The La Jara chronicle., 1906-11-16
HUSBANDS "oUT," MATRoNs AR
RANGE PRIVATE PARTY.
COCKTAILS, WINE AND TEA
Women Eat, Drink and Have Gay
Time, Then Have Bills Sent to
"Hubbies"-cheerfuI Surprise
for Several Gentlemen.

4 New York.-"There will be six of
US We will be there at midnight. We
want good supper, with cocktails to
start on and a nice partridge for each
of us. And the wine? Oh, yes, for
got that. Three bottles will be enough.
No, we don't want any coffee and
brandy. But we will wind up on tea"
Think of supper party winding
up on tea" mused Tom Healy. the res
taurant man. as he hung up the tele-
I phone receiver and set about giving
J the necessary orders for serving the
midnight repast Must be lot of
hot sports," he said to his brother
"r. j. as every one calls him.
1 "Oh, well, they won't stay long" :"
comforted p. j." "a crowd that
wants only three bottles of wine and
cuts out brandy and coffee, will not
be troublesome
Promptly at midnight the party of
six arrived, four brunettes and two
blondes. The man at the door looked
for the male escorts. as he assisted
the ladies to doff their wraps. There
4 is rule in Healeys that no women
unaccompanied by mail escorts can
be served after the dinner hour, which
ends at nine o'clock. The door at
tendant politely informed the ladies'
of the fact.
Send for Mr.. Healy," commanded
one of them. a substantial matron of
considerably more than 45. Mr.. Healy
obeyed the summons. He shook
hands with all the women, asked after
II tr husbands and children and stood
attentive.
It's this way. Mr.. Healy," said the
lady who had sent for him I'VE have
turned, and are going to have our re-
venge on our husbands. They are
away somewhere tonight, at their
lodges, playing poker or something
else. We are tired of this sort of thing
and want to get even. So we are go
ing to have party of our own. We
want you to serve it and send each of
our husbands one-siXth of the bill
VIII you do it?"
With the greatest pleasure" re-
piled Healy. Il thought the dinner
was for six men, or three men and
three ladies. | thought it strange that
tea instead of coffee was ordered; but
/ understand it now. Come right
this way" He piloted the ladies.
flushed and expectant, through a maze
of tables to one set with six covers in
the center of the north room of his es-
tablishment. Almost every table in
the room was occupied with we'll
dressed people, the chandeliers flood
ed the room with ;ight and the men
and women looked with interest at the
six handsome women who sat alone
and clinked their glasses in a toast
heard only by themselves.
No merrier party ever gathered at
Healy's. The ladies paid not the
slightest attention to the other per
sons in the room. They laughed and
joked with one another, hummed the
words of the popular songs played by
th( orchestra, and seemed to be hav-
ing the time of their lives.
With the wine five of them began
to tease the sixth, demure little
woman, into whose black tresses tiny
skeins of silver were creeping.
"Oh. cheer up" admonished the ro-
bust lady who had acted as spokes-
woman and toastmaster. You don't
want to worry about anything. The
children are all right, and you want to
have good time. 1t will teach him a
lesson"