The Nebraska Independent

DINING WITH THE PRINCE.

What People May Expect Who Receive
an Invitation to His Table.

The prince of Wales' dinner begins
punctually at 8:45 p. m., and lasts an
hour and ten minutes. Rapid service
is a household law, and is quite neces-
sary as the menu is rather extended.
though not ostentatiously elaborate.
Four or five waiters only are allowed
to enter the dining hall. The kitchen is.
of course. at some distance, but for
the sake of dispatch a serving-room ad-
joins the dining-hall, and here a little
army of assistants supplies the waiters
at an instant's notice. Soft. low music
is played during the entire hour. The
menu card is almost severe in its plain-
ness, having simply a narrow gold bor-
der. surmounted by the royal crest, and
is always printed in French.
The
courses are arranged in first and sec-
ond service. In each course an alterna-
tion of china and silver plates is strict-
ly observed; for instance, turtle soup
in silver plates and bisque in china
plates. For the first course a fillet of
tout artistically garnished, upon an
oval entree dish of silver, and sole with
rich "sauce" on a china plate, guests
being given choice of either fish.
"Cotelettes de volaille" and "chaud
froids" follow: and then comes haunch.
of venison on large silver dishes, and
saddles of mutton, also on silver. The
meats are all previously carved in the
serving room. Dainty deserts conclude
the bountiful repast