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Representative Moore's
Popularity a Strain on
His Digestion
TWINING out is a splendid means of
I J becoming acquainted with peo-
pU in a personal way espe
cially for a man holding office does the social
dinner or banquet form an important part in
his career. No form of entertainment so
tends to make a man understand his real posi
tion in life; for it is a place where the rough
edges are smoothed, and enemies can meet
and have a good tibte."
The Hon. J. Hampton Moore, con
gressman from Philadelphia, made this dec
laration the other day. Few congressmen
excel Mr. Moore in popularity as a banquet
guest either In Washington or in his home
city, Philadelphia; indeed, one newspaper re
ports his having attended 103 banquets in
102 days. This, Mr. Moofe says, is
slightly exaggerated, although he has a rec
ord of about T$o banquets during two years
of office. .
What Mr. Moore has to say about din
ing out is of interest. As secretary of the
famous Five o'Clock Club of Philadelphia
he has made himself, the club and Philadel
phia famous. There are few more enjoyable
talkers and clever raconteurs when cqfee is
served than the Philadelphia congressman.
There are secrets to success in all trades and
professions and even recreations. Mr. Moore
says:
"The experienced diner-out must be
cautious about his eating and drinking, and
though he attend two or three banquets a
night at the height of the season, he must
yet preserve himself for the business of the
morrow. He dare not overindulge."
would in dul we himself at
nisrht It would be almost
two and three banquets a
suicidal, one wouia noi
dare eat and drink all the things that are oizerea.
msrmttnn In this .matter is necessary for the man
who would be successful at dinners."
Attending as many banquets aa he does, one would
Imagine that Mr. Moore's fund of stories and talks
would run out. The surprising thing Is that the
don't. And the reason:
"I never prepare a talk In advance; In fact, attend
lng as many dinners as I have, that would be Impos
sible. Usually I talk on the spur of the moment, and
I pick un topics of Interest. A story Is good after
dinner If It Is not too long. A Joke 1 aft excellent.
should be alncere in what he
ays and nothing impresses an audience so much as
sincerity. There are men, however, who, like Car
lyle, won't talk because they tear the terrible conse
quences of their words!"
Mr. Moore went to Washington in December, 1906.
Since then Washington has been coming to him with
Invitations. His average number of banquets during
a term was -three a week; often, however, he went
every night except Sunday. In Philadelphia he is
continually in receipt of invltatlens he has gone to
working men's banquets and millionaires' dinners.
In Washington he has gone to banquets of the arl
ous clubs, Masonic dinners, congressional dinners,
beneficial and fraternity dinners, waterway Commis
sion dinners. Board of Trade dinners, commercial din
ners, National Geographical Society dinners, dinners
given by congressmen and senators, public and pri
vate. Mr. Moore has given and been given dinners.
Once a noted Philadelphia olub went in a body to
Washington to give its periodical dinner there, In
order that Mr. Moore, who was very busy at the time,
could attend without Inconvenience. '
Mr. Moore's career aa a diner-out began In Phila
delphia. While a reporter on a dally newspaper, he
was elected secretary of the famous Five o'clock
Club of Philadelphia nineteen years ago. The election
of the baby member to this office was regarded by
some of the older members with some misgiving. At
one of the first affairs of which he had charge the
secretary of the Clover Club approached "Hampy"
and took him aside. " Hmp'," he said, "let me give
you some advice. Don't ever try to imitate the Clover
Club"
"I never, will," earnestly declared the young secre
tary. At that time the Five o'Clock Club got out con
ventional menus, with Inscriptions from ghaftespesre,
Milton and other "heavies.' Instead of the trite
"quotes" from the Bard of Avon, there appeared on
the menus quotations from the talk of t-rlsjlit tueiu
bars, and a great hit waa scored. -
"What's the use of printing trite quotations when
we have Juet as good original matter at band." said
secretary Moore, 'home of the membors are saying as
greet things as some of Hhakespearel"
This was the new secretary's first Innovation,
Others followed. A Five o'Clook dinner was aa.
nounoed, and lol when the diners assembled there
were souvenirs such as they had never heard of be
forel One of the first was a clock modeled after that
of the old matehouse In Philadelphia. There were
chatelaines for the ladles and Innumerable other
elever novelties. Hut this was not all. Mr. Moore
broke Into verse.
Eplee flowed from his pen in which the members
of the club figured. There were poems of all kind
and the members and guests. were delighted. In the
menus, for Instance, sunn a poem aa this, entitled
"Greeting." waa likely to greet them:
Te ask me the sln of the Five o'Clock Ctubl
It U "Jfntvr end be of our kind ;
Te esk me the time of th Piv o'Clock Club! .
