? ^AAaJik c\ Joj\sUr<\^ rE7 ,V'S0 0^^ <N ifcl :t. g^> 'y_f. Gin/en By TO THE READER. This book is not in good condition. Please use it carefully. Boston Public Library T")" not "-n'te in this book or mark it with pen or 'ir so doing are imposed by the — nonwealth of Massachusetts. ^nrrotver on the date STATESMEN'S DISHES; AND HOW TO COOK THEM. PRACTICAL AUTOGRAPHIC RECIPES Mrs. BENJAMIN HARRISON, Mrs. William Windom, Mrs. D. J. Brewer, Mrs. John Wanamaker, Mrs. John J. Ingalls, Mrs. William H. H. Miller, Mrs. John Sherman, Mrs. John W. Noble, Mrs. John H. Reagan, Mrs. Jere. M. Rusk, Mrs. M. S. Quay, Mrs. Melville W. Fuller, Mrs. M. C. Butler, Mrs. Samuel F. Miller, Mrs. T. B. Reed, Mrs. Stephen J. Field, Mrs. John G. Carlisle, AND Mrs. Morrison R. Waite, Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs. Philip H. Sheridan, and more than two hundred other women prominent in official and social life at the national capital. WASHINGTON, D. C. THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. MDCCCXC. BRENTANO'S, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, WASHINGTON, PARIS, LONDON. List COPYRIGHT. THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, WASHINGTON, D. C, 1890. PREFACE. WASHINGTON, our beautiful National Cap- ital, is famous for many things, but in lc nothing has it so pleasing a reputation as for refined hospitality. In this charming respect no other city in the world surpasses it — indeed, it is believed that few, if any, equal it. Natural causes produce this. It is the political capital of many more millions of enlightened, progressive and wealthy people than are found in compact territory under any other flag in the world. Public business, the fluctuations of politics, ease of communication, and other reasons combine to bring, at one time or another, representatives at the best of all of these together in Washington. They meet under circum- stances well calculated to promote the development of pleasant social intercourse. With them meet representatives of the most refined and cultivated society of the old world. The result is that the art of entertaining is carefully cultivated, and all that is pleasant and graceful in the science of the table — which must always play so im- portant a part in hospitality— receives its highest development. This collection of practical recipes is of unprece- dented interest and value. Nothing approaching it (5) 6 PREFACE. has ever before been offered the public. All the ladies who have kindly contributed are noted in Washington circles, and far beyond those confines, as hostesses and housekeepers. They are universally recognized as leaders, and the excellence of their en- tertainments has done very much toward building up the reputation of the Capital for refined hospitality. The recipes given are for dishes which have re- ceived the enthusiastic commendation of the most critical diners-out. Most of them are specialties upon which the ladies pride themselves, and not a few are the inventions — the " creations " a French chef de cuisine would say — of the fair contributors.

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? ^AAaJik c\ Joj\sUr<\^ rE7 ,V'S0 0^^ <N ifcl :t. g^> 'y_f. Gin/en By TO THE READER. This book is not in good condition. Please use it carefully. Boston Public Library T")" not "-n'te in this book or mark it with pen or 'ir so doing are imposed by the — nonwealth of Massachusetts. ^nrrotver on the date AND PRACTICAL AUTOGRAPHIC RECIPES Mrs. BENJAMIN HARRISON, Mrs. William Windom, Mrs. D. J. Brewer, Mrs. John Wanamaker, Mrs. John J. Ingalls, Mrs. William H. H. Miller, Mrs. John Sherman, Mrs. John W. Noble, Mrs. John H. Reagan, Mrs. Jere. M. Rusk, Mrs. M. S. Quay, Mrs. Melville W. Fuller, Mrs. M. C. Butler, Mrs. Samuel F. Miller, Mrs. T. B. Reed, Mrs. Stephen J. Field, Mrs. John G. Carlisle, AND Mrs. Morrison R. Waite, Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs. Philip H. Sheridan, and more than two hundred other women prominent in official and social life at the national capital. WASHINGTON, D. C. THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. MDCCCXC. BRENTANO'S, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, WASHINGTON, PARIS, LONDON. List COPYRIGHT. THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, WASHINGTON, D. C, PREFACE. WASHINGTON, our beautiful National Capital, is famous for many things, but in lc nothing has it so pleasing a reputation as for refined hospitality. In this charming respect no other city in the world surpasses it — indeed, it is believed that few, if any, equal it. Natural causes produce this. It is the political capital of many more millions of enlightened, progressive and wealthy people than are found in compact territory under any other flag in the world. Public business, the fluctuations of politics, ease of communication, and other reasons combine to bring, at one time or another, representatives at the best of all of these together in Washington. They meet under circumstances well calculated to promote the development of pleasant social intercourse. With them meet representatives of the most refined and cultivated society of the old world. The result is that the art of entertaining is carefully cultivated, and all that is pleasant and graceful in the science of the table — which must always play so important a part in hospitality— receives its highest development. This collection of practical recipes is of unprecedented interest and value. Nothing approaching it (5) 6 PREFACE. has ever before been offered the public. All the ladies who have kindly contributed are noted in Washington circles, and far beyond those confines, as hostesses and housekeepers. They are universally recognized as leaders, and the excellence of their entertainments has done very much toward building up the reputation of the Capital for refined hospitality. The recipes given are for dishes which have received the enthusiastic commendation of the most critical diners-out. Most of them are specialties upon which the ladies pride themselves, and not a few are the inventions — the " creations " a French chef de cuisine would say — of the fair contributors.

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