Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-12-11

mentor ana utl1ty emperor MIS-.
.DeAIille 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 10 be invited too" Mr..
DeMille 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 DeBIille was a decided
acquisition to Brewster's campaign
81 nmittee. 1t required just her touch
70 make bis parties fun instead of
funny
1t was on Oct Is that the dinner was
giyen. With the skill of general Mrs,
ban 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 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 DISPOSE
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
4 l. Ella t. n
| ners were something to talk about, but
| they were accepted hesitatingly, bait
| ingly. People wondered how he had
secured the cooperation of Mrs. Dan,
but then Mrs. Dan always did go in for
| 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 it well. He add
ed touch or two of luxury, the faint
est aroma of splendor. Pettingill had
designed the curiously hayward ia
BILE. with it's comfortable atmosphere
of companionship, and arranged ITS
|
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 Mon7y held
out for orchids. 1t was the artist, too,
who had found in a rare and happy
moment the massive gold candelabra-
ancient things of a more luxurious
age-and their opalescent shades.
Against his advice the service, too, was
of gold-"rank vulgaIity," he called 1t,
with it's rich meaningless ornamental
ton. 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-
costing 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
" 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. 1t 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. 1t gave note OF
quiet to the picture which caused
even these men and women, who had
been here and there and seen many
things, to draw in their breath sharply
| Altogether the effect manifestly made
; an impression.
, Such an environment had it's infu
, ence upon the company. 1t went fal
, toward making the dinner a success
, From far in the distance came thu
. softened strains of Hungarian music
and never had the little band played
the "Valse Amoureuse" and the ''Vals'
Bleue'' with the spirit it put into then
that night Yet the soft clamOr in thu
dining room insistently ignored tn
. emotion of the music. Monty, bOret
: as he was between the two most i'm
portant dOwagers at the feast, wonder
;, ed dimly what invisible part it playe'
:, in making things go. He had vagran
fancy that without it there would hav
been no zest for talk, no noisy compet
. ton to overcome, no hurdles to lear
As it was, the talk certainly went vel
= and Mrs. Dan inspected the result
her work from time to time with sml
: ing satisfaction From across the Ca
: BILE she heard Colonel Drew's voice
Brewster evidently objects to Ion
= siege. He is planning to carry us D
;, assault"
: TO BE- CONTINUED.