The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-11-26
A NOVEL SUPPER.
And They Never Could Fave Had 1t BE
fore They Were Married.

And They Never Could Fave Had 1t Be-
fore They Were Married.
"There is vast difference b.tween
ones point a. view before and after
marriage, observed well known man
about town to reporter few days
ago.
GLOW sop
well, you see, person goes in for
common sense after marriage, while be-
fore that eventful period everything is
regulated according to the popular idea
of what is good form My wife and
were speaking Of it last evening We
had been to tho theater and after the
performance took her to nearby cafe
Establishing ourselves at d corner table
we have only been married year
my wife and | each took up bill of
fare and glanced down the long list of
glorious indigestibles Separately we
frowned at the menu for several min
utes, and then my wife looked up and
that denotes brilliant idea:
Jack, do you know what want?'
Not ice cream, l hope, or any ice
cold drink, replied, with shiver.
Ono, indeed, laughed my wife.
Guess again.
Well, let me see, | rumirated.
L have known you to do away with
good sized Newburg, rabbit, an oyster
patty and chicken terrapin at odd
times, but somehow | don't feel equal
to any Of these tonight. want some
thing just warm and confortablelike.
My case exactly, agreed my wife.
Let me give the order, and promise not
to laugh
"When the waiter approached our
table, was all ears to hear what my
wife would spring upon me i'll the way
of an order. The waiter looked surprised
and looked amused when my wife said,
trying to summon forth an excuse of
dignity, Hot chocolate and buttered
toast for two.
"By .Iove, it was great! The choco-
late was steaming hot in a jolly little
pot, and when l lifted the cover from
the hot silver platter there was the most
delicious, golden brown, striped toast
that sent up fragrance of butter and
crispness enough to warm the cookies of
your heart.
my wife gave a contented little
chuckle as she poured out the chocolate,
remarking at the same time: Wash t it
happy idea, .ack? Now we'll be as
cozy as possible. But wouldn't some of
the girls laugh to see you treating me
to such a supper as this? Glad nobody is
here we know, glancing about.
"Just at that moment the door
opened, and in walked one of my wife's
best friends. We both knew her to be
stickler as to the proper sort Of food fo1
the various meals of the day. Our break
fastlike order would hardly be in her
line for an after the theater supper.
With the young lady was young man
from Baltimore, and he selected table
next to ours | knew him to be possess
ed of long ancestry and a short cash
account. However, in obedience to the
laws of custom. the usual hot bird and
cold bottle were ordered, with the #
ermath of salad, ices and cordial
1.-THE Baltimore man had come over
to see his fair friend, and he considered
it the proper thing to give her a fine
supper after the theater. OF course he
could not afford it. Probably they
agreed, upon seeing our repast, that
with marriage our tastes had deteriorat-
ed, but leave it with you as to which
couple had the better time No, sir, "a
man cannot afford the courage of his
own convictions before marriage for fear
of what some girl may think of him. 1t
takes married people to be independent
and correspondingly happy and sensi-
BILE. Washington Star.