Crepes Suzette

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     Grant Barrett has to eat something in Paris.
     The OED has 1907 ("Suzette"), with a note that the "crepes suzette"
originator (cited below) died at age 81 in 1961.  Was the "crepes suzette"
created in 1894-95?
     From the BAR & GRILL JOURNAL, July 1938, pg. 21, col. 2:

_Famous Chef Recalls Birth of Crepes Suzette_
     "When I was but 14 years of age," writes Henri Charpentier of "original
Henri," 666 Scranton Avenue, Lynbrook, L. I., "I had the honor and pleasure
of creating a dish for His Highness, Edward, Prince of Wales, later Edward
VII King of England.
     "It was the Cafe de Paris in Monte Carlo where, through a series of
fortunate circumstances, this great honor was bestowed upon me, an assistant
waiter.
     "My creation was completed.  It was to be a rare tasting pancake made
with Suzette butter, and served with a cordial sauce, principally cointreau.
I was working in front of a chafing dish when, quite by accident, the cordial
caught fire.  I was mortified to think of delaying the Prince.
     "In my dilemma, I tasted the sauce.  To my astonishment, I found it the
most delicious melody of sweet flavors I had ever tasted.  That accident of
the flame was precisely what was needed to bring all of the ingredients into
one harmony of taste.  I plunged my supply of folded pancakes into the
boiling sauce.  I submerged them and turned each pancake deftly.
     "The Prince ate the dish with obvious enjoyment, using a spoon to
capture the remaining syrup.  He christened my creation Crepes Suzette.
     "In the last forty years I have served this dish to celebrities the
world over among whom were Sarah Bernhardt, Mashal Jeffre, DIamond Jim Brady,
and a host of others.  The formula has been slightly changed but the
principal flavoring ingredient is still Cointreau."