Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-19
No. 1876

tantly, ii is true, but unable to resist the
magic of American dollars. Upon them
were wonderful carvings in high relief, and
prominently displayed the arms of that de-
cayed nobleman whose precious Inheritance
they were, and who little dreamed that they
would ever be laden with the bright new
shining silver of a Yankee millionaire.
What picturesque revelries they had wit
messed time and again in those long past
days, when. according to tradition, the vir-
gin queen herself stopped one night at the
house of the famed Susan and had brought
in her train whole army of courtiers, brave
in their velvets and laces and ever ready for
junketings. But there they stood, grim,
black and silent. The mysteries looked up
in their panellsd hiding places are destined
to remain mysterious forever, and their pres.
ent owner declared laughingly that she had
spent half day in seeking for springs and
hidden drawers or closets. hoping to come
age of faded love letters, scrap of mouldy
brocade or Venetian peint-some relic of by
gone times The thrifty souls in Devonshire
had probably been before her and unearthed
any treasure that might have lurked in these
dark recesses, for nothing had ever come to
light since the magnificent pieces of furni-
ture were landed in Newport. That they
cost small fortune goes without saying.
Just how much Mrs. Midas refused to di-
vulge, but her mischievous daughter whis-
pered in our ears, when her mothers back
was turned, that the misguided woman had
given five thousand dollars for the two, and
considered them cheap at that.
They certainly gave to the apartment an
air of somber grandeur and antiquity which
was carried out by the leather hangings and
dark rafters. Long windows, mullioned,
opened upon the broad stone verands, with
its cosy chairs and tables, its great palms
and rubber plants and it's bright awnings,
not forgetting that wonderful view of the
sea where ships like birds with white wings
outspread were constantly fitting to and
fro. The weather Yves perfect and the sum-
shine streamed in upon the group OF girls
who were seated about the long table, fre,
grant with flowers and glittering with silver
and cut glass. In the center of the table
was an enormous basket of snow white lilies
laid loosely and lightly in among leaves and
grasses, and filling the air with their faint,
indescribable perfume, while trails of pull pie
De ssion flowers and vines ran over the rest of
the damask surface In and out among the
baskets of fruits and the silver bonbon
dishes heaped high with sweetmeats to the
very edge. Hamburg grapes, peaches that
had basked in the sun, pears, nectarines,
plums and apricots in artistic confusion filled
the old fashioned dishes of Crowl Derby,
and the rainbow bubbles of the wine glasses
at each plate completed a scheme of color
which made the table blossom in the midst
of the dusky room like beautiful bit of
garden.
Noiseless footmen came and went, and in
the two hours that hurried swiftly by very
| delicious menu was served by their deft
! hands. What do you think of this now for
July repasta Clam soup, in cups like
bouillon, piping hot and appetizingly sea-
| soned, this rather an innovation, but very
| toothsome, nevertheless; lobster outlets, with
| a Tartarre sauce; sweetened pates; fllets of
| chicken with fried potato balls and string
| beans; chicken chartreuse-this a dish for
the gods themselves--a curious delectable
compound OF chicken rubbed through q
sieve and cooked with trufHes, mushrooms,
sweetbreads and evel Jthing that tickles the
palate; Swedish timbe's, something that
only a chef can describe, but good to see
and better to eat; game and tomatoes with
mayonnaise dressing; ices frozen like peach
es and pears and stapes SO real that only
testing could convince one what they actual-
ly were; and last, but not lee3t, fIait from
the gardens of the Hssperides, after which
the fair partakers of this luxurious repas'
dipped the tips Of their dainty fingers II
crystal bowls full of pelilmed water, dried
them on dama1k napkins and adjourned t:
the drawing rooms, where coffee was served
in exquisite little Sevres cups, each gem II
it3 way Doesn't this make your mouth wa
ter?