TITE OMAIIA SUXDAT BEE: DECEMBER 15. 1D07.
Milan Famous for Its Appetite
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ILAN, Dec. 1. Milan hu had
since early times a reputation
for the gnrgeousness and heavi
ness of Ha banquet. Ooldonl
attributed to the Milaneso an
inordinate love of the stood
things of the table In the following words:
'They (the Milanese) can neither take a
Walk or a drive, nor amuse themselves In
any way, without conversing on the all
engrosstng theme of rating. At the play.
In the heart of their familloi, even at a
(ritual conference, they cannot resist In-
flulfTW In their favorite topic."
Milan retains today Its reputation. At
Christmas time one can see that It eats
well. A walk through Its streets will reveal
hops filled with all the (rood things neces
sary for the festive season.
The beef Is prime none better In all
Italy the turkeys and chickens fattened to
a nicety and the vegetables like one vast
.garden. Perhaps there Is a touch of the
barbaric In this display. It Is true that In
this thriving city of northern Italy they
work well and long, giving the lie to those
who prate of I.atln laziness. It la truer
till that they eat much and often.
A glance back at earlier days reveals the
fact that Barrettl, In the sixteenth century,
drew a comparison between the Kngllah and
the Lombards, likening them to wolves, not
'on account of their roughness of manner
for they were ever cordial and hospitable
but their rapacity In eating and the num
ber and length of their repasts. Hernoldo
In his "Calendar" makes note of the tithes
which were paid to the ehurch; the amount
of money was small, but that of food was
large.
Until the Intermingling with the French
he Milanese cooking was of a primeval
quel more lavish than usual was given by
Vlscontl to his guest, much to the amaze
ment of the latter, who was forced to admit
the superiority of the Milan market over
that of his native Verona. '
There Is a manuscript extant In which
are recorded the festivities attendant on
the marriage of Violante Vlscontl with the
Duke Lionel Tlantagenet, son of Edward
III of England. A glance at the menu
will produce a feeling of surprise and won
der at the marvellous appetites of those
good people.
The wedding dinner consists of eighteen
courses, as follows:
First course. Euckllng pigs wrapped In a
thin coating of gold and fish with their
mouths Klving forth fire.
Second course. Hares roasted and like
wise glided.
Third course. Veal roasted and trout
encrusted In gold.
Fourth course. Quails, pnrtrldges. and
again trout, roasted and similarly gilded.
Fifth course. Ducks, game and more
nsh.
Sixth course. Beef and capons un
adorned Seventh course. Capons, meat and fish
done In lemon.
Highth course. Beef and fish of different
kinds.
Ninth course. Eels and more meat.
Tenth course. Oalatlne of meat and
fish.
Eleventh conrse. Lamb, roasted.
Twelfth course. Hare and wild boar with
onions.
Thirteenth course. Meat and venison.
Fourteenth course. Capons and chickens
with a red sauce of apples and lemons.
Fifteenth course. Peacock with beans,
salted tongue ami roasted carp.
Sixteenth conrse. . Peacocks again, this
time boiled In spices.
Seventeenth course. rhese.
Eighteenth course. Cherries
One is amazed at the repetitions In the
menu and not at the choice of the viands,
for from an epicurean point of view the
dinner lacked much in the way of prepara-
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repasts disappeared entirely. A delicacy
of taste made Itself felt. French cooks
were imported from Paris to teach the
Milanese, and It Is due to them that at
the present time In Italy a Milanese cook
Is prized and ranks next to a French one.
The delicacy of taste was felt throughout
all classes. In his memoirs Ambassador
De Brossxs records with much surprise
the Lombard's love of sweets and relates
having seen a carter leave hl horse to
take care of Itself while he entered a neigh
boring tavern to partake of an Ice cream.
The same Ooldonl who criticised so se
verely the Milanese could not begin or
finish writing a play unless he was munch
ing sweets or those delicious dates from
Africa. With this love of sweets came a
certain effeminacy of manners, and we
find the gay banqueters sluing at table
with their frills and furbelows completely
covered with paper In order that in eating
the much relished sweets they should riot
spoil their finery.