It Is "Now" whan w look not bhlnii
Te ask m the lew of the rive o'clock Clubl
It la solaoe for bod v end mind. , -
Then follow the alsn, if y pi mm, . ":
In tne time thet doth welcome ye here.
For the lew stttlt each at hie ,
And the Ule of the der dlwppver.
Ouesta were entertained by the oluh from all parts
of the country, and from 14000 to 16000 a year waa
spent making the hospitality of Philadelphia famous.
As a consequence, Mr. Moore waa Invited here, there
and everywhere, and when he went to Washington
he was already well known.
"I had little difficulty when I got to Washing
ton." said Mr. Moore- "I had already met -many men
at the dining clubs. The social feature of the dining
olub Is of great advantage to the man in publio life
rou get o anow men in a more personal way. xou ,
earn the good Qualities of those about you."
"What, In your opinion, Is the secret of a dinner's
suocessf was asked.
"Much depends on the manner of the banquet, on
the inspiration. If a dinner Is for committing some
one to some project or policy, or is called with s pur
pose behind It, It may not be as successful as the
host 'could wish. If a chairman Is weak, or cannot
appreolate the merits of his guests, he may not be
able to get them to assemble again. An Incompetent
chairman could spoil any dinner. A cold, lnoonsld
erate chairman will not make friends. I observe
good material about every board and a good chair
man should be able to" get something out of every
dinner.
"Some men hesitate to speak a good chairman
can make almost any man appear In good form."
"How did you learn the art of talking?"
"I Just did it." replied the congressman with a
smile. "It was at the Thistle Club, and I got up,
nerved myself and talked."
HELPS IN A BUSINESS WAY
"Do congressmen do much dining?" was asked. ""
"Some do and some don't. The majority are not
n uiuoib-vui. Duma rw luu vurny ; some won v.
me senators will not dine unless they have
iiunin s nonce Deiorenana. bo me are areadluliy ae
tiborate about making an utterance, and want to
prepare things carefully, fearing the dreadful effect
of their grave opinions. Some go without prepara
tion. . :
"In Washington, as elsewhere, as I say, by dining
out one gets in more friendly touch with people,
which helps one in a business way later. Among the
banquets in Washington, those of the Gridiron Club,
. of course, are the best known. They get most dis
tinguished speakers, and one derives genuine pleasure
listening to them. Vice President Fairbanks Is one
of the most delightful hosts."
last May Congressman Moore attracted country
wide attention by Introducing an act to regulate
laundries. In Washington the tearing of one's cloth
ing to shreds by the laundries has long been a matter
of complaint, both with residents and officials and
their families. The act, which would prevent Mr.
Laundryman from eating up your dress shirt with
acids, provoked a great deal of good-natured raillery.
"But it Is a serious proposition this laundry busi
ness," declared the congressman. "When one dines
.out he must wear clean shirts, and he doesn't want a
shirt frayed like a flag turned loose in the breezes.
It is not true that I went to Washington with only
two shirts and lost one, nor that I had 102 shirts to
wear to ius banquets. But the shirts I did have were
being rapidly destroyed by the laundries. My experi
ence was not different from, dozens of other men who '
came to me. Regiments of government clerks, whose ,
. salaries were being eaten up, thanked me for ' the '
action. I expect to see the bill passed next term."
In a speech before the House last May Congress
man Moore had this to say:
"The purpose of the bill has no other drnlflcsnce than
that it Is desired to compel those who take the property of
the publio into their laundries to treat It decently and return
It In sood order. Why should not this be done? Laying
aside the aggravation which comes to men and women alike
as the result of 'heir nerve-racking laundry experiences, why
should not the proprietors of these establishments give the
same careful attention to their work as Is required in other
lines?
"why should they be permitted to wantonly destroy prop
erty that Is placed in their keeping? We protect the cus
tom mT: of tha KvocmT ntnt thm aAle of adulterated food
products; we require reutaurafits. employment agencies and
other establishments where publio service Is extended to
oomply with certain standards and abide by certain rules
of decency; we hold in check a hundred businesses and
occupations that might run riot and that doubtless would
fiermlt the unscrupulous to take advantage of the unwary
f regulations were not In force. . ,
"If, therefore, a housewife who has difficulty enough In
keeping expenses within the income of the husband finds It
necessary to send table linen, bedding or wearing apparel
to a publio laundry, why should it be put Instantly, as it
were. Into the 'jaws of death' and so macerated as to be
unfit for further use?" '
Of course, it is needless to remark that the laun
dry question assumed more than ordinary importance
to one so popular as Mr. Moore with seventy-five
banquets a yearl v
ting the Mate with Strang Piste
p
ERHAPS dining out to you may seem the
crowning Joy of a congressman's career or
any kind of successful career.
