Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-04
SOCIAL AMENITIES,
Scraps of Conversation of the Enter
tanned About Their Entertainers.

Scraps of Conversation of the Enter.
tanned About Their Entertainers.
By Mrs. Burton Harrison.
The banquet ended. many of the ladies,
summoning their husbands, take fight
almost Immediately. They have other en-
gagements and must get on, and the hos
tess who is glad the thing is so nearly
over, does not urge them to remain.
Hardly have the connubial couple again
taken their place in their carriage than
remarks like these are heard:
THAT is certainly the worst cook they
ever had"
Il shouldn't mind that SO much If his
champagne hadn't been sweet and cheap"
THE mushrooms were like leather, and
that shrimp sauce to the fish tasted like a
dishrag."
"Oh, 1 never take the kickshaws, but I
did expect the saddle of mutton not to be
overdone. And the canvas backs were
simply atrocious-an imposition upon So
ciety."
"And such stupid people. I was bored
to death. One comfort Is we won't have
to dine there again this year."
At a ball one may hear two old stagers
of chaperones sitting against the wall
talking in this wise
pretty good. But nothing new. There
is so much sameness in all these things,
don't you think sop
Cant say much for the cotillon favors
Where do you suppose she got them?'
Haven't an idea. But they must have
spent lots of money on the whole thing.
Don't believe 1t will make that plain girl
of theirs go, anyhow"
mo" (smothering grievous yawn).
What time do you suppose it is? told
Mabel she had got to come away at 2:3O,
and If / have to stay much longer at this
place. I'll simply die
Everything they give hangs fire in my
opinion. But this is certainly rather worse
than usual. Coin? Goodbye. I envy
you"
At musicale. The first half of the pro-
gram is just concluded. The audience chat
Dear me- I'm glad of a chance to open
my mouth again. I thought that violon-
cellist would never stop. And then to think
of their encoring him, just as we hoped it
was all over
who was the contralto? Rather a nice
voice, but such poky German songs. If
you hear one, you hear all of that kind of
nowadays, unless it's one of the people from
the opera. l suppose We shall have another
dose of her in the last half
IF that's to be all gone over again I
know what I'll do. Sit out on the stairs
and have some fun"
"They say our host engaged to pay - a
perfectly fabulous sum to come here and
sing three songs, and that when - heard
how the people kept talking in the halls
while the music was going on, he just
went away in rage"
VERY pretty story to make us think
they had engaged him. Don't believe a
word Of 1t. They've just put US off tonight
with second rates; and, with all their
money. it isn't bit fair"
"Oh, well. What does it matter If every
body wears all her jewels and you can
look at the crowned heads?"
Yes, there is something soothing in
listening to Wagner while one is studying
new gowns. You certainly get a better
chance to see how they are made"
"All the same this music business Is be-
ginning to be run into the ground. I'll de-
clare, I'd almost as soon listen to an au-
thors reading"
mot thatuH'
The conversation comes to an abrupt
halt.