Public banquets grew In popularity. Pa
trician family festivals, marriage feasts,
etc., were celebrated in public and al
fresco. Each trade had Ita favorite eating
""place.
In the square of the Merchants the
watchmakers, the silversmiths, the book
hinders and printers congregated; at Cor
dlzjo the ropemakers, at the Camposanto,
or cemetery, the sculptors, and the pork
butchers and sausage makers under the
Coperto del Flglnl, The cheese seller se
lected an open place In front of a hospital
for their al fresco dinners, while the vege
table mongers ate theirs In the same mar
ket where they plied their trade.
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nature. The banquets were enormous In
length and quantity, but lacking In deli
cacy. The elder Pliny speaks of a certain
Novell lo Trlclntius, a Milanese, who could
swallow three large measures of wine In
- one gulp.
With the passing of time the fame of
these good people Increased. The markets
of Milan became world famous. The Ver
slere, the praises of which were sung In
verse by Cardinall Poszobonelll, was a
market for produce of all kinds. There
was to be found meat and vegetables In
' fend out of season.
Ita fame spread throughout the plains
of Lombardy and all neighboring cities
knew of Its glory. It even equalled and
subsequently excelled the celebrated mar
ket of Verona.
There was at this time In Milan a certain
Veronese nobleman named Cane delta
Bcalla, a man presumably of a Joking turn
of mind, who was the guest of Giovanni
Galeazso Vlscontl. Early one morning
ha ordered his servants to buy up the
choicest of everything In the market, hop
ing thereby to make his beat host cut a
orry figure.
Galeazzo Vlscontl, secretly hearing of
his guest's Intention, sent word to the head
of the Veralere, recommending htm to
look well to Its reputation. So well did
this man fulfil his mission that three times
did the servants of the Veronese nobleman
trip the marketplace of Ita choicest stock
only to see It replenished. And what was
. Jnore wonderful still, that same day a ban-
tlon and manner of serving. To the mod
ern mind the thought of fish and meat so
lavishly garnished with gold would tend
to revolt rather than tempt the palate.
In the succeeding years the manner of
preparing food changed little by little, and
a liking for dishes a trifle bizarre and
grotesque began to be felt. The wags of
the day made many a Jest and the street
poets earned many an honest penny from
their parodies on th foolish tastes of the
day.
The coming of French Influence caused
a revolution gastronomlcally and the heavy
of whom the feast was given would drive
In a carriuge, visiting the various locali
ties, applauded vigorously by all the merry
makers. These forms of entertainment
continued until the beginning of the war
for the unity of Italy, when th citizens ot
Lombardy had more important things to
think about than the mere Indulgence of
the appetite. Only after heroic deeds and
many sacrifices did their minds turn again
toward festivities, and then It was to wel
come back the returning band of warriors
who had fought for the Independence of
their country.
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Gossip About Noted People
Father of Modern Joaraallara.
OSEP1I PULITZER, publisher of
the New York World, has been
and la ona of the most prodlg--ious
workers the world has
tnown. A writer in the Broad
way Magaaina relatea that last
April when the heads of departments were
fathered to celebrate his 60th blrthrday,
Mr. Pulitzer sent out one of his remark
able cables this man who came to America
as an emigrant, knowing- not a word of the
language, has become one of the great
masters of English In which he announced
his retirement from active direction of his
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newspapers. Every paper In New York
printed this announcement except one the
World. His editors knew he could no mora
give up work than he could live without
breathing. Mr. Pulitier was furious over
his employes refusing to take his an
nouncement seriously, but he was very
careful not to inquire who was respon
sible. He has a remarkable faculty for ap
pearing; densely Ignorant about things he
does not want to know.
He Is not only a Worker, but a worker
who Is driven on and on by an idea, a
fundamental thing he believes in. The fame
and the wealth he has won were not the
objective, but merely . Incidental rewards.
For nothing could be more misleading
than to epitomize the earner of Joseph Pul
itser from the viewpoint of pi rural achieve,
nient. That he cams from Budapesth,
Hungary, whew, he was born In 1847. and
In early manhood began as a reporter
at meager wages on the Westliche Post, a
German newspaper published in St. Louis;'
(hat he was frugal and inspired sufficient
confidence In St. Louis financial quarters to
obtain such loans as enablsd him speedily
to become managing editor and part pro
prietor of the newspaper; that in 1S7S h
bought the moribund St. Louis Post and St.
