The Washington times., 1906-07-22
Mrs. Sterling'S Ways,
No. p.
Her Views IS to Finical Folk

lkIVT ILL I have a cup Of tea7
M Yes, II you please, and
Wv strongr'
Mrs. Martin dropped
herself dramatically into an easy chair
and famed a flushed face. Her breath
came irregularly. rs from severe exer-
ton.
a thousand thanksr' with a pretty
exaggeration Of gratitude. as she re-
oeived the coveted beverage. II hope
don't look as cross as I really am!
Ny nerves are worn 10 a frezzle-what-
ever that may be- like the word! To
frazzle, and my temper has been at
fever heat FOR four days and six hours
For precisely that length OF time I have
been doing the amiablc hostess 20 a
pair Of fnical folk, I took them 70 the
station al hour ago"
"In Iaws?" queried Mrs. White. in
genuine sympathy. and An appreciative
murmur arose.
mo. Then. duty 70 ones husband
would have been pressed into service.
Nor yet ole and provincial. My Finical
Folk are young. They have been mar
ried but two years. and have lived all
their lives in Richmond. Va. They have
advanced ideas upon a variety OF sub
jects-principaIly and always upon diet,
They have one pet dyspeptic idiosyn-
Grassy apiece The wife IS a semi-vege-
tartan She believes IN a select num-
Der Of meats-most OF them expensive
and frowns upon all others as rank
POISON. 7 assure you. my dear childE
The husbands bugabOo IS breadstuns
and their adulterati0n. He brought his
bread with him. lie never travels with
out ii. lie produced IL At the table.
wrapped IN a napkin embroidered with
his wIc's monogram. and took Il up
stairs at the end OF ea0h meal
She drinks distilled water by the
quart between meals. and at the table
camhric tea. half separated cream. half
freshly boiled water. brought 20 the
table and boiled before her eyes. and
swcetened-she calls Il 'quali1ed'-with
saccharine. Sugars are horribly adul-
terated. She puts all foods IN the plu-
raL"
Like Mr.. Baps. the Bllmbers' dane
Ing master. in 'Dombey and Son. with
Els Russia and her taliows' % COM
meuted Mrs. Greene.
7 was reminded OF him a dozen times
a day. The masculine F. F. imbibed
black tea. imported by a friend. of kim
drcd tastes. All green teas are rank
poison Most OF them are cOlored by
Prusslan blues. He brought that along.
too. in a china caddy with a tight top.
as a precaution against PTusslan-blue
microbes, ! suppose. He had a steril-
iZed teapot. also OF china Metal pots
are rank poison Then they must have
oatmeal-Irsh and brand had TO
s~rur rha CITY 1o find II must be boiled
twelve hours.
They had one gastrouomic idiosyn-
Grassy in common, and they worked 10
hard Neither OF them could eat eggs.
or anything Of which eggs form part.
The combination OF albumen. sulphur.
carbon, nitrogen. and the Prince oi
Darkness alone knows what other un-
holy ingredients is the rankest poison
10 anv wcIl-educated human stomach;
mullins gTiddle cakes, cakes Of any
and every kind, were banned. Somehow.
your Finlcal Folk. always Dut the whole
world in the wrong. If they are TO be
believed commonplace people who eat
after the manner Of their forefathers
and the vast majority OF their contem-
poraries are suicides and. II they bring
their children up in the same way. are
You are making n very entertaining
story of YOUR recent visitation" ." smiled
Mrs GRAY we are willing 20 believe
that v0u have a sub-stTatum Of fact To
WOTh upon lbu lldlulA tApNCt Us ~
believe IL all? II one-half be true. your
brace Of f. F. VS. should not be al
lowed 70 ran al large. much less 10
have the range of rational peoples
houses"
Il believe every word Of her story"
interposed Mrs. Sterling AZ this point.
unexpectedly and with unusual energy.
Il agree too. with Mrs Gray that
people with digestive idiosynCTasies
which unsettle the order OF other
peoples households ought not to accept
invitations TO eat and 10 drink out of
their own homes. There they NAV be
as disagreeable as they like. Il is an i'm
position upon hospitality and a breach
Of good manners TO Obtrude their dis
orders and whims upon disgusted audi
tors, and. as your little victim here has
told us. make all who differ with them
ar5 &c .lv,ost tnadfbla ,,ulase cool-ad