GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 592, 21 August 1909, Page 11

GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

,M. Escoffier, the famous chef of the Carlton, has recently been providing -Ms patrons with certain ■ disnes not usually found in English ■ kitchens. Among the principal. novelties on which gourmets havebeen invited to pronounce judgment, are "lesser bustards,". specially imported from .America. These birds are said'to resemble the wild duck in flavour, the most sought after, portions being the hind legs. Another new, plat .is wild boar.. Then thore is also "fogoSch," a rare variety of fish, which King Edward is reported to have regarded with . favour. Certain modern epicures, too, have recently tried such' ra'ritios as camel's hump and bison's tongue. Attempts to-introduce new features into -a"; menu do not, a*s a rule, according to hotel chefs', of • wide experience, turn .out very' satisfactorily. ■ "loridoners," -says , M. Escofner,."dislilco strange innovations-for: the v table,', audtheso are-.usually, a Bourse 'of/pecuniary loss to the management.": In Paris, , on the , other, hand,, tho public's taste is all fornovelty, arid the restaurant proprietor.-there : has only to'advertise a new item on his menu '.'" to ensure. a busy evening. -,' \ ■.■'■■-. .. > Although the fact that Mrs. Roosevelt's husband is no longer. President will allow her,;a ■ little more privacy .than sho'has lately : been accustomed to,, it is\ certain.'that,,she will be much sought after wherever she .may go.. . While she was at the White House Mrs.i'Koose- • velt'made herself* immensely popular,'and ; a leading diplomat once spoke , of, her as "i wgmah of trenioudous power and .force."-,As most people s are aware, Mrs.: Roosevelt is the .-''. ek-i'resident's second wife, and she had known him many j-oars! before his previous marriage. After the sad death of his'first wife,'after .'. only a year of married life, New' York was. one day electrified by. hearing that.she .was on- V gaged to her old playmate. Mrs. Eoosevelt is . an' ardent collector Or old ohina, and under her" Bupervision one of the most valuable oollec- •'. tions in America -naa placed,in White House.' Tho. collection was composed:of : rem- ■.; nants of the dinner-sets' which Eormer Presidential families, and-is natureJly. a! great historical interest. ..' , . ; ■ ■;' . *■ ■. .. ■ : .■ '" ' ' :' ' '"' .. .:V. ■ .■.■.,.■' \ iThe-clever.wife of the.new theatrical knight has'for long, been known as fcho most; learned- ■ 3,f Hving ; English ; _actresses. She early developed. l tasia -for classics -and mathematics, and her ; Favourite,subject-'was Greek, at which.she.at,.' :-.' tained-:to v great' t eißcien'cy/ , , Many yi?ars Wo ;- sne'-.took-Vpaitiiiv-a"Greek play before.an audi.-,. -, snco.that numbered-so distinguished a classical [iuthority'-a3 the late Mr. Gladstone.' Besides her -histrionib talent, Lady Tree has many . jifts of an"artistic'nature. .She is possessed of r i charming voice, which she has often used to advantage in public, and she can. paint and Iraw very cleverly. Lady Tree is credited with, having written what is.probably the shortest autobiography: on-record. . Here'lt is: "This is, -:' 1 the life of little me; I am the wife of Beer- . bohm Tree." lady Hree lias told an amusing, ~, storyof:herearly "stage-struck" days which is. ,-;■ worth-repeating.;' She was a great admirer of Sir almost every day she. "'; would walkj miles o,iit of. her way in order'to, pass Ilia'-window; jLong. afterwards, she-met the great actor ib. the flesh, and told him abbut , her early hero-worship. But Sir Henry's,replj ; was disconcerting. • ".Very.nice, very ;interest .: ing,-":- he said j "but that wiis not. my window. • 1 lived opposite." ■'-■'. , •;; ..;. ' ■ -.'' -■■ ".",,' < .' —■ — / .' '