The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-12

Oh MIS-. lIdIlkIH, SdIu HIS WIG. IOu
wouldn't believe, would you, that q
woman would have the impudence to
actually dcmanG-well, / simply can
not tell it,"
II understand" said /; 1.-THE hold-ur
business fiourishes in every line of
life. But go on with the story"
Every time we have made up a din.
ner list lately" resumed Mrs. Lowden,
there has been a sort of a-you might
call it 4 discussion
Row" interiected her husband.
"-Bctwecn Max and myself ab>nl
inviting some of these people, Toto
work them off, YOU know"
Il understand" said /. You OBJ
icc.cd to his particular friends, and he
objected to yours
YES. and we both hated to infict
them on people of the right sort. So
Max finally suggested"
only in fun, you know, but Marie
took il in earnest"
We'll. so did YOU. finally. Man sug-
gcstcd hat we make up Il list for one
dinner to contain absolutely nothing
but bOrcs-thc very worst e we
knew"
There were ten Of them" said Max,
AL stars of the first magnitude
"Tcn. not including ourselves" COM
mcntcd Mrs. LowGcn. with the instinc-
tive arithmetic of Il dinncr-Giyer.
81 would not think of including you,
of course" said /.
There was hat Mrs. Eickie. who
tells YOU all about the various things
her husband died of; and little Roach,
you know him, OF course: and the Hop
pins. he scarcely spoke above a wills
per. while she Just shrieEed; and MaX's
dear old friend, Pcct-"
Cut that" growlcd Lowden: che
WIS paired of with Maric,s particular
fancy. Mrs. Rankin. They talked re-
| Iinion with grr"; vi~or throughout the
meal. The solemn Miss Pollock. who
never says a word. SAT next to Count
Won Haassc. Did you ever read any OF
his books"
Horrible soggy." said I; "undigest-
ed German-English."
well. he is worsethan his books
1T is a shame t. talk about people in
| such a wav.' said Mrs. LOwdcn, cover
ing her face with her hands; when
one has entertained them, too. That Is
why | did not want Max TO tell about
this dinner"
And Gen. Quinn and his wife," be-
gan LOwdcn.
oh. | know the list wen enough"
said /. but tell me. how did the affair
pass OFF,"
Mrs. Lowden gave a r~apturous little
laugh. and her husbands features re-
Taxed into Il grin.
THAT is the stranTest part of it..
she said. Nothing ever took place in
this house that was a bigger success
than that. We expect our guests to
| have q pleasant time. or We are disap-
! painted. but we do not look to see them
90 into ecstaricS Of JOY. and fairly CUR
ole with happiness. ~ these people did.
They ate enormously
And drark." in~tericcted Max.
And that is one of the surcst signs
that people are enjoying themselves.
Hut the quccrcst thing Of all WAS the
way they took TO one another. We
! matched them up with scme care
Marie did that" said Lowden.
Tell them your plan. dear"
1T is perfectly simple" said she
PORES are divided into two classes
| those who talk too much. or those who
don't talk at ali: Little Roach. who
| prattlrS necessarily. took ont Mrs.
Gumm. Who was never known to "a!
/ ANYTHING except yes and ne. Mr..
| Hoppin sat next 10 Mrs. Eickie and lis
tened most attentiveiv to all her
troubles. 1t was like that all around
| the table. Max and | had nothing to
do but to sit up and look pleasant"
What Il triumph" said /. What a
splendid social achievement. To en-
terrain clever people is nothing-they
| entertain themselves and Il another
but to accomplish such results with
such m~aterial-it was magnificent.
! Would that | might have been there to
behold it. Tell me. Mrs. Lowdcn. why
was not invited?.'
Indeed. Mr.. Robinson" answered
the lady. 1--WE discussed asking YOU,
and ut one time had about decided
You see" cut in her husband. hast
| lily. "our first plan was to invite some
very clever pcople-two or three-to
help us entertain the others"
Yes" assented Mrs. Lowden. with
m r~arernesS that seemed TO cover a
! little confusion: but we changed that.
and left YOU out. Now. won't YOU help
make up Il list for a little dinner next
week."
l said nothing more on the subject OF
my invitation. but / could not avoid Civ
ing the matter some quiet thought.
Perhaps Max was right. Ii would
hay, been better not to have told the
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