Perhaps you picture to yourself visions of Lu
cullan, repasts, with food on one hand and wines on the
other an unlimited quantity of rare eatables and drink
ables. Possibly you long for the dainties brought In by
the waiters, to hear the popping of corks from apol
llnarls and other bottles, to eat to your heart's con
tent with the greatest and wisest of the land.
And you dream' of going from one dinner table
to another dinner table as transitions from one gas
tronomio heaven to another.
But to be a champion diner-out to attend a func
tion almost every night for a week, and sometimes
two and three affairs a night you think this must be
the some of human enjoyment.
This is the record of Congressman Moore. 'He has
reason to be proud of it, not because of any Gargan
tuan feats which he accomplished In the storing away
of filets of beef or of something else, but becaase thev
attest to his popularity. '
Mr. Moore, during his term at Washington, lit
erally goes from one dining table to another, and In
Philadelphia from one dining board to the next. But
the strain has become such that he declares he is
cutting out all but really Important functions.
This is an Item of news Importance to the honor
able and ancient class of good eaters, for Mr. Moore's
after-dinner talks were rare treats. They came aa
brain dessert after the grosser physical foods had
begun te assimilate with "extra dry" varieties of
era.
s popularity, let It be stated. Is not due
.his good looks. Despite fats extensive
thirst quenchers.
Mr. Moore
altogether te
dining out, he Is thin
reincarnation of I
susrestinn that hi maw k a
the famous corpulent senatorial diner-
out oi loero s time win be diesipa
and seee Mr. Mcore for himself.
Be le of medium height, slight of build, with a
pleasant face, alert, keen black eyes and net too lux
uriant hair. His charm Ilea In his manner, which Is
cordial and unaffected. Mret of the dinners he at-
tsnos are stag anaira. no snows little, and wt
knew little, about chic dress and "social
doodle." He goee to banquets te meet folks, te
to entertaisj won no is coiled upon and te enjoy
the spirit ef rood-fellowship whlcit prevaila,- Of his
dining out, what has he te say?
"I have had experience at dinner from the time
whea J was a newspaper reporter, when It was a
"Cme and get something to eat.' until new when Pve
get te avoid eating that which cornea.
rrse diae. mast so caaueaa If
Temp
f ';iIr,Rv I r'7r77 .pUnter of bone, as usual; alapa them into the 9 .'iMV .
V,
"N
want these chopt cut at leaat an ipcn
thick, because) I'm going to hare com
oanr. and I want to broil them, and I
aimplr can't have them tasting like shoa leather.
And do trim off at leaat aome of the bone before
you weigh them; I don't thitJt I ought to vtj 25
centa a cound for bone, ren if lmb U high.''
And the good, kind butcher euta them half an
inch thin, aa uaual; chip! off the, infinitesimal
snlinter of bone, as usual: tlsDI them into the
r - . . .
Quick rolling paper, aa uaual; and hands them to
you, with the usual: "There you are, Mra. So-and-
Anything more today t' '
Cheer up. There are other staple tlian beef,
pork and mutton in the world'a larder. Hemem
ber, if you want to give a run for their money to
all those circus aociety folk in New York who are
writhing under the ezcoriationa of Mra. William
Aitor, you can have a menu of marvels soch as are
the delicacies of all the clituates and races of the
earth '
But those men were not the fools their town thought
them. They approached their steaks with; mouths aa
open as their minds. They agreed that horse meat was a j
mighty enjoyable viand. In the years that have passed,
their example and the experience of the Parisians during f
their fearsome siege has borne highly Important results. ,
Horse meat has become a considerable factor In the
world's dietary. In Berlin there are regular slaughter
houses for horses, and hundreds of tons of the meat are
consumed annually. . . .
So with dogs. The dog. until the last ten years, was
the piece de resistance of the tMoux Indian alone: horrible
the tales that Germany read of the podaloh on the Amer-
lean prairtes. where the abandoned aborigines Immolated
their faithful dogs In the kettle of hospitality. Today im
perial Berlin has its dog abattoirs, under government In
spection, where thousands of animal are slain, for food
VT3ake a' walk through the Italian settlement of your
city and buy a few pounds of those black shellfish they
call mussels, at 4 cents a pound. Bought in cold weather
and served In a cream dressing flavored with their own
juices, after they have been steamed like oysters, and
you will have a dish fit for the most exacting epicure.
