The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-17
SERVED UP IN PIES.
How a Dwarf Was Brought to Notice


Strange Disguise for a Host.
The "Pie Girl who, as given il
the evidence at the ThaW trial, wa
with a number Of birds served u
in a pie at a theatrical supper Is b,
no means the first human being Wit
has been thus treated.
Jeffrey Hudson, the celebrates
dwarf, with whom all readers O
SCOTS "Peveril Of the Peak" arr
acquainted, was first brought to The
notice of Charles I. during a visi
of that monarch and his queen tt
Burleigh-on-the-Hill, the residence O.
the Duke Of Buckingham, in whose
service the manikin vas. At din
ner a large cold pie made it's appear
ance, says the London Tit-Bits, anG
ON this being cut by the queen Hud
son stepped forth and made his obei
sance to royalty.
Another dwarf Richebourg, appear
ed on the table of a French nobleman
in the interior OF a gigantic raised
pie. At a given signal this was cut
and disclosed the pygmy, who, bear
ing q silver salVer on which were
arranged a. number Of articles of
jewelry, advanced across the table
and in turn presented each of the
| guests with a valuable souvenir.
In 1888 a NJ. de Paries gave a ban
quet in Paris to a dozen ladies OF
l tho halJo} Owl fhnir oIrosrn~o r., tho
centre of the table vas a colossal
heap Of fruit, which, on being struck
with a golden wand by the host. fell
away revealing three young girls
CARRIED as Hebes, who during the re-
past waited upon the ladies, while
a Like number of youths, representing
Ganymedes, who had made their ap-
pearance in a more prosaic man
ner, attended to the wants Of the
male guests.
Some six years back a wealthy
French countess gave a dinner at
which the centerpiece was a mass Of
the rarest and most beautiful bios
SONS. From these, as soon as the
diners were seated, arose Marguerite
Deyal, who, as the courses succeeded
n another, sang the menu in a
sweet voice.
At a dinner given in the seventies
in Rome by a rich Italian the decora-
ton of the table was remarkable for
the presence of half a dozen huge
cakes. From these, as the repast pro.
ceedSd, issued, to the amazement of
the guests, strains of delightful mel.
ody, which, with brief intermissions,
continued until the last course had
been partaken of. Then, on the ap-
pearance Of coffee and liqueurs, the
sugar covered walls of the confec.
lions fell asunder and six dainty
clad lady musicians stepped forth
from their strange confinement.
In the spring of 1852 an eccentric
Viennese banker gave a supper to q
party of friends, who ON arrival were
asked to excuse the unavoidable alb
sence Of their host and to proceed
with the repast without further de-
lay. They therefore took their seats
at table, in the centre of which stood
a gigantic pasty, from which, when
the meal was approaching its CON
.clusien, began to issue weird growls,
to the amazement of the guests, whose
wonder changed to absolute panic
when, on a sudden, the crust was
burst asander, and what was to all
seeming a savage beast sprang forth.
CONSERVATION and dismay reigned.
A rush was made for the doors, which
were found to be locked. Then the
company turned and each snaRching
UP whatever weapon lay at Ihand,
stood on his defence. Whereupbn the
object Of their terror burst into a
roar of laughter, and tearing off it's
hairy hide stood revealed as the gives
of the feast.-Sun.