The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-18
THE BOMB AT
l THE DINNER PARTY.
Comedy of Dinner of '4Costumsd
Heads" at Time When Things
Were Popping IN Paris
From ne French.

Scene house in the outskirts OF Paris
! gaily decorated with shrubs and Japanes.
lanterns.
Characters. NJ and Nine Robiauet, two
maids and the dinner guests.
1t is O'Clock. Madame, who has sent out
invitations for a dinner OF oostumed heads
is seated in the salon. where she can admire
herself in the glass. Her hair is dressed r
Louis Nv. style not perhaps original. but
extremely distinguished. Madames strong
point is distinction. Monsieur. who cares
nothing about being distinguished, is hot and
uncomfortable in flowing wig. and strides
| impatently up and down.
Madame. still looking at herself-Dear
me, NJ, Robiquet l wish you would try and
sit still.
Monsieur-It's quarter past :, and no.
body here yeti
Madame, COMPLEMENTARY course not;
didn't invite them until half-past.
Monsieur--You told me 7!
Madame, sweetly-I wanted to make
sure that you would be ready, my dear.
Monsieur you did, did you? Well
il is nothing to you whether die Of con-
gestion of the brain!
Madame-What terrible temper you ire
in, to he sure! The moment anything
occurs to disturb your habits. you i'm
mediately growl like thunder cloud You
are as bad as Nine. Siroteau: she said abe
hesitated oaccept my invitation on account
of the disturbances Of the times!
Monsieur, absently-She was quite right.
Madame. sarcastically-Was she. in
deed? Disturbances of the times! We
are not at war, are we?
Monsieur-No. but our allies, the Rus
sians, are-and thin k Of all these revo-
lutions and bombs!
Madane-Bah, as il I could not give
dinner because the Imperial court Ia in
mourning! There are no bombs here!
Monsieur-That is al! you know about it!
There was one in front Of the Prefecture
this m forming.
Madame, still sarcastic, but a trif'e nerv-
ous-Do you really mean one of those ter
rble
Monsieur, unheeding there were
great crowds in the street.
Madame-It must have made it look
very unusual!
Monseur-Some one had just discovered
9 saucepan in one of the offices.
Madame-A second ast onishing event!
Monsieur, eXctedlyIt was real-you
understand, with lid fastened with iron
and fuse sticking out still smoking BY
chance. some one had put it out but think
what would have happened!
Madame, white beneath he -ouge-Is
this true?
Monsieur-True az am sitting here
Madame, faintly-Oh!!
Monsieur. sarcastic in his turn-So l
always growl, do /? Didn't | forbid
Eudoxe to say word to you about it!
Madame-Does she know about it?
Monsieur-Of course. There il nothing
else talked about DOWNTOWN! She came
Lack shaking from the market!
Madame-l noticed that somethin was
the matter, but l thought she had the dinner
on her mind. Are you sure it was a sauce
pan?
Monsieur-Well, perhaps it was pot.
Madame-Did you see it?
Monsieur-No. it wasn't there when I
went to the building.
Madame-Had they taken it away?
Monsieur-1t was necessary. So the
soldiers took it.
Madame-Where? To the barracks?
Poor things! What II it should explode!
MONSIEUR don't know what became Of
the terrible machine. Doubtless the proper
precautions were taken in order to avoid
all possible accidents.
Madame-Let us hope 40! What a tor
rible time this Is to live inl Such things