You will find those Italians selling one of the most
repulsive-looking fish the seas hold, the squid, or devil
fish Given even a moderately cultivated Latin taste, and
you will admit that the squid tastes far better than he
You will always find Neapolitans selling snails, great,
big fellows, curled buck tightly in their sheila Cook
them and try to eat them, and you will long to return
and commit murder. But betake yourself to a French
restaurant and order French snails, and you will think of
Manning a small farm In your own backyard.
When your husband feels very flush and you adven
. turous there is nothing to debar you from a trip to
rhlnatown and a banquet there, whose delights will titil
late your palate, as Its expense will stagger your eco
nomical humanity. But don't abstain on any score of
taste. Shark s-fin soup Is truly a delicacy, and blrds'
nest soud made from nests of oriental seablrds, glud
torether with the saliva of the fowl and gleaned from
cliff faces at Imminent risk of life by hardy hunters, u
worth the 5 you two will pay before you get enough of it.
It Is really nothing more than a matter of taste, afts ,
il The oallld clay-eaters of the Carollnaa would look
with horror on the hungry Russian of the autumn of
,vs who is today mixing common weed seeds with hit
wheeS stay his avid stomach. whUe the starving Chi
nese Twill shriek in gratitude at sight of alone tree from
which they can strip the bark. VV .
You will pay W cents this winter for a brmiS of rab
bits, and thank your lucky stars te get them. In Ati- ,
atrallaTnot long ago, at a sheering camp, the meo. nearly
nurtVrs To5k for serving them rabbit stew. Tn.ro
U,, rabbit is vermin, on a plane with rats. Dut a
kangaroos taU. stewed, is esteemed a dish for mil
lionaires.
aVte" TOW,W
nap- I I raw beef.
help I -,Itl oAit i
eniav w .. .
dainty sandwich or two of plain, boaest
minced with some onions and seasoned
ana pepper or. better. Imported paprika T
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very highly prised by many cultivated Oermans and ooe
that Is coming te be more and more appreciated by Amer
icans who knew bow nourishing It caa b.
Why, It Is the refinement of del kcaten. If you come
to compare It with a drink that is still Indulged ta by
many aaamie peopie. a drink whlca boa beera superseded
In the United States only within the last five years
other means for the care of tabercoloeie.
There le swt a butcher ta any large dty ef the coun
try who will fall ta recall the ttme Vooa fee used te re
ewlvo apr-Dcatioaa frees youag (iris for a cbaaoe to enter
the abattoir every tiomnt aad drink a glase of pure
blnod. bet with the life ef the newly kli)d steer as It
poured from the eevered arteiiea.
It wss euppoed to tee evrerclgw for conmopOv
Over ta Hungary there etkil rvmato busters wrsa, at the
asatb ef their quarry, eut the aagiar aad drtnk the flow.
tng L: strsasa, ooa&deat that It makes them strong aaa
hearty. " .
Only one gaaaratloa baa passed since a party ef boa
vtvante In Phiiadaiphia sat eVowa te a steak dinner which
had he provided tv the favorite eveed'af thlr boS
aa ipr1mmt la gtrftnmy rerdd at the time Witts
wnaffocted daa-ust by tboir feltow-dttaese at home end
fiwvVra rr taa story er the oanng inaorauea
heralded afar.
In ErVpt the loruat comee down nowadsys, at timr.
Dlaxulnglv as it did when patriotio pfcaruflh j
cursed for his policies. I!"!f,.u'?' J." a '
destruction, nettle on harveat
War aa a brick Yarn. tut tne naua r
ortwo since Pharaoh got ta bad on the aemltio 5'u.,r.
The-T the locuwe Instead of the graiB. la
and In locust cakes, the depredators are a pHred Srt ....
" diet, lad Europeans whi have eate, them agree I. t
'hntAfre'trrs hsve a sreHal l'mha r
elcadaaTln wb-h the laeecte are ooblnl with cru- '
Tfr are honey snta, wsoee ateVMnn, e.ini -a
itngW dr7f P-rJ hof-T. Is of by p.,
rnictlA. wte tbyar procurahi-. C t-rrniJ , i. ,
?ckeia, Wtert .) r-.w-. r, t, . .
rn'rl.nrtrcf tb. omnlvorooe V twr Ind sn. a
thenTare dttct-e that Mve . re.1 tv , a
,l,ld tastes ee the artite rf r.rjt.i.-i I
ITihe one haad. and s-'ts eslUvated
Creeks sad Romans aa the e&r,
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