The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

~ HAT a supper should follow thea
ter. opera, concert. or lecture Is
a foregOne conclusion. The even
ing meal, be il dinner or supper,
is eaten al an earlier hour than usual,
or hurried over. or abridged. that the
pleasure seekers may be at the rendez-
Vous in season. The evening entertain
INIT is a strain upon the strength. be It
amusement or boredom. The party
energies into the outer air-Which acts
as an instant tcnic 10 empty stomachs
full il may be- of thoughts or what
they have enjoyed or endured. but with
one idea which Overtops the rest IN each
mind
That there are ways and ways of Civ
ing the indispensable supper i purpose
20 illustrate in this free-and-easy talk
with my youthful. and. because Of that
youth, pleasure-lOving constituents, by
telling three perfectly true stories from
my own experience.
The FIRST is the tamely conventional
tale of a rich man VINO got up party
of friends for an opera evening. He
had a box for the season. and his wife
assisted him IN doing the honors Of the
occasion 20 six guests-three of whom
were young. We were driven TO the
opera house in private carriages, and
from IL. when the opera was over, 70 a
ordered beforehand was enjoyed by the
juniors. and partaken Of discreetly by
their elders.
A Tempting Menu.
Chicken bouillon. mantled by whipped
cream, prefaced an enree OF oyster
crabs
Squads and eepes a Ia BOrdelaise y ere
succeeded by salad. Then CAME ices
and cakes, black coffee and tiny glasses
of benedictIne TO reconcile the midnight
feast to our gastronOmic conscier ces-
nH- IL
we entered the waiting carriages TO be
returned 10 our respective homes.
The second experience I shall record
had of Il an element that would have
wrOugh- Cnasrn EG' tcr the lively
sense Of humOr with which kind ma
ture had endowed the major portion Of
the participants
Two young men-business partners,
and credited with being rising fell
lows 4" asked me for permission to in
Tite my daughters. my niece. my son,
and my prospective sOn-in-law TO see
Booth in Hamlet on q given night.
And would / chaperon the party when
made lTD2 All accepted. with pleas
ure, and on the evening appointed we
were agreeably surprised By the arrival
Of the proposed hosts in two carriages,
designed 10 convey the octette to the
theater. The weather was fine. and
we could have taken the street cars
conveniently, the hosts might be rising,
bat they were not rich. and our young
people were not fastidious. SIN, we
were thankful for the goods the gods
who preside over reYelries by night
had provided for US. We made no con
ment upon the unexpected luxury and
appreciated the evident intention Of the
pa.- 10 40 the thing in style"
The play was long and we were
hungry when it was done. In compar-
ing notes afterward all six of Us con
fessed how we had settled in our minds
that supper would be served for the
ternauOnal renoWn, and which was
q sliEhtful'v convenient to the ihca-cI-
so convenient / caught myself sitting
up in an eXpectant attitude as we APP
preached the Illuminated front of The
sfatey building, and was CO lsci0us OF
palpable chill at heart as We rolled
rapidly By. with like rapidity we roll
cd past four other observation-disclosures
desirable-stopping-pl and SO on up
TO our own door. And never a syllable
of supper had been lisped by the .'ris-
- twain
icy assembled tho 'front.' steps with
Us tu| would not cHnv ~
1T IS late. and the ladies MAY be
ings of thanks and depreciation were ut
tered. the hosts re-entered the car
riages. and we went slowly INDOORS
once In the hail. we looked foTlornly
into one another's faces-hungry-ey
and disappointed. Then our sIang-lov-
Ing collegtan said;
II suppose they didn't have the price
Of carriages and supper. toot and we
laughed until the tears started The
servants We're in bed. but we raided the
larder II a body. bringing cut treasures
new and old, and sat over the lmproV-
ised TeEnst until the small houks were
waxing larger.
The third party I shall report upon
was of ike size with the second Eight
IS a jolly number for a theater or din
ner company. There were four boys