The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1898, Page 29

THE SAN FRANCI CO CALL, INDAY, o ey JANU/ 1898. 29 MOST EXPENSIVE KITCHEN IN THE COUNTRY NCLE SAM owns the costliest kept the sauces to be eaten with meats kitchen in the world, probably. —apple sauce and cranberry sauce. t is the t. There is They, too, are kept warm by ste hich surpasses tchen in the out with every v can buy, and “apitol is more There is a steambox for steaming oy ters; a grill big enough to broil a pig or a lamb, under which glows a fire of red hot charcoal; and a patent tur- key roaster, which performs mechani- ’ own. The public cally the turning and basting of the chance to see the Senate bird, which, in the old days. absorbed rbie bathrooms of the the time and attention of two or three + « Xuries persons. There are s 1 tables in ] Con- the kitchen, as well as in the steam room. It take thirty servants to run occu- the kitchen and its appurtenances. The head cook has half do: tants. There are two pastry cooks, and the rare quality of their product is due in large measure to the suvervision of 's. Page, a New England woman, whose ideas of pie are exalted, if one may judge by the resuits of her cook- The nearest approach of the public to a knowledge of the kitchen arrange- ments of the Senate is when one of the s three nir nts behind the 1 don’t know how Mr. uncheon the restaurant a ut, but he says his ghou airs, or a paper tchens are in the base- down on one of the Everything which slip is two dumb apitol. The only way in reaches th room comes up in tor could reach them f b waite They X eleva ind the ele- Imost without ceasing stairs. This is > in the bas r does not wa d the machin al of machiner re than you is used i plant and nore in the Huge fans pump ate cha and 6 Ans One of and ir out. hen, : are t encouraged to tak becau nt, culiari P 1 b room which no dif- a sup- 3 two ‘clock every day. 3 o'clock” explains the pe- which is probably responsi- for the alleged unprofitableness of Senate restaurant. There is no 1st hour worth speaking of, and r hour. Very few persons eat but luncheon at the Capitol. e Senators breakf: at home and at home; and besides they are not - best patrons of the restaurant. The breakfasts at a hotel and dines ] or a restaurant downtown. Senate restaurant has to keep a force of cooks and scullior waiters as though business con- >d brisk ‘through the whole day. ) 1k f 1d no dinr Yet th as large ti There are many frequenters of the pie counter among the Senators. Thi counter surrounds the dumb waiters, and is decorated with cold turk T st beef and sala s well 1y kinds of pie. There are no seats vou plant your chest or omach—according to your height—against the cold marble, and » of the three colored attendants hands out what you want. It is a common sight f two or three Sena- tors to be standing at this counter, with “Senate pages d committee clerks and messen and Washing- ton correspondents on each side of them, drinking big tumblers of milk i ating pie. Of this pie I have al- so it is not necessary to rs are th explain wt ken, 2 e. This and the oyster counter are in the public restaurant—a ro. divided into two par ; large columns. Two small doorways. one at each end of the pie counter, lead to the rooms which ved to “Senators only.” These rooms were to members of the Hous :nators complain- once open but the 1 ast an oX in ed of the lack of privacy, and now if ¢ feet you enter the inner sanctum it must be 1 one lest of a membe kettles in eaten there, and can t 1 the be that the food is no bett u m pipes the more attractive 4 7 tors’ rooms than they do in the pub lic re arant, and frugal Senato have been known to order a 15 cent plate of soup and eat a whole loaf of bread with it. Many of the New eat pork and bea one place outside New England where real Boston beans are to be had, that is in the Senate restaurant. New England members of the House learned this long ago, and they often make pilgrimages to the Senate w at luncheon time to revive memories home. Sometimes Senate r England Senators for there is ‘only there is a feast in aurant, when from the Northwest r salmon from Oregon, New England Senators pme of game from his home. Then Caterer the prep- ion there is a jolly dinr at which a dozen members » sit down. Oe- al £ gets into a which mak ance of embers a nd the but it is very public iness t od tim that th restaurar ————— A BIG FAMILY GATHERING. Proba ing tb the sy gest family gather- down to dinper in Marin County Christmas day was the O’'Neil reunion at Tomales, Cal. One hundred and four relations of Grand- mother O'Neil, including her children, SEN® MORRILL TAKES BREAD ant MiLK grandchildren and great grandchil- dren, flocked to her home in Tomales to enjoy their Christmas good