The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-24


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Sherry's and Delnonicoss at what New
Workers sometimes call the cocktail
hour" Within q Weaks an, American
has seen dining attl the Ritz on the
same might Mrs. WiIaiam D.a Sloane.
Col. and Mrs. John Jaeof Astor Lispe-
nard Stewart, Consuelo dowager
Duchess of Manchester, Mrs. Clarkson
Potter, Mr.. and Mrs. George Rutlege
those now. crossing the Atlantic reach
Paris.=if they do not change their
plans-join their countrymen what an
American gathering Inot necessarily
friendly there will bel Then. if
France should declare for Russia, and
the United States and England for
Japan, what a scamper there would be!
In any event. all, for once would have
a common object-escape.
Miss Violet .Cruger, who is almost
completely recovered from her recent
operation for appendicitis is busy
these days experimenting the CORE
Spondence that follows. upon the re-
ceipts of numerous gifts from her rel
atfves and friends, offerings that ex-
press their joy at her. recovery from
the ordeal she passed through under
Thesurgeon' S. knife. The particular Gift
she prizes most highly Is diamond
bracelet sent to her by. one Of hei.
aunts who is herself an invalid and
has been unable to show her interest
in the fair patient by personal visit
to her. That Miss CFuger is a young
woman of courage is shown by the
fact that she voluntarily invited a Sec
ond operation while the one for re-
moving the appendix was being per-
formed. She had a slight trouble with
one of her feet that only. the knife
could cure and just before Dr. Bull
began to do this one thing she eaimly
informed him that she would like to
have the other done while she was un-
der the ether. It has been definitely
decided that when she is strong enough
to travel she is to goV abroad for the
summer with her brother Frederick
1t is not likely the two society buds"
who insisted on a 'res1 Chinese dinner
in a real Chinese rest alEa4lt" wilk cfay e
that questionable luxHFyssa second time
after their experience on Friday night.
They had visited a so-called Oriental
restaurant early In February, but their
escorts made the Inistak esof SelectinEsa
place so clearly and so Americanized
in its methods that it's distinctive char
acter was obliterated. So the girls
gave orders that they must have the
real thing or nothing. As one possesses
$1,000, 600 and has a right to issue COM
n1ands to the young Broker who is her
prospective husband, there was an i'm
mediate and, exhaustive canvass of
Chinatown, with the result that an
opium smoked, ill-snelling place was
discovered, where only Cinnamon We're
fed and where the presence of a white
man or white woman was unknown.
1t required an almost incredible amount
of influence, exerted by a. rich China
man, for a consideration, to gain ad-
mittance, but 1t was accomplished at
last and a special dinner which re-
quired two days of preparation was
made, ready.
On the night the dinner was. served
the restaurant was barred to Chinese
diners and the fashionable. quartette
had the restaurant to themselves. The
usual fancy dishes were set out-bfrd' s
nest soup, bcnelesS chicken and chest
nuts, duck flesh boiled in pineapples,
and the Inevitable chop suey. Ivory
chop sticks were provided. and the tea
was the most Dfragranta grown in the
gardens of Fsorm0Sa The party was
about half way through when. the ar
tention of one of the young women
was attracted by peculiar sound in
the smoked and cracked ceiling. A
Chinese came in with long pole and
punched the plaster overhead The
minutes the noise was renewed. IT
wonder what that is, Bobby said one
of the young women posing the chop
sticks between her dainty fingers. do
ask the man." The inquiry was made.
The China1nan gave the ceiling another
poke, and with an expressionless face
replied, "Latsi" WHAT roared the
man. Rats Didcyou say rats - An
other poke, and another laconic reply,
''Lats. Belly soon stop. No Akee
stick" With snlothered shrek the
girls dropped their chop sticks and
made for the door. The Chinese had
told the truth. The old, ram shackle
building is infested with rats and, mice
(not used for food, ofIcourse. although
that is popular belBef1Qaand as they
Were too numerous to- be- caught they
had to be frightened. But the buds
were i'll when they lefttthe place, for
they were convincedv they had been
partaixing of rat flesh liz some one of
the mysterious dishes. THE prospective
bridegroom is blamed fOBht all, and the
engagement is off. s Is