS acting aS steward ex-
traordinarv, and such plenipotcnt ane> as
Italo Seagni and Henri SeIgnac. waiting
10 be headWaIters TO q new hotel now
building in New ork They we're all duly
appointed through John McE Bowman.
president of i corporation which operates
a line of city caraVansarICs. and also one
OF the officials OF the Food Administration.
In this era OF much thinking and mod
crate eating it is not to be expected that
the creator Of the Supreme Ideal VIII
use his entire repertoire, developed III
those DAYS when the world took its eating
far more seriously than it does at present
Perhaps Seres was chosen because. he
sides being 4 poet Of the >auecpans, hc Is
also a sage who docs nothing ont of sea
son In fact, this man is a food phlloso-
pl CT, whose advice on eating and what To
eat could be heard not only TN Presidents
and Ambassadors, but hy every PLAIN
citizen.
HOW TO FLED STATESMEN.
lust what the President and the envo1s
viii have rs their repaSts depends largely
upon their wishes as made known each
morning through Nulnatl The admirable
Seres, OF course. saw to II that ON account
Of the pacific nature ol the work 1t Yer
sailcs for Nhich the yoyagers are pre-
pairing, there should DC an abundant
supply OF lamb and young doves Fore
quarter and SQUAD are excellent fare for
men III intellectual pursuits, for when
ScrcS was asked, before sailing, Whal WAS
his ideal diet for thinkers, hc instantly
mentioned them. For the scholar and
the statesman tn also recommends sweet
breads fruits plenty ol fresh vegetables,
salads and the like
Apd fish of ca'n-c for hraiu workers.
the suggestion was made 10 tie idc4listic
chef
Mas, non. nc answered with i -hras
Va
the books So say But | do not believe,
that Is more than tradition
lAHntn o. fnL aIoEGl WASHINGTON
Is the George Washington il now In
AMERICAN vessel from keel 10 truck and
the ehIei magistrate of the nation Is her
ehei passenger Il Was only III Us expect
ga that many diStnctNciy American
Naafls should hc slowed IN Tie chilled
iarders lhe chef has plenty III holsters
aud green turtles, oysters and CLANS. and
freshly caught u9ekcrci and hIucuSh
There arc many braces oi mnllAri duch-
aud innulatrable chickens winch wrrc
lner the pfid,' ot Middle West poultry
auus. ncvl, laid cges from Ncu Jersey
lonnefes etolce rounds 81 btci from
l~taul ranges, hN the NAY oi Chicago. All4
nan9 other drlgct,a,lc~ NlAnds such lis are
won't Ia Toe found III first class hotcis aul
restaurants III his country y Mis- +
\ llson IS SAID "a be yer, fond a them, a
upplg 81 marronS placcS Is included
The purpose ut he chief 0f tho culinary
rev i. To furnish Table winch shall hc
buudant, rather than luxurious, or In the /,
east tNtrupagant llis Ideal nj PLAIN cook
lg Is not, however, such as IS understood /
a he that iii the great New England Die
elt The ouIsine will bo thoroughly f
uueh
Iet il uot be understood, sad tho
tactical Seres. "thtt there Will bu any
Ich saucbs or, IN fact, anything artltirial
3 tempt the laded appcttCs. Nhen une
ines on board ship hc does 50. When he
oes not he merely tries to console hum
ELF with a little houiilon or bit Of poach-
Il egg When he is able 10 eat AT sen he i
avenons 50 the aim Is 10 have the three
lcals a day such as appeal 10 those who