The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-30

hts dusty bottles more highly than gold,
and will Oh no account surrender them.
Therein. diplomacy aud opportunity must
come Go procure what mere money can
no, buy The matter OF attendance is q
matter of taste. You could have waiter
for each guest u necessary. but = would
not be- in good taste But In decorations
vou could 20 TO an almost unlimited eX-
tent short time ago / assembled a
dinner OF eighteen covers. which cost la
she aggregate thirteen thousand dollars,
TIM. B.. over s722 a cover. II was. and
suil o.. the hlgh-water mark In the mat
Ter OF dinners. In order TO go higher /
should simply have TO take each course
and each decoration and try TO supple
ment ID by some more expensive item. IL
is after All. the decorations
that cost so much Ia these din
ncrs In the eighteen thousand dollar ar
f8ir decorated the room with natural
grape urbor. through which the guests
walked and from which they plucked the
punches Then there was fountain with
ash Ia H. which In itself was an eXpen-
slye affair. entailing much plumbing and
rarpontry work Tho flowers we're all
ont of season. and yet many plants we're
shown growing in the native pot. II was
these decorations that cost so much. In
the most extensive dinner ! might have
rare japanese palms or dwarf trees bear
ing fruit. such o. cherries. | could sena
to me orient ard import at colossal eA-
p,nso any Of tho fruit bearing trees that
grow there. Dwarf pears. aDoies' end
other fruit are sometimes brought 20 this
country. and I could have them growine
on the table. or the dining roam would
be arranged as a garden. in which bird.
would sing. plants and trees would grow
rfppilnr cascades would fall The enect
"a sunlight or moonlight could be pro-
fpred electrically. We might make sum
r,er. oblivious 10 a holiday storm with
ont ON. yes Oh Of these things could %
produced AZ a cost as high as you piease.
such a dinner would require months OF
preparation and might cost hity tnpu-
send dollars: maybe more maybe less
I, ,,.,,la depend entirely on the trouble
involved. 80. =.
"pt,t AZ I have intlmated. all this y
,ot eood IL h decorations. To be sure
NJ, would cat some % che decorat lions
$50 ~ vou wouI eat the contents OF
~, s..ouotlve fruit basket on your taole.
~, III ma matter Of mere food alone !
,,urt refer back 90 my estimate OF sven
~ dollars a cover for you can hot -.
more than certain amount ann ma
certain amount f. saleable only AZ W
,.,..,,,ct price. You could have dianlonos
IN the meat - 49,, mos,
..,..rsg,. dinner" oscar was asked
..vveu since ! have already tfied my
A.. ~ make one dinner as expensive a.
,.s.sit.,e. 1 must take It's Dill OK rare 80"
s,tbstitute stin more important thinss.
- uirned 10 his desk and thought
..bue Then no surned 70 mis- type
v.riter and dictated the following
buffet Rusee.
oyster Cocktails.
A''''''''''''' remardeiais la Princesse
p,v,ao Green Turtle Bolivar
Lobster 90 Basket.
,.,,o,t,re Of Chicken. California styp'
pockey Mountain sheep with fufeo
Of Chestnuts.
Jelly. Brussels Sprouts. ssnse'
Frcsh Asparagus.
Fancy Sherhet
Diamond Back Terrapin-
~.,vas Rack Dunk. Grape Fruit salad'
Fresh Strawberries.
Vanilla Mousse.
~onfeetions. Coffee. Fruits.
...r,sr. now. sir" said this greatest
=, 80 ,vaftsra who signs his hrsl nsrne
-t.h -. came air that Napoleon might
- used when putting bis Initial 70
-,,,e documant. there. now. shat - me
-, -, / could DO merely with food u
/ lad A fortune 70 deal With. Or course
could double the eize Of the diAheAs
ara I could sIEeexe In many thinss
vrhleh would sound well. but which me
guests would not eat There Nouio
=. r@ason IN IL. H. however. you win
examine that menu you VIII go ~.
several huntlng parties would De requires