Louis Dispatch, combining them as the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch and making that
newspaper a potent factor In public affairs
In the west; that In 1SS3 he baught the New
York World and made it one of the most
successful and most powerful newspapers
In this country all these things lose their
real significance unless there is presented
an outline of what he accomplished with
his newspapers. Today the World, with its
combined morning and evenlflg circulation
of upwards of 800,000 ooples on week das
and nearly 6u0,000 pn Sundays, Is enjoying
the greatest financial prosperity and power
It has ever known. Beside bis achievement
In sharing with the late James Gordon
Bennett the honor of being the father of
the modern metropolitan newspaper, lie
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For years and years Mr. Pulltxer was
scornfully referred to as an adventurer,
and the charge was true, In Ita fair sense,
because he advanced In fields that no
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Rhode Island's Interests, Wetmore belong
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capltol asked a statesman to direct him to
the committee on library of the senate.
"Whom do you want to aee thereT" the
statesman asked.
"The senator from Rhodo Island."
"Oh, you want to see Aldrich. He's at
the head of the finance committee."
"No, I don't want Aldrich. Wetmore Is
the man I'm after."
The statesman shrugged his shoulders.
"My man," he observed, "you know your
own business best. Rhode iBland has two
votes In the senate, but only one senator.
He Is Aldrich."
From Singer to Mayor.
Seldom do we hear of a puolio singer
who, after retiring from the stage, takes
up civic honors. liut such Is the case with
sllchael Maybrlck, known to the world
under the fictitious nnm of "Stephen
Adams." the popular composer of countless
ballads which are heard at concerts all the
world over. Mr. Maybrk-k has filled the
office of mayor of Ryde, Isle of Wight,
with thorough efficiency.
Thirty years ago, wrieo Maybrlck first
rame out, relates the New York Press, he
looked more like a Kentucky colonel than
an Englishman. His fine, buoyant singing
of his own songs In his resonant voice
the purest baritone charmed and delighted
his audiences. He sang "The Warrior
Bold," "Nancy I.ee." "True Till Death"
and "The Midshlpmlte."
One night while singing "The Midshlp
mlte" at a concert, the accompanist went
peacefully on until Maybrlck. thinking to
help by turning over the music, stretched
forth his arm as he began the refrain
"With a long, long pull, and a strong,
strong pull" and his cuff link caught in
the pianist's hair. The audience saw the
hair gradually rise, and discovered to their
Infinite amusement that it was a wig. The
victim suddenly realised what was hap
pening and clapped both hands to his
head, being Just In the nick of time to
"effect a clever save," as foot ball parlance
has 1L
After singing, Maybrlck would go to the
piano and accompany Edward Lloyd, the
great tenor. In those two beautiful and
beautifully sacred songs, "The Holy City"
and "The Star of Bethlehem," which have
attained worldwide fame and out ot which
Maybrlck has realised a fortune. A really
Governor H agues' Scbool Days.
Governor Hughes of New York was born
In Olens Falls forty-five years ago. His
father, a native of Walea, was a Baptist
clergyman; his mother had been a school
teacher, relates Pntnam's Monthly. The
niJt significant anecdote of the boy Hughes
la told of the period when be was less
than 6 years old. He had begun to go to
school, and after two or three days of at
tendance went to his father's study and
laid on the desk a papur on which he had
written, "Charles E. Hughes, his plan of
study."
"Papa, I don't like It at school," said
the boy, "teacher goes over and over the
same thing and I get nervous. I could do
better at home."
The pussled father looked at the paper
and found the boy had drawn up a plan of
study and recitation at home. He accepted
the plan and for several years the young
student followed his own schedule.
! A few years later the young Hughes
entered the public schools of New York
City and was duly graduated from public
school No. 36. delivering the salutatory of
his class. During these earlier years his
reading was confined exclusively to works
of science and It was not until he entered
college that he began hU reading of fiction
even then it was in a systematic fashion.
At IS the boy was ready for college and
his father took him to Hamilton, but tlio
faculty thought him too young and turned
him away. The boy waited a year, but it
was a year of work, not rest, and the fol
lowing year he entered Hamilton as a
sophomore.
