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A

BACHELOR'S

CUPBOARD

Bachelor

Bonnes

Bouchees

will

show

you

how

to

do

a

"

Mullig^an

"

such

as

w^as

never

seen

on

the

Emerald

Isle,

and

the

student

just

home

from

Hefdelberg

will

tell

you

that

no

German

restaurant

ever

serves

sauerkraut

with

such

delicious

brown

gravy

as

he

learned

to

make

in

Germany

not

even

Tony

Faust

of

St.

Louis,

who

certainly

has

this

continent beaten

on

the

food

of

the

Fatherland.

The

American

Art

Student

home

on

his

vacation

will

deftly

prepare

a

Chateaubriand

by

grilling

a

thick

fillet

be-

tween

two

slices

of

rump

steak,

which

contribute

their

juices,

but

are

thrown

aside

while

the

fillet

is

being

delicately

browned

over

the

hot

coals

before

popping

on

the

hot

platter.

Among

some

of

these

good

things

collected

from

bachelors

and

some

benedicts,

too

are

a

few

so

choice that

they

must

be

mentioned

as

a

part

of

the

stock

of

the

Bachelor's

Cupboard.

"

Tell

me

what

a

man

eats

and

FU

tell

you

what

he

is

"

is

generally

a

pretty

good

rule

to

follow,

but

have

j^ou

ever

tried

to

tell

what

a

man

eats

by

what

he

is?

That

is

the

more

difficult

psychological

problem

to

solve.

There's

David

Belasco,

for

instance.

One

would

imagine

that

the

writer

of "

Zaza

"

and

"

DuBarry

"

and

all

the

rest

would

be

something

of

an

epicure,

and

want

his

dishes

highly

seasoned.

As

he

affirms,

there's

many

a

dish

with

excellent

constituents that

fails

for

lack

of

skill

in

combining

them,

just

as

many

a

good

play

is

ruined

in

the

building,

though

the

raw

material

may

be

excellent.

An

artistic

proportion

should

be

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