Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-11
Their Dinner
Party
sv Rosalie G. Mendel.

ing her hat on the table, her coat oi
The chair and her gloves on the couch.
Tho "B A, c." sewing circle pre-
pared to listen.
Well" the boys of the x. "
have been so perfectly lovely toS,ps
that ! thought it would be nice for the
n A c. to give them dinner party.
What do you think. girls?". ), ~
"snlendid." "Fine!" Just 1dear!"
"f,ood," Delightful" were the, re
plies 81.
"But let us make this a progressive
dinner party suggested Mariory.aa.
Never heard Of a progressive din dip
ner," put in Lulu.
"A progressive dinner progressesss:I.s
that's all!' explained the insugater
of the plan. You see, we all }staEt
a. one girls home and partake OF me
first course of dinner. They've
proceed to another's for the tseeehqa
course, and so on until we finish wild
the dessert at the last house: Seer
"A perfect inspiration" "JghsX! :
Simply wonderful" "Marjory, you
are a genius!" declared her fr:ienasSi
I'm glad it's going to be a dinner
because Dan is 50 fond of good things
TO eat" said Louise. III take the
dessert course. Our cook makes'spl!eIn::
did meringues." t." ,.r: i ', ,3::,:
Indeed not!" :dissented :. ,MarIohy:
zach girl must prepare. her allotted
dish without any assistance sswhatsg
ever. No; mother. sister, sister.l IN 4
law, aunt, friend or servant, will be
allowed to help.the hostess in prepsEss
ing Dur dinner. Those, X. Y. H. boys
think we can do nothing but golf and
dance. Let us show them that we "a ~
know something about the. culinary IL a
art!~ ~: ~, sA~%.' fT"S "
YES, Remember what; the. poet .said !!
about reaching a mans heart thfo3ugh?
his stomach" sighed the, ;fomNasatE
lr1pa. - ~, -.
After much lively discussion in as
signing the dinner course sto the thenIt
hers. naming the escorts. and issuing
the neutrality-suspicious. to the iX:sFaAr
club, the B. A, c. adjourned '.As!wsskE;t
~ meeting. -. 49, vs., >['''-'''
The following Tuesday evening as
the X. Y. rs and the B. A. C.'s en-
tered Lulu's house they found her in
tears. She explained between sobs:
81 just feel perfectly terrible! It's
most embarrassing! But they never
came! The artichokes, I mean! I've
been telephoning frantically. Can get
no satisfaction, Oh! it's dreadful"
Never mind" said George sooth-
ingly. I'VE can live without arti-
chokes. Don't worry, little girl. Let's
proceed to the soup"
So with one accord they started fer
lrma's home.
The bouillon was brought in aud
the bouillon was taken out-tastod,
and onky tasted.
81 don't see how it happened! Us
mystery! Don't be polite and s:y
TO drink it, beg of you. It's burnt,
irrevocably burnt. The gas range IS
10 blame. I'm mortified
The guests consoled Irma as hs7t
they could.
Forward! Onward! was the watch
word
I'm getting kind Of nervous" Ms
pered Marjory to Lulu. Il hope ~
ducks are all right They oughs 20
be. haven't thought Of anything else
for week! I've seen ducks running
around even in my dreams,"
Alarjory's expression was study
as the crisp and brown fowls we've
placed before her at the dinne- table.
My goodness. Impossible! Haw
awful! What made me do it? | CON-
pletely forgot to draw my ducks D.
fore placing them in the oven!'
A hungry crowd left Mari1.F'a
ducks and started for Louise's deg
ert
1T was meant for ice cream MGR
ingue, but the ice cream just Houldr't
get hard" apologized Louise. "lf 7cu
drink it like frappe it won't tasta so
bad! Our cooks meringues are -
ways dreams!"
Say. fellows, I'm beastly hnngcv.
declared Bob. Let's go down tcIn
and give the girls a real dinner
They're all right, even If ther dent
know how to cook. Come Or. he2eza
We perish with hunger"
As the B. A. C.'s and x. ! Z,
entered the restaurant the head vai!'
err overheard Marjory suggest &c ISL
friends:
Girls, suppose We change cHE Ga0'
ing club into a cooking Glass;"
And the answer quickly cams: "SGc
pose ne do