"The faculty still thought Mm too
young." Dr. Hughes once said, "but I told
them I thought I knew the power of the
boy for endurance better than they." A
year later the boy quitted Hamilton for
Brown. He had found the work there
"too easy." Although he entered Brown
in the middle of the course, he was gradu
ated with honors, holding third place In
his class and winning various prizes.
From Brown Mr. Hughes went to Delhi,
In Delaware county, where he taught In
the local academy during the morning and
read law afternoon and evenings. During
the last campaign Governor Hughes spoke
In Delhi and there he met one of his old
pupils.
"We used to study algebra together,
didn't we!" inquired the candidate, by way
of introducing the old acquaintance to a
gToup of reporters who stood by.
"Wa-al ya'os," was the deliberate an
swer, "and after six weeks I guess you
knew all about It."
Poverty of a Song Writer.
Tom Magulre, the one time famous com
poser of popular songs, who wrote "Walt
Till the Clouds Roll By," is blind, duaf
and compelled to earn an Insufficient living
by pluylng the concertina before the lines
of people who wait at the doors of London's
theaters nightly; he has been arrested for
"creating an obstruction" and haled Into
court, but was discharged by a kind
hearted n.aglHtrate.
Magulre's case Is a striking contrast to
the stories one reads of thousands of dol
lars made out of popular songs. In his
day, Magulre's songs were as popular as
any, but If thousunds were made from
them, he, at least, never saw any of them.
"Wait Till the Clouds Roll By" and
"Three Leaves of Shamrock," both of
which were written by Magulre, were al
most as popular and widely known In the
United Stales as in England. His "Bold
Robert Kmmtt," "The Sweetest Sweet
heart of All," "Spare the Old Mud Cabin,"
"The Soldier's Letter," "The Wars Are
Over, Mother Dear" and "Kathleen As
Ihore" all made big hits In Kngland and
thousands of copies were sold, yet Tom
never received a penny of royalty. For his
"Three Ieaves of Shamrock" he was paid
H0; "Spare the Old Mud Cabin" netted him
J6 and "The Soldier's Letter", he sold for
Magulre makes his way about with the
help of ills wife. He plays some of his
old tunes and she tries to sell cheap copies
of the music. His concertina Is cracked
and the miuic is wretched, but the devoted
wife can see no blemish.
"If he only had a Dew concertina," she
aid in court, "Tom could get a turn In
one ot the music halls. He plays Just
lovely, does Tom." "For old times' sake"
some of those who have profiled by the
genius of the fallen song writer are going
to help hliu.
LABOR AND IMDUSTHV.
Every 190.&3 tons of coal mined In the
United States last year oost one life.
Canada's clothing Industry of all kinds
gives employment to tt,0U0 people.
It is said that the pay roll In Salem,
Mass., shoe factories totals au,000 a week,
or Sl.OOO.ouO a year.
The latest thing in nonunionlam Is a
strike-preventatlve organisation. Strike
Breaker Farley Is at the head of it.
An effort is being made to fix a uniform
rate of 12.60 a day for laborers in the de
partment of water, electricity and gas in
New Tfork City.
The American Federation of Labor hs
Issued no less than 313 charters for new
unions during the lam twelve months. Tho
net gain in membership has been lM.OOO.
inventors are perfecting a new lock
stitch machine which. It is claimed, will
take l,!fc stitches a mttiuie, and enable
an operator to do 60 pairs of shoes a day,
or a pair a minute.
Boarding house mistresses of West
Hpritisrleld, IVIsss. . have fnrnird a union to
maintain price. This was brought about
because of the higher rents demanded by
landlords and the Increased cost of prod
ucts for the table.
The number of persons registering for
employment . during the Isst year at the
free employment offices of Illinois was M.
sU; a gain over the year before of 12.1',
or 'X.m i i r cent. The number of positions
secured was W.IM7, a gain for the year of
1-1, CIS, or per cent. There lias been a
grottier Increase In the demand from em
ployers for help, fnf the laut year .!
employers made applhallon fur help, show
ing an increase of lb.SJl. or 3U.M per cent.
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