The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-22

seemad In my impressionable mind she
very pe.sonincation of erSse md
beauty. hut hssycn: ,,i hHw S%s,,s &C. Sos sse
truGics, 10 say nothing OF h champagne.
arsce va. q revelation and vSose mSs-
s could iSis eat through hrs 3 Whole bill 81 fsre Al.
s %cI po al: |. se es.. .ss The IT'D ilssls treat. The al
yawn 2 iittie and tap tloor With her
would set my head whirlinR. What
strength; what su~ddenness; agility
~ s,,r rysr sSc c, co.,iT Keep q reSiSens nj bay.
THAT little repast cost me just s7s and
thea ga. v vicno or lie i queen q, OF ~; the halo. WA. a
beautiful Hun9arian-Ilka by name, dark
haired snd iustroas eyes. With 2 form Hke
had the Tsiganc lood and peaked, witch
ing eyes of the g~ypsyL.thet type q secs
and JInp@r iniia"anis h. was as wild az
her native mountains; hut for a child OF
nature she had the most highly cultivated
tween meals and dance tn get up n relish
for the next. became convinced after
forming her acquaintance-for i may
psychological study OF the matter-that
there was an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS affinity
between toes and the table, heels and not
ysshskrs
confcctions. I've heard some of my New
York friends refer to the extravaRant
girls when invited ont: hut bless you, they
never set about eating u man into bank
ruptcy as those hiGh-kickinR European
OF dollars i'm n vain effort to appeasc
Ilka's appetite. hut reirssd from the con-
test beaten and with signs OF incipient
gout. She had already devotred u few
petty Austrian dukcdoms. a small Ger
man principality and n racing stable be-
s LONGING sn ,S e !, n MSs I faiis Tor Sa s am American
with "a limited fortune to enter the list.
lin Paris about ~ think; was once
m %S, ex ,sas'ss All" Al that si%e there was a
divine creaturc playing at the Varieties.
Olympic was one of the most ethereal be-
spangled fleece, she foated rather than
danced across the stage. and half the city
raved over her. The students were enthu-
siastic and the military dotted ON her so
openly thai u conflict war daily imminent.
/ was presented to Olympic by an attache
n. the s:r, sr,s,nH t re%arF:d WING" .Sp plc wiz fin ID
her n pleasant little girl, with lots Of chic
and n healthy Appetite.
theory beyond u doubt. The Cafe Fang
lais didn't afford scope enough for her
gastronomic talents so we went ON the
party OF six-four Americans. Olympic
mistress 81 her art, Olympic informed me
NAV Nv tbaesh ~
i'm advance. Three rooms had been re-
served-a dining hall, "a reception room
and IA smoking room wilers, we couid en-
A"maiie dhotei took charge of the par
ing dress and with powdered hair. one he
hind every chair. A dcjeune Rwsse was
served before the soup. Ii consisted OF
was delightful. Then. after the oysters
and 81. Peray Moussealx came three diff
fcrcnt kinds of soup with sherry and Ma
deira, followed 10y sterIet with white wine.
I was assured i'm u whisper that the steIlct
alone had cost ND francs, as n whole fish
had TO bc bought for our s,s, ,,,r and
five feet in length and weighing I'D pounds
OF more, for a party OF six!
cral kinds of clurct. Five or six other
dishes followed and then the mait'e a.
hotel announced. in the interim, "a cl,aud
lies. with Chateau Yqueni,. trufiies and
stuffed turkey tcosting not less than lO
francsl came next, followed by imported
English chops, the wines beinE clarct and
II glanced at Olympc. Her fass shons
,mr ( g'% I;.. %a ,a.%r the salads vani shed
i'm "a dream. believe that Tagli-
oni. Eiisler, Bonfanti and Cavaiazzi,
blessed with remarkable appetites, hut
they were as nothing to h phenomenal
ability displayed by the divine creature
before me. Ii seems as though all the ga
Vote, tarantcilas, tsar.ls and pirouttes she
had ever known had been summoned to
her aid. Pates, rohis, trufttes, entrees.
salads. wines melted at the touch Of
Olympic and her protegc. while we sat I'm
mute amazernent, like men who watched
~ play.
eyes when the lmpcrtubable waiter pre-
scented his check, calling for $50. paid
douccur. Olympic PLEASANTLY remarked
that we had had IA 'jolli n We put
the pair in u fiacrc and i never saw them
again.
$50 you see, as I said that my cxper-
icucc has been world wide. and that ! have
"a right tn assert that getting mp u dining
acutaintauct with ballet queens is one of
the easiest ways of getting rid of IA
fortune.
How .Done. lsackslid.
From the New York sun.