Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
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MODERN RIVALS OF LUCULLUS
Londoners Who Dine at Thirty
Guineas Per Head-Peas
rs Cd a Spoonful
al Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald
LONDON, June 30.-There seems to
be no falling off in the practic of spend
ing enormous sums in private society
entertainments.
The manager of one of the largest
catering houses has remarkable ex-
travagances to cite.
THE cost of ball and at home sup
pers varies according to the season Of
the year." a representative of the firm
said.
"a leader of society gave a small
dinner party last winter which cost
her thirty guineas per head, exclusive
of wine.
Young green peas were valued at
rs Cd a spoonful, and asparagus at 5s
a stick Peach-fed Virginia hams, with
brandy and champagne sauce, cost
half guinea a plate. New potatoes
were Is each. The strawberries and
peaches worked out at three guineas
per head"
1--WE have just sent in a bill for
e3S3 to hostess who gave a dinner
party" said the manager of a West
End firm of florists to representative
of the press yesterday.
THAT sum represents only the floral
decorations, which consisted of pale
pink roses and lilies-of-the-valley. The
roses cost rs cd for each bloom, and
they were used not only on the table
but for massed effects on the stair
case and rooms
One evenings musical program may
cost anything from e2OO to e800.
Many hostesses pay a first-class
artist from 200 to 300 guineas," said the
representative of well known agency.
The services of other performers must
also be engaged, SO that you can read
lily see that music is a very expensive
item"
1t is suggested that entertainments
can be made considerably cheaper and
yet be seemingly extravagant.
For instance, a talking machine can
be- bird for two guineas a night, and
concealed in a bank of greenery. None
of the guests would suspect it's pres
ence until from bower of roses PATHS
voice suddenly rang out in "Voi che
sapete" or Melba trilled the valse aria
from Romeo and Juliet" or Caruso
pealed out in ''Di quella pira.''
why should not hostesses invest in
the finest artificial flowers, which can
be used again?" the superintendent of
a charitable school of artificial flower
makers asked.
I'VE can produce most perfect speci-
mems of the Caroline Testout' rose, for
which florists are charging rs Cd, at Cd
each.
1T is impossible to detect these arti-
uclal mowers unless Iney are nanQleu,
especially If arranged with real foliage.
We scent the blossoms with rose per-
fume.
I'VE decorated a dinner table last
month with mignonette and yellow
roses, with trails of red smilax and
maidenhair fern. The hostess was
asked how she had obtained mignon-
ette so early in the year. The flowers
cost 15s, and can be used on many oc-
Casions."
Lucullus was a rich Roman soldier
and gourmet noted for his magnificence
and sef-indulgence.
1t is recorded that he spent more
than el700 on a single meal. To a
questioner who asked him who were
to he his guests at a particularly splen-
did supper, he answered.: 'Lucullus
viii sup tonight with Lucullus.''
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Change In beach Trains Salt Lake
Route.
No change going down, but on and
after July l daily train now leaving
East San Pedro at $3.50 p. m. and Long
Beach at 6;4l y. IN. win leave at 5:45
and 5;56 respectively for Los Angeles.
Sunday a Enapia1