The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23

and If II b not eaten soon. II viii 81 al
warm" ne
II move IN favor Of the salad nrst and
the red cheeks.
Second the notion announced the WON
an at the far end Of the table. a. she
lifted the cover from q shoe box and Get
q bottle Of pickles ON the table with IN en-
phatic flourish.
'Can some one tell US how long Michael
Angelo worked on the dome Of St. Peter's?'
asked the president, as the ladies passed
about the hard boiled Eggs, and exchanged
samples of deviled ham sandwiches for 9TH
ers made with lettuce and mayonnaise.
who II posted on the point?"
tho table. excuse me for i~nterrupting. but I
wish you would look at the number OF
things my right hand neighbor has slowed
away in one small tin biscuit box. ! never
saw anything like It. There are sixteen
wooden plates q bottle Of salad dressing. .
bunch OF celery. . head Of lettuce, two
punches Of radishes and-well-I wish you'd
look. She has stuck . wooden toothpick in
each radish. 90 that It may be used as q
fork with which to eat tbs salad. to say
nothing Of one dozen and . half japanese
napkins. Well. I call that high art-up-to-
date art I call It."
As soon IS the salad had been passed
around. and the excitement had subsidsd.
the president again recalled the subject Of
the day.
I'm the work on the dome Of 81. PeterA
ladies"
Oh. hat reminds me-" said the woman
with the red cheeks to the fifth vice presi-
dent. who was carving q chocolate layer
cake. Il wanted to ask you how much that
you sent to me charged you for white
washing your cellar. He charged me g. I
thought It was abominable."
He only charged me Q dollar and . half"
said the woman with the cake. But then
he made some flower beds for me. and I
paid him extra for that Perhaps your cell
las y larger"
well. Of course. he did whitewash under
the staira. but then he needn't have done
that"
Il wish you could sec The little pane Of
glass q man had the courage to charge me
two dollars and q quarter for putting in my
cellar window this morning." said . woman
had BEEN listening to the CONVERSE
lion. B the way. do you cook your /
frosting?'
Il think We are getting rather far away
erom the subject" said the woman with the
Renaissance collar on her gown. Il have
been interested to know that the great mas
ter Of art in the dome of st. Peters used
the face Of his lady love in many Of the |
angels"
Hear! heary' came . voice from tho ex- |
IRENE end of the table: III the lady with |
the beautiful new Renaissance collar |
hat she made all herself will start |
he lemonade down this way we would b /
to learn anything interesting she
may have ferreted out In the life Of the gay ]
md ancient achelcr artist"
Did you really make that charming col |
ar yourself!' asked the lady In the white
piQue waist. a. she peeled the shell from . |
egg. How many lessons did /
vou takeT"
Il only took threA The whole thing cost
ne less than a."
The idea! Why. II you had bought Il
{ would have cost not less b No."
VIVA was that you were saying about
asked the practical woman MY
husband says that leave the gas burning
III day to ave matches. That's not %. by
he way. but I suppose every n has some
'avorite economy"
Mines rubber banda" confessed the 10
nan b had not spoken before Il nsvsR
lsstroy . rubber band. and ] nsvsr buy
me-"
Tho cook says my conomy . savin6
little scraps of rass," said h woman Who ]
brought al the fried chicken THAT -