The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-28
LOND0N'S LATEST IDEA.
DELIG HTFUL BACHELOR DINNER
PARTIES AT RESTA URLNTS.

mcnt Given By n Girl Fresh from London
TO Four bored Vow York Unconstitutional
Aanirs THAT Have won High Popularity.
There wore four of them. and they looked bored
TO death. This was strange for two reasons:
They were women, and then their surroundings
seemed delightful TO the casual lookcron.
Women rarely look bored, because they rarely
arc bored. The state Of boredom arises from In
difference. and woman Is seldom Indifferent
about anything.
But this isn't a story about whether women
can or cannot DO bored. Il 10 about four women
who really imagined that they were bored and a
fifth who came In and told them how TO keep
from being bored. This happy quartet were
seated at a table in a restaurant looking
out on Fifth avenue. They were perfectly
dressed; they didn't have 10 mako an
arithmetical calculation sufficient to take
tho average woman's appetite away before
ordering something they fanciod, q bowl
OF spring flowers nodded ut them from the centre
OF the table, tho orchestra was doing its level
best to make things lively for them, and yet they
looked bored. Two Of the party also looked mar
ried, and tho plain gold circles revealed when
they removed their gloves that appearances
weren't d~ccoitful this time. The other two were
single. because they punctuated all their state
ments with " wo girls"
"Inevcr was so bored in my life" announced
WV VI ~ a"N'Ss ba'"As 'hS 'N'" 'o'N
ing little brunette, and the very emphasis she
gave In framing her sentence belied its words.
Neither was l." said the other girl, a blonde.
"Well, ! like that" exclaimed tho Oldest
matron, when I've invited you hero TO luncheon
with me-"
"Oh, we don't mean at this particular time"
spoke up both girls in CONSERVATION.
mo. I know what you inean,' put In tho
other matron. you mean that you are pinins
| for npya1tv and TINT = Nyillipu m lind ~
anywhere-"
"Yes. even in food" interrupted the brunette,
pushing back her plate with tho dainties almost
untastod.
matron, &c are in the same boat except this will
ter's debutantes. 1t takes at least two seasons
same rse ehi hns ali ni" the ti Gn e9ras 1S'l lectures 'o oS
musicales for those who are not athletes. and
who's a apa and GriI AFTERNOON Il sN rcoeptions and u teas for
everybody. In the evening It's a dinner at your
own house or somebody else's, and then the tho
the same decorations and the same old talk, until
well" said tho hostess, III you. mean that,
then I'm bored too. l long for a change. I've
comfort and, confusion. at a lunch counter for
women. lately. just because it's something new,
many women who work, artists, authors, musl;
clans and so on, get lunch at those counters, and
work TO have a good time. l hear them chattering
away like magpics, and it's always the same
s srSa SeTt Us T fT":S's aay they can't ne enteFtain
themselves. for their incomes are too limited.
have } some oD" one ec else to take care Of, and Tnaturaiiiyy
they aren't entertained much for. there is as
much Of the spirit OF give and take in entertain
aWhy." exclaimed the other matron. jumping
Up por and wav WEd Sot a1d r sRs s dema Ssms There's
Everybody arose hastily as the young woman
uPProachcd. holding out Soth hands:
sell. and oh! such a passage os l hadl Really
you would have thought that every wave in the
say. Pm glad to see you, all. And who would
have thought that I should meet you four here
@ %Sre sSf? yoSi What What 9Th the M news siS I'm as sH Hungry
as a star tramp. SO while l eat you all can tell
Fancy being hungry remarked the bru-
-, Mes; T. must be a jolly good feeling" echoed
nc "ssnsy R %ho lsdpsa h HeTg Ike a s1 GnsFfss s tno
what # IS not to DO hungry, and sinccI got home
THE very. idea, said tho hostess, 1--WE were
Just pining for novelty when you came in and
said we would be glad e get It even in our food"
and then she repeated the whole conversation.
why don't the New York bachelors give din
wardT' asked the new conner in establishment.
They surely can't or you wouldn't know that
Catch 'em at it, broke in the brunette. NO.
indeed. They come to our dinners and adorn our
theatre parties. and drop in Informally and for.
any dinners that Ne know about" ..cou.
and GGnf With Viii r me- and go TO the play is a %eI.
come and oft.repcated invitation on the part Of
bachelors 70 their women friends in London.
ioyable. phases Of London life, and an ever
iprreasing one. Restaurant dinners are tho
si1ty.three this winter, and 1T seems
to me that each one o was more enjoy; nNi
Il the bachelors hero haven't gone in for this
kind OF entertaining, What's the matter with
hind the times. idon't know that l would have
come home for z While IL "a known that tho
But tell us about these bachelor dinners"
pleaded the blonde,
women on these occasions, and they were rare
enough, would wenr demi.toilette with a hat or
tSIi sN:0, SoT S1 all tR Msa is os@P ne d Gna they s E Tsa5
AT Il hotel or at one Of the English or foreign
dining resorts which have come into fashion; 1t
all the women in high.necked, gowns, not one
p pnion Of hare Rn9 Sh fo sss S to break sa the the SlS:
ner. The host sometimes secures a pri.
rather than the rule. and - not half SO much
fun. Generally no has a table in the restaurant
P %i9R so sss np snd ' frui R.~ T fss RI Is away sGsG pTetss
little waiting room where the guests assemble
dinner bonr is set rather early, in order not to
interfere with the enjoyment Of the play. The
fare Is always Of tho lest. and differs rs matcri.
ally from the dinners served elsewhere as night
does from day. For instance. one night
you go to an Italian restaurant whore the food
and wine are purely Italian and the walters
no mlttcrif you can almost cut tho fog outside
with u knife. The next evening YOU find your
self in u Spanish dining room enjoying the
highly spiced food and delicious wines OF that
country, and, more than all. the graceful gyra-
tions OF the Spanish walters. The French res
tnurants also lind a great deal of favor.
hut there are more English than any other.
The novelty OF the thing Ia charming. Some
times the host. assisted by his guests. orders in
one OF the foreign restaurants m entire meal
without knowing what a single dish will be. tor
foreign dishes are often like children; one never
knows how they will turn out
do you always have chapcIons Mt these
bachelor dinners T. inquired the hostess.
o yes; generally" answ red the new,
II. Imust admit I've been to several where no
married woman was present. The married
women enjoy these restaurant dinners and an