Green Corn on Way to Tables in Hotels

Green corn already is being heard from. There was a rumor in the Plaza yesterday that it had been served there, but this could not be verified. In the Hotel Astor it was said corn from Virginia and huckleberries from Virginia were on the way and would be served in a day or two. It also was said that spring chickens, those of this spring, weighed at present not more than a pound and a half, and that the price, even to a hotel buying in large quantities, was sixty cents a pound.

In the St. Regis a special dish of lobster is served, in which the chef, Emile Bailly, takes pride. He calls it "lobster à l'Americaine." To make this dish, cut the meat of a live lobster in slices, setting at one side the green vein or coral of ting at one side the green vein or coral of the lobster. In a shallow saucepan heat equal parts of olive oil and butter. To this add the lobster, seasoned, and when well colored drain of the fat sauce. Blaze the lobster with brandy, and then add chopped shallots with a flavor of garlic, white wine and tomatoes that have been peeled, chopped fine and partly cooked. Enrich with a light meat glaze and permit the whole to simmer about twenty minutes. Remove the pieces of lobster and place in a deep dish. Finish the sauce with fresh butter mixed with the lobster coral. Add chopped tarragon and chevril and cayenne pepper to taste, and pour the sauce over the lobster and serve.

Miss Helen Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Washington B. Thomas, of Boston, who are living at the Plaza, is an accomplished horsewoman, and rides in the park every day. She has won many blue ribbons at horse shows in Boston.

Dining in the Plaza last night were Mr. Robert J. Collier, who had a party of men; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Finley Dunne, Mr. and Mrs. Gail Borden, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart J. Park and Mr. Nikola Tesla.

Mrs. Robert R. Hitt, of Washington, is at the Holland House. Others there are (Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Henshaw, of Providence; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Franklin Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. Ransom R. Cable, and Mrs. Charles Edward Pope, of Chicago, and Mrs. W. Murray Crane, of Boston.

In the St. Regis the dining tables were attractively decorated with lilacs last night. Among those dining there were: — Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Busch, who gave a farewell dinner before starting for Europe.

Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland, of Chicago, are at the Lorraine. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dougherty have left the Hotel Manhattan for the Virginia Hot Springs.

At the Waldorf-Astoria are the Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort; Mr. Richard Middlecott Saltonstall, of Boston, and Mr. William Hartwell Lyford, of Chicago.