Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-03
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9U5, BUSINESS MEL
 financial fssas grew out Of the pur
 chase of <14,00O automobile. He
 blandly admitted to Nopper Harrison and the two secretaries that he intend
 ed to use it to practice with only, and that as soon as he learned how to run an auto" as it should be run he ex pected to buy good, sensible, durable machine for $7,OO0.
 | His staff officers frequently put theil heads together to devise ways and
 means of curbing Monty's reckless ex travagance. They were worried.
 Hes like sailor in port" protest. . ed Harrison. Money is no object if he wants a thing, and-hang it-he seems
 to want everything he sees"
 Tt won't last long," Gardner said reassuringly. Like his namesake, Monte Christo, the world is his just now, and he wants to enjoy it."
 "He wants to get rid of it, it seems to me-"
 Whenever they reproached Brewster about the matter he disarmed them by saying: Now that I've got money I mean to give my friends good time. Just what you'd do if you were in my place. Whats money for, anyway? But this $3,O00 a plate dinner'- I'm going to give dozen of them, and even then I can't pay my just debts. For years I've been entertained at peoples houses and have been taken cruising on their yachts. They
 have always been bully to me, and
 what have I ever done for them? Noth-
 ing. Now that I can afford it, am going to return some of these favors and square myself. Doesn't 1t sound reasonable?'
 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.' MT.
 DeMflle lived at the club and visited his home. Some one said that he was so slow md his wife so fast that when
 she Invited him to dinner he was usu-
 ally, two or three days late. Alto.
 gethef Mrs. DeAIille was a decided acquisition to Brewster's campaign committee. It required just her touch to make his parties fun instead of funny.
 It was on Oct. IS that the dinner was given. With the skill of general Mrs. Dan had seated the guests in such a way that from the beginning things vent off with zest Colonel Drew took i'll Mrs. Valentine, and his content was assured. MT. Van Wrinkle and the beautiful Miss Valentine were 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 cases it was almost in- deiicate-was displayed in the disposi- tion 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 hesitatingly, halt ingly. People wondered how he had secured the cooperation of Mrs. Dan, but then Mrs. Dan always did go in for q new toy. To her was inevitably at- tributed whatever success the dinner achieved, and it was no small measure. Yet there was nothing startling about the affair. Monty had decided to begin conservatively. He did the conven- tional thing, but he did 1t we'll He add. ed touch or two of luxury, the faint est aroma of splendor. Pettingill had designed the curiously wayward ta- ble, with its comfortable atmosphere of companionship, and arranged it's decoration of great lavender orchids and lacy butterfly festoons of white . ones touched with yellow. He had wanted to use dahlias in their many rich shades, from pale yellow to orange and deep red, but Monty held out for orchids. It was the artist, too. who had found in rare and happy moment the massive gold candelabra- ancient things of more luxurious age-and their opalescent shades. Against his advice the service, too. was of gold-"rank vulgarity," he called 1t, with its rich meaningless ornamenta- tion. But here Monty was obdurate. He insisted that he liked the color and that porcelain had no character. Mrs. Dan only prevented a quarrel by sug- gesting that several courses should be served upon Sevres.
 Pettingill's scheme for lighting the room was particularly happy. For the benefit of his walls and the four love ly Monets which Monty had purchased at his instigation he had designed a ceiling screen of heavy rich glass in tones of white that grew into yellow and dull green. It served to conceal the lights in the daytime, and at night the glare of electricity was immensely softened and made harmonious by passing through it It gave c note of quiet to the picture which caused even these men and women. who had