cheer. Ar- ements had been made to seat the whole family at once. e BOYS WITH BIG BRAINS. A short time ago attention was di- rected to a boy in Berlin who, al- though only two years old, could read in a most surprising manner. He had commenced reading when a baby, and improved his education by spelling out the signs, etc., while heing wheeled about the streets in his baby car- ge. The “learned child of Lubeck’” s another of these precocious in- fants, but he is credited with having such extraordinary talents that one can almost be forgiven for doubting Vice PreSIDENT. - HOBA TARES riis PIE AW MILN WH_gus . PRIVATE ROOMY CONGRESSIONAL RESTAURANT, the veracity of the chronicler. The son of a Hungarian officer also made very rapid strides in learning, and when two years and five months old considered qualified for the second form of the principal national school at his native place. When just under four he was the most proficient of the pupils in reading the German, Hungarian and Latin languages; and he even made more startling progre: in music. Tasso was another smart child,, for he spoke plainly, it is said, when only six months old. When seven years old he understood Latin and Greek, and even composed verses, and before he was 12, when studying law, he had completed his course of rhetoric, poetry, logic and ethics. Lopez de Vega was also fortunate when a boy. At five he could read Latin and Spanish fluently, and at 12 he was master of the Latin tongue and of rhetoric, while at 15 he had written several pastorals and a com- edy. He is stated to have produced about 1800 comedies during his life, so perhaps it was necessary to begin when very young. Grotius was an- other good poet at the ageof 8; at 15 accomplished in philosophy, mathe- matics and jurisprudence, and at 24 he was appointed advocate general of Rotterdam. Barretier at the age of nine was master of five languages, while in his eleventh year he made a translation from the Hebrew to the French and added notes such as would be ex- pected from a man of considerable erudition. Gustavus Vasa was an- other boy of excellent brain power, for at the age of 12 he was able to speak and write Latin, French, Ger- man, Italian, Dutch and Swedish, and he also understood Polish and Rus- sian. A large number of boys are fond of mathematics, but few make such ra- pid progress as did Lewis Ferrara. ‘When eighteen he was appointed a tu- tor in arithmetic, and he was then so well versed in his trade that he was able to hold his own in arguments with the most learned mathematician® of the age. ‘When a boy in school he had distinguished himself in the same line. Pascal, at twelve, had complete- 1y mastered Euclid's Elements without any assistance, and at sixteen he pub- lished a work on Conic Sections, which Descartes was reluctant to believe had been produced by a boy. A French boy of five also showed up so well in Latin, history, geography, mathematics, etc., that the Academy of Montpelier granted him “a most hon- orable certificate.” The “Great Conde” was another boy with brains, and he made good use of them. At eight he understood Latin, and at eleven he wrote a treatise on rhetoric, Three years later he was thoroughly conver- sant with all military exercises. In the world of musie, too, we find many instances of boys giving an ear- ly indication of a remarkable career. Handel and Mozart each showed a lik- ing for music when young in years, and soon made their mark. Handel began composing a church service for voices and instruments when only nine years old, and before he was fifteen he had composed three oper Mozart began the piano at three, and at seven he taught himself the violin. At nine years of age he visited England, and when departing gave a farewell concert at which all the sym- phonies were composed by himself. A year or two ago attention was drawn to a little Polish boy, who, at eight years of age, could play from memory no fewer than fourteen pieces from such composers as Mozart, Bach, Cho- pin, Rubinstein and others. Some remarkable preachers have also started very early. The »be de Rance was a splendid Greek scholar at twelve, and shortly afterwards was appointed to an important benefice. Bossuet preached before a brilliant Parisian assembly at the age of fif- teen; and Fenelon, who afterwards be- came an archhishop, also preached an extraordinary sermon at the same age. / he loves a gam - blin’ his Acon, But dream and he shout - ed,“Roll has caused me to gulss, out de bones} ¢l Ky = s B 33 G Qo s AR, sl ¥ CoLvMBIA = e - =iz .= =3 Worasby MATHEWS a0d BULGER. 571 B Maosic by MAURICE LEV] I must con-fess, My rent ilegro mod¢ e - son Jones, 0] Alleg; ‘d : Dea fu Jo ,_»fon :;— ; == = = Sa—e——a. 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