The sun., 1910-05-15

hearing and that the chioke On uandMl6k
should be produo-d as evidence. "
To this letter ths committee retnrtsd--
tho temptation WAS too great that owing
60 the stringent rules " tia hoard 81
Health the sandwich had been destroyed
: that they had not deemed II In accordance
utah the hert club usages a. lie Il am0mR
their archives .oge;her with their cor
respOndence.
The fame that had been smouldering
now hlaZCd up In answer to the letter
the club member replied hotly thatha
would never pay Tor the sandwich The
house committee answered IN turn With
cold fOrfnality that they didn't rant a.
hn az all offensive. bat that he must nav
for the sandwich They added in c,nIhnR
phrase that until that sandv ich was naid
tor the member would he posted each
month Tor that Is cents
Thomas RJoues paid his club hills
minus ne disputed quarter, and found
himself posted for 10. A month went Nv
and he was still posted. though be paid
his bills otherwise with great prompt
moss Three months later his name still
continuing 10 decorate the hoard for that
mean little sum, he Caiitnlated His next
check included the dispnrad a,rG,,nt ami
slghali1ed house committee victory
that II took banquet 10 calebrate
Men who have been members ot lunch
eoh cinh house committees sav that u
- hoi the mean men who do the Oom-
! planning. Almost invariably, according
7" Their experiences. it ID the open-
handed. generous, free spenders wba
ind iault cndleS~ly over petty things
Eyen the most experienced house COM
inittee never knows where the lightning
II going io strike next
MNfuk kara 1Tuns,I.Ev
mites about one another. For exRmDla.
the man who h spending t or $40 for a
iuncheon notices another man making =
meal on plate Of soup costing him 70
cents, consuming with this about rs Oants
worth of bread and butter, for which he
~ paying nothing This arouses the irs
OF the liberal club member
Are we supporting a club for teIlowa
like theseg- he aays. HUH And in n
good many cases kick gOes right in.
One man complained because the cliIh
didn't have sherry shakers 10 90 with
turtle soup. He was not content 10 havw
the sherry served In a glass 90 that hs
might pour il into the soup. He indig-
nantly wrote 20 the committee that thiR
was not AZ all the right way: any housa
committeeman ought 10 know that: n he
wasn't informed on such simple Qna-
tronomic decencies he had no business o.
he ON the house COMMITTEES. To mAka
turtle soup palatable sherry had 10 10
shaken In drop by drop.
There was not very much turtle noup
ot eny sort consumed In that club.
Whether or not a sherry shaker should ba
purchased didn't seem a matter Of vital
importance, but the house committees
decided Il was better 10 be polite. and thay
bought "A sherry shaker The meusher
was appeased. and for days afterwarri
he was observed 70 wear a gratifiod
smile
The steward was quietly asked 70 Keen
tabs on the new purchase and 20 discover
how much OF club necessity Il really
was and II Il was duly appreciated. Al
the end % a year IL was found that Ira,
complaining member had used this essen,
tial in club life exactly three times and
that nobody else had ever called for II.
Another house committee remembers
with amusement the serious plea mads
bv a highly RESPECTED member, a hank
official. for a special pot 70 make Turkish
coffee In Ht table. This middle AGED
gentleman explained that he was not a
kicker hut that Il was very necessary
20 his comfort 10 have Turkish coffee
served with his luncheon and that IL tha
club didn't feel Ike going 20 the erpensa
n arranging this special service for
him he would have 20 lunch elsewhere
Il seemed a useless expense. hut Il was not,
q very great outlay. and the conlulit-
tee voted 10 buy the gentleman what he
wanted
The stewards record did not show that
this Turkish coffee pot was popular even
with the man who had yearned for it
u was found that the hank official had
used u just i've times. Ia the second
month IL was called for only twice. Thon
apparently he tired of his tOv
II takes patience and lot of smoothing
down 10 satisfy such men a. these. In
good many cases n n absolutely impoa-
-ihle The pine smokers ara the worst
one house committeeman says
like other clubs he went on, ex-
pllining the situation. we have had "a
prohibit pipe smoking. not becausa an
pipes arc had hut bec1usa some Era. and
II IL absolutely impossible 70 discriminaes
II one pips h. Permitted all must he.
The strongest tho most cherished pinea
are ALWAYS the worst from the point
u view u other people The worst of
the whole matter il that when YOU forbid
a genuine pipe smoker his pine you take
away his cherished prerogative and YOU
touch him on the raw
The ripe smokers have 20 he appeaaed
bv special visits CorreEpondenca does
not 90: it only makes matters a little biz
worse