Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-16

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! place What's money for. anyway:
! But this 81 600 Il plate dinner
| Fin going 10 give dozen of them.
anG even then can't pay my Just
debts. For years I've been entertained
at peoples houses and have becn
taken cruising on their yachts. They
have always been bully to me. and
what have ever done for them! Moth
ing. Now that l can afford it, ann
going to return some of these favors |
and square myself. Doesn't it sound |
| reasona ble:"
And so preparations for Monty's din |
ner went on In addition to what he
called his "efficient corps of gentle |
manly aids he had secured the serv
ices Of Mrs Dan DeMille as social |
mentor and utility chaperon." Mrs
DeMille was known in the papers as
the leader of the fast young married
set. She was one of the clevereSt
and best looking young women in town.
and her husband was one of those who
did not have to be invited too" Mr..
DeMlle lived at the club and visited
his home. Some one said that he was
so slow and his wife SO fast that when
she invited him to dinner he was usu
ally two or three days late. Alto
gether Mrs. DeMile was a decided
ACQUISITION to Brewsters campaign
committee 1t required Just her touch
to make his parties fun instead of
funny
1t was on Oct IS that the dinner was
given. With the skill of a general Mrs.
Dan had seated the guests in such
way that from the beginning things
went off with zest Colonel Drew took
in Mrs. Valentine, and his content was
assured Mr.. Van Winkle and the
beautiful Miss Valentine We're side by
side and no one could say he looked
unhappy. Mr. Cromwell went in with
Mrs. Savage. and the same delicate
tact-in some eases it was almost in
, deicate-was displayed in the disposi-
. ton of other guests.
Somehow they had come with the ex-
pectation of being bored. Curiosity
, prompted them to accept, but it did not
prevent the subsequent inevitable lassi-
tude. Socially Monty Brewster had yet
to make himself felt He and his din
ners were something to talk about. but
! they were accepted hesitatngly. halt
ingly. People wondered how he had
secured the cooperation Of Mrs DAN
, but tEen Mrs. Dan always did go IN for
n new tov. To her was inevitably at
tribnted whatever success the dinner
acEicN ed and it was no small measure.
Yet there was nothing startling about
the affair Monty had decided to begin
cJnserva1ively lie did the conven-
! tiounl thing. but he did it we'll He add
> c.l a touch or two of luxury. the faint
est aroma of &plendor. Fettingill had
> designed the cnriously wayward ia
}, BILE. with its comfortable atmosphere
:, ef compani ionShip, and arranged Hs
. decoration of great lavender ofehlds
=, : ami lacy butterfly festoons of white
= ones ,ou, ed with yellow. lie had
w;,nte<. - u5e dahlias in their many
,, rich sh;soe.:. from pale yellow 10
orange AMI tepp red, but Monty held
y ont fer .,r,h.ts. 1t WAS the artist, TOO,
!" who hall f31nd in " rare and happy
n,n,.Cnt thc massive gold candelaDfa
~ ancient thing; of n more luxurious
- .r. and the.r opalescent shades.
e. Against his :>vice the servire, too, was
'e Of 4 ,!.. rank VII gariiy. lie calleh H.
It ,-:tn ;te rich ueanr':leSs ornamental
'e on BY; '.Ne Monty was obdllralc'
e :, j!=:..t i'.A i3a fsed the color alltt
4 n5vat';''4 l,l Ia character. lrs.
J" f;u,a.y prvNt&tcG Il quarrel y sns-
'e W .sost q ih3t seHt.r;i' courses sho"'o ~
=. erve, upon SevGcS.
y r,-.'fy.,.s;t, >3.llp,4c for lighting the
Il" room WA; particularly happy. fof 1hf
D. lc,,tt ,r : Mas :;:.d the foi'r 1--we
!, >;ooc... vAit.A VI ,nty had purchased
w at his iu~, ::l1n he had deS'%'ieo =
nc ;eiiiry screen of heavy rifh g g"
he tones of vt,te that grew into ENioF'
W and Gull g4cen. 1t e"lv"d to to''e'
u ,he lights in the day, INC. and at II Sh
OH tho glare ot ele,tt iiy was immenSeN
MS sorleued and L:Ate 1Arm9h'aS y!
'e' passing throrgh it, It gave ii h''e y
III oujet to the picture which cauSes
I'LL nvan ,,,r q lIpn end -. en-. VINO li'i'
loi haen here and tneGe and seen man,
OF thincS IA draw in their breath sharp':
A.og.ther ;ne effect maufeStly mao
49,. an impression. ia,
'ur- S,,ch AN environment had lls lhh'
NV ence upon the company. IL "'e'' ''
son toward making the dinner success
ho From far in the distance came u
IN" softened strains of Hungarian muS'
run and never had the little band Pia!'
ex- the "yalse moureuse" and the y al'
'pie R,eue'' with the spirit it put INTO 'he
that night. Yet the soft clamof III I, |,
heir dining rooin insis,ently ignored u
and emntiou Of tie ,ausie. Monty "'t'
ex- as he was between the two moS' II
no,,;,ut dovagers &, the feast w'ho'
est ed din.ly WILT i:,visihle part II p'as may
he IN m,,,in. ns. go. He had N"sr''
ems fancy tn, ,T.tl1,Ht ii there w'''l" % n' IA
raen no zest for l.k. 10 NOISY 'o'''p'
SAID zion I, oveY.unc. no hurdles TO ie'
axe AZ II was. sc talk certainly wcm W.
Just .u1 Mrs Ian inspected The res"l'
hor wcr,, from tine t. time WIN 81