The Cairo bulletin., 1907-10-01
ONCE ENOUGH.
FOR her

IheTe's big dinerence in the way
men get along with each other and
women get along with each other,
said the observant waiter, "and no
body sees more OF 1t than we do here.
You see, people get tired of the table
d'hote dinners with. the pink ink, and
pretty soon they come In here to US.
Now, one of our portions is plenty for
two, so there are great many of our
men customers who have been dining
here for years and splitting portions.
They get their dinner for just about
half price in this way, besides having
the pleasure of each others company;
but just let me tell you how the
women manage that One example
will be enough
"A little black-eyed woman came
here several times alone. She ordered
several portions of things and left
half of each on her plate.
"She was pretty liberal with her
tips and | hated to see what she paid
for going to waste like that. so
said to her one night as she was leav.
ing:
Why don't you bring a woman
friend with you and divide the por.
tons? 1t would be much cheaper
Its good idea, she said i be-
lieve | will
Sure enough, the very next night
| in she came with a. woman friend. a
| tall, handsome woman who would
have made just about two Of her. They
seated themselves and the tall woman
ordered cocktails. She told mo exact
| ly how she wanted them, never saying
word to the little woman about how
she wanted them. looked at the lit
tie woman and she nodded to me In
such a way as to lead me to believe
that the tall woman was treating and
she must sit there and drink anything
she wanted to drink, whether she
liked 1t or not
when they had finished with the
cocktails the big woman picked up the
card and said
THAT filet Of sole is nice here. We
must have some OF that
Yes said the little woman, and
brought the fish.
Next the little woman picked up
the card and said timidly:
Here is chicken. Don't you think
it might taste good? / am awfully
fond of chicken
with that the big woman frowned
and said;
mo. I had chicken last night.
Walter bring us some of this mutton
"The little woman smiled at her
and said I should think you'd be tired
of mutton just coming from England.
They made me eat so much of 1t over
there / almost began to bleat,' but the
big woman just looked over her head
at somebody on the other side Of the
room and said:
"'No. never get tired of mutton.
| like IT,
"The little woman left more than half
her mutton ON her plate. and when
the big woman asked her what else
she'd have she said. Nothing. thank
you
Then the big woman motioned me
to make out my bill. and / thought.
of course. she was going to pay It all, |
because she had done all the ordering, !
but no. The little woman said:
"Tll pay my half, according to our
agreement. but 30 long as you Nave |
your pocketbook open. pay and we'll |
divide up when we get home"
Now, that would have been all |
right IL 1t had been two men, but not |
80 with two women. The big woman !
drew herself up till she might have
made three of the little woman and
said firmly:
No. Wen pay right herel'
1.-THE little woman's cheeks got red
IS fire, but she didn't say anything.
instead. she took out her purse and
oil Of bills from II that was about the
lie of your fist, and began to look for
one dollar bill II was two dollars
,etween them. wish you could have
zen the tens and twenties she unroll-
d looking for that one dollar bill /
,elieve she did 1t on purpose to para
we the big woman.
"The next night the little woman
anne back by herself
" Your friend didn't come with you
o-night,' I said to her as pushed her
hair to the table and brought her the
e.
NO said she. It didn't work.
han't try it again, either. You have
D eat what you don't Ike sometimes
hen you are married, but you don't
hen you are not Did you see her
AXE me eat mutton?"