Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-28
CURIOUS DINNER PARTIES.
Epicures of Eccentricity MILO Search
for Novelties,

Epicures of Eccentricity MILO Search
for Novelties,
Ordinary methods Of dining do not
suit everybody, even when the costli
est luxury is employed. EDieures Of
an eccentric turn Of mimi in search Of
novelty have recourse - strange ar
engagements, according 10 the Toledo
Blade.
During the recent season at Dinard,
the Breton watering place, a very
novel dinner was given by two distin-
gulshed visitors, the vicomte and VI
comtesse de Saussine. The idea was
to make the dining room as much Ike
real garden as possible, and, with
this object in view, real green turf
was laid over the whole Of the floor
and daisies and other flowers were
planted In It. In the center Of the
'lawn" there was a rockery, with n
fountain playing and live rabbit was
gamboling near it. The guests at
tended in flowing draperles, wearing
garlands Of roses upon them, and they
took their seats on cushions on the
grass while their food was served to
them on wooden dishes, which were
laid on campstools in place Of tables
Fruit and wine were scattered in pro-
fusion on the grass and IN order to
obviate all difficulties Of passing tho
salt cellar around n huge loaf Of bread,
followed out and flied with salt was
suspended from the ceiling and this
was swung around from one guest to
another as required.
Somewhat similar in conception was
another very curious dinner party
given n few months ago in New York
by well-known leader Of American
society-Mrs. Arthur b. Proal. This
was a "farmyard" dinner One Of the
largest rooms in a leading restaurant
was transformed for the occasion into
something that looked very much in
peed like a farmyard. Around the
walls were scenes representing fields
and pastures and the floor was strewn
with agricultural implements OF all
kinds, as II the farmhands had only
Just left the place.
Pigs and lambs were roaming about,
rabbits stopped munchlng carrots to
skip away frightened as the guests
entered the hail and at the same mo-
ment a representation Of a rising sun
appeared on the horizon, a rooster
standing on a wooden box saluted 1t
In his usual manner. Chickens. ducks
and geese Immediately began to
straighten their feathers and run
about.
Dinner was served in tho inside of
a huge egg, which was placed in the
center Of the landscape, reaching from
the floor almost to the ceiling, and
which had been most skillfully fash
loned by a decorative carpenter. The
table inside was q perfect oval. II
was followed in the center and with
In the hollow part were floral decora-
tons which represented the white and
yellow parts Of the egg The yolk
was made or daffodis and jonQuils
and the outer fringe Of white was
made up of lilies and candytuft and
such flowers as one might see on q
country hedge.
This dinner was really arranged as
sort of rival in eccentricity to one
which was given at the same time by
another famous New York hostess
Mrs. Q. X. G. Billings, which came tC
) be known as the horseback" dinner
| All the guests were hidden to attent
On horseback and they trotted int
he dining room without dismountinl
Ind there took dinner from tables
: which were just saddle high. While
the guests partook Of their soups anC
, entrees the horses munched oats a
T. the managers which had been provided
q for them. All the guests on this occa
= sion. numbering thlrty-fve, were la
T. dies.