The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-27

how appreciate good things TO eat sent
me delightful pair Of pheasaats. some
wonderfully good fish and sfagee dozen
oysters from tke river MsTsey. Taose oys-
tiers were PIT IN a wash boiler and kept
alive for four days on a diet Of cogTrmessl
ard water. The fifth day they were 10
make their APPEARANCE ~ a dinner party.
Or tkse morning OF TIT. fifth day Is was no.
siced that they ate 40 breakfast. Later
theg went 10 the fshmonser TO De opened,
ard In hess time than il lakes 10 tell 1T the
fshmongerss assistant appeared en- the
scSne with SORROW cn saJs face and no coat
On. He sad he thought I woaId scarcely
| Ike to have the oysters on the table,
they were not quite nice. He ss q modest
young man, and that was the way he put
e. said TO him: Perhaps ycsa never
met an Eaglish oyster before. and its nat
Hrai appearance and odor. being strange
to ycsA. seem galice. Bring them to me
ard let ne be the judge OF their cosdi-
tion."
In n little while he appeared with scarf
tied around his face ard a tray Ia his
hands. He got 5tiss as far a. the kitchen
coor when the united Voice Of the family
begged him 10 depart and take the oysters
with him. He vert with rapidly and pre-
s,izDahly pleasure. and / gave my guests
coed American oysters. for which I al
w2ys give thanks.
We used TO talk about Scotch mutton.
Nowadays there is mutton browsing on
the Virginia hills that gees across the wa
ter and comes back marked as from the
Scotch nfoors. and we, deiuded souls. pay
higher price for II than IL TX were stamp
cd American. which II L.
In London the best ard most expensive
beef - that labeled From America and
English housekeepers. when they see the
amount OF fruit and the variety Of yege-
tables and the good things that are SO
plentiful and 50 cheap in this land Of free
dom. clasp their hands and say, What
an easy time the American hotEsekeeper
must have" And yet the American won-
an does not appreciate the condition Of at
fairs. Bad food has made more trouble
than anything elsa in tho world. 1t has
driven men TO drink, and, worse than that,
20 dyspepsia, while IL has ruined the locks
OF many a pretty woman. Over.lone meat.
expressive butter, weixhty bread. and bad
~ SET tables, have made men murderers
mentally IL not In actually.
1t does not cost a cent more to have a
decent dinner than 10 hare bad one. II
is true Ii may take q little more time
and thought, but that time and that
thought are well expended. Tue average
woman belonging To the proper sort OF So
ciety, which is the one I suggest should be
started, would take proper pride IN her
dinner table. would get TO know the de-
lights Of hospitality and would make her
home the greatest enemy 70 the bar-rooms
and all the undesirable and wicked haunts
that attract man.
BY the bye. IL you are feminine and the
chances are ten to one that you are, you
Will be interested in three dresses that are
absolutely new. of which / enclose You
the pictures The girl in the walking dress
has on a satin cloth 81 the new shade of
gray. trimmed with black braid and black
silk. Her parasol Is gray chiffon and her
hat gray straw. trimmed with white gauze.s
and black wings. Isn't that white dress a.
dariinge + mean the one that is made en-
treiy of lace insertion and dotted muslin.
The either gown l. a dinner dress OF chif-
fon. embroidered with white pearl beads.
with accordion plated chiffon on the Shout
ders. The hat which makes it certain that
the dinner is at some fashionable restau-
rant. is of cerise velvet, embroidered III
pearls with q bunch of cerfse chiffon on
one side and n white ostrich tip Just be-
hind IT, How well those Frenchwomen
pose. How careful they are to get the
right sort Of background. They know how
TO have the harnonies in life. But there
Is nothing after all like being in harmony
with your background. with yourself and
with your fellow man. There are some
things we are all in harmony about.
We are all In harmony about the smart
little French bow that looks so effective
under n Gan3nied C14ns
We ara al in harmony as TO the value
Of the typewriter. What would the editor
do with those Who do rot write carefully
IL 1t were not for here
We ara all in harmony about the beauty
OF the cioee-atting cloth suit II worn by
the right woman. whose curves ara caught
on 10 even by the irreverent messenger
hey.
We are all In harmony about the value
Of the telegraph. though we fail 10 see
why the ordinary operator canno: spell
correctly. and II oar name Ia Katherine
with a X insists on spelling 1t with {.
We are an IN harmony about the value
az the telephone. bat sometimes We get
tired of SAYING hello. and long TO reverse
in and say what would better be left nn-
said
We are all In harmony as to the beauty
81 q uey bennett even II It's value as rated
bv vou and ne be different from that as
rated by the mil1insr.
We are y pretty harmonious let take lis
all in ali for nobody Is anxious 20 GO 10
war, bat il war does come we viii meet
ths. people who want 10 fight and show
them isist how valuable we are I'm a fight,
wont y.ef OF course We will. Your neigh
ber thinks Sc, aud 50 does her neighbor,
Who IS next door meighbor 20 Bah.
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