The evening world. Newspaper, January 28, 1920, Page 15

As the first New York colonists feasted Gaunt, half-starved Ichabod Crane gazed enraptured 7 » atthe feast in Van Tassel’s mansion—There was the q doughty dough-nut, the tenderer oly-koek, and the crisp and crumbling cruller, sweet cakes and short cakes, ginger cakes and honey cakes, and the whole family of cakes. And then there were apphe pies, and peach pies, and pumpkin pies; besides slices of ham and smoked beef; and moreover. de# lectable dishes of preserved plums, and peaches, and pears, and quinces; not to mention broiled shad and roasted chickens; together with bowls of milk and cream, all mingled higgledy - piggledy."” — WASHINGTON — IRVING'S SKETCH BOOK. i THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920. THE FINE A revel in Carthage FLAUBERT, the great French novelist, gives an appalling descrip tin of a feast in th old days of Carthage—“Then the tables ivere com ered with meat, antelopes with heir horns, peacocks with their plumes, sheep boiled whole in sweet wine, haunches of she-camel and of buffalo, hedge- hogs with garum, fried grass-hoppers, and preserved dormice. Everything was running over with pickles, truffles, and asafoetida. Pyramids of fruit fell in ruins over portions of honeycomb.” — SALAMMBO — GUSTAVE FLAUBERT. . N years gone by, when civilization was cruder, mere quantity, mere ¢xtravagance, were considered impressive. Up. until the time of @ur grandfathers or our fathers, one did not dine, one féasted — tables groaned under the weight of food. Today ten courses of the richest foods do not indicate ‘that the hostess is a woman of the world. The proof demanded now is more subtle, far more difficult; exquisite quality in every detail. Many hostesses attain this perfection in every detail except one—the coffee. This is the ultimate test—the test on which the average hostess fails. Think over the most distinguished hostesses in your set. Remember what perfect coffee they serve. Ask some of them which coffee it is. See if the reply is not “Yuban.” By the greatest coffee merchant in the world, this coffee was selected from all others to be served to his intimate friends. Wherever taste is exceptionally exacting, there you will find that Yuban is served. Its fragrance, its fine, mellow aroma, its rich flavor, are giving many a clever hostess distinction. As Americans dine The subtle discrimination that makes an American dinner is shown in each detail Only the choicest, far-Sought frutts, the rarest fish, game, the most delicate ices. And most important of all is the coffee. The hostess of today is discriminating almost to an extreme in the coffee she serves. The Arbuckl ART OF FEASTING je e é rm. ‘ oe : \ § | In the early days of Merry England The Seah, fare in “Ivanhoe” consisted of swine’s flesh dressed in several modes, also fowls, deer, goats and hares and various fish and the smaller sorts of wild fowl, together with huge loaves Vy cakes and bread and sundry confectfans made of fruits and honey.—1VANHOE,WALTER SCOTT.