The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-05-01
Their Dinner
Party
Bv RosaIie 6. Menoe''

tory as she burst lilto NV
inc her hat on the table hei oo"' ~
the chair and her gloves on NE 'o"
-. mr. ~ \ G." sewing circle pre-
pared to listen. - p,
have been SO perfectly lovely 10 US
that | thought it would be NEE 'o' W
II 4 c. 10 give them dinner p'iN
Wha, do you think, girls? =,
splendid" Fine" Just oear.
Good Delightful" We're the re-
plies oorossive
dinner party" suggested MarJorv'
Never heard OF progressive DIN
ner," put in Lulu.
.. progressive dinner progresses
that's ALL" explained the instlsa'o'
of the plan. You see, we al ''a''
a. one girls home and partake OF me
first course of a dinner. Ihey w
nroceed to another's for the secohd
course and so on until We finish WIN
tho dessert at the last house. See
"A perfect Inspiration Jolly.
"Simply wonderful" "Marlory, you
are genius declared her frlends'
I'm glad it's going to be a dinner
because Dan Is so fond OF good thiis'
n eat" said Louise. iii take the
dosser, course. Our cook makes spleh-
did meringues.
Indeed not" dissented Mar1ors,
zach girl must prepare her ailo'ea
dish without any assistance wha'so'
ever. No mother, sister, sister-lh-
law. aunt, friend or servant VIII DC
. allowed to help the hostess in prepar-
ing our dinner. Those \. Y. Il. boys
think we can do nothing but goli an"
dance. Let us show them that We aiso
: know something about the cullnar!
art" h,
"Yes. Remember what the poet sand
about reaching a mans heart through
; his stomach" sighed the romahl''
lrma.
!, After much lively discussion in as
;. signing the dinner course to the mem
bers. naming the escorts ana lssuiii'
G tho official invitations TO the X. y q
n club. the B. A. C. adjourned its week
ly meeting.
The following Tuesday evening a
~ the X. Y. us and the b. A. C.s Ell
H. tered Lulu's house they found her
r. tears. She explained between sooS
r.. Il Just feel perfectly terrible. II
d mos, embarrassing! But they neye
e came. The artichokes. ] mean. Nv
been telephoning irantically. Can e
no satisfaction. Oh! it's dreadful.
81 Never mind" said George SCOT
-. ingly. I'VE can live without arr
:, chokcs. Don't worry, little girl. Lei
!, proceed to the soup"
SO with one accord they started Il
- lrmas home.
The bouillon was brought in al
the bouillon was taken Ont-tasto
- and only tasted.
Il don't see how it happened. i
mystery! Don't be polite and I
to drink it. | beg of you It's burr
irrevocably burnt The gas range
to blame. I'm mortified.
The guests consoled lrma as b'
they could.
Forward! Onward. was the watt
n word
I'm getting kind of nervous" WI
n percd Marjory to Lulu. 4 hope
ducks are all right They ought
h be. haven't Thought of anything G
for IA week, I've seen ducks RUM
around even in my Dreams"
n Mariorys expression WAS ST.
as the crisp and brown fowls W
placed before her at the dinner tai
h My goodness Impossible II
awful. What made me do it? G.
pletcly forgot to draw my ducks
sE fore placing them IN the oven
4 hungry crowd left Mario
ducks and started for Louise's
ert.
1T was meant for ice cream 7
ingue, but the ice cream just woul
get hard" apologzed Louise. If
drink it like frappe it won't taste
bad! Our cooks meringues are
ways Dreams"
z Say, fellows. I'm beastly hung
declared Bob. Lets go down
and give the girls real din
They're all right, even If they q
know how to cook Come on. be
We perish with hunger"
As the II. A. C's and X Y.
entered the restaurant the head
er overheard MarjOry suggest TO
friends:
Girls, suppose We change our
Ing club into a cooking class"
- And the answer quickly came,
pose We do