The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-03-01

MS dinner clusters of orchids at each
pace concealed gems, every one of
Whlch was valued at more than ST.
oOO. Another Chicagoan. Nathaniel
moore, provided a novelty at a birth
day dinner which he gave in Febru-
airy or last year. He was not con-
tent 10 arrange theatre party fol-
lowed by sumptuOus supper; but
oy a change which reminds one of
ALADDIN and his lamp the scene was
shifted rapidly from the theatre to
a private dinner room at Rector's,
which had been transformed into a
seeming fairyland. The pillars in
the room were draped in great mass
es OF American beauty roses (this
IN the heart of winterl, while the
tables cleaned with crystal and sill
yer. AS each guest took up a nap
kin from inside it there fell a leath-
er-covered box containing some Or
nament of diamonds or emeralds or
pearls.
Gem Bedecked Swans.
1T was Julius Meyer, a New York
er, who conceived the idea of Civ
ing a swan dinner to fifteen men
who were his intimate friends. The
table was spread in a garden of
roses, with bowers of interviewer
vines, and hung with clusters ofsrare
fruit. The white columns were hid
den by festoons of smilax and ever
greens, and in the hollow square
formed by the tables was a miniature
lake, in which live swans moved
gracefully about, their necks encirc-
led by sparkling gems. Below in
the clear water could be seen gold
fish, while the edge of the pool was
banked with rare tropical plants and
pond lilies, which half concealed
clusters of colored lights.
In 1906 a celebrated May party
was given by South African dia-
mond king at a fashionable London
restaurant. All the accessories of a
diamond mine were utilized, and so
perfect was the illusion that the din
ner was pronounced the sensation of
the year. The floor was covered
with sand, glittering with tiny specks
of mica. Around the table there
were arranged great blocks of
quartz, in which were imbedded we'll
defined veins of gold. Jumps of
blue clay, with small diamond points
protruding from it were also used in
the scheme of decoration. There
were picks and shovels and individ-
ual lamps to be attached to the min
ers' caps, with bags of gold-dust and
small nuggets of virgin metal at each
place. Turtle soup was served in a
huge iron pot by walters who we're
! cOal-black natives imported from
! Central Africa At the doors of the
dining hall armed Beers stood on
guard, carrying pistols and long
! murderous-looking knives. 1t must
! have been a rather uncomfortable
affair; but it was unique in its way,
and the gifts of nuggets and gold
dust entitIe it to a place in the list
of beneficiary dinners.
Some Family Dinners.
There have been some rather ex-
traordinary family dinners, which
in fact, have eclipsed the banQuets
! already chrOnicled. Thus in 1908
Mr.. Pabst, the we'll known brewer OF
/ Milwaukee, presented his wife and
/ four children each with q million
dollar block Of stocks in his brewery
j So, 100000 in all-at q Christmas
/ dinner Again. the late millionaire
/ Charles Lockhart Of the Standard Oh
/ Company, prepared a Slight surprise
for his family. The dinner in cues
ton was a pleasant home affair. free
from every form of ostentation. But
| when. after the first course, the
plates were removed little slips Of
paper were discovered under them
each one displaying a few lines in
Mr.. Lockhart's characteristic scrawl:
Pay to the order Of -----
! &1.0O0,0O0 Charles Lockhart,
Shortly after his death this incident
was cited as an example Of his &c.
centrlcity But it is probable that
| he already knew his end to be an-