The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-13
Their Dinner
Party
By Rosalie q. Mendel.

i have an idea" exclaimed Mar
3ory as she burst into the room. throw
ing her hat on the table. her coat OF
the chair and her gloves on the couch
The B. A. c." sewing circle pre-
pared to listen.
WELL" the boys Of the x. Y. z.
have been SO perfectly lovely to III
that l thought 1t would be nice for the
B. A. c. to give them q dinner party
What do you think. girls?"
splendid" "Fine!" Just dear"
Good" delightful were the re
plies.
But let US make this q progressive
dinner party" suggested Marjory.
Never heard Of a progressive din
ner." put in Lulu.
"A progressive dinner progresses
that's ALL" explained the instigator
of the plan. You see. We all start
at one girls home and partake OF the
first course Of dinner. They We
proceed to another's for the second
course. and SO on until we finish with
the dessert at the last house. See?"
"A perfect inspiration" Jolly"
;; Simply wonderful" "Marjory, you
are a genius" declared her friends.
I'm glad it's going to be a dinner.
because Dan is SO fond of good things
to eat" said Louise. iii take the
dessert course. Our cook makes splen.
did meringues."
Indeed not!' dissented Marjory.
Each girl must prepare her allotted
dish without any assistance whatso.
ever No mother. sister. sister-in-
law. aunt, friend or servant will be
allowed to help the hostess in prepar-
ing our dinner Those Y. Y. z. boys
think We can do nothing but golf and
dance. Let us show them that We also
know something about the culinary
art"
Yes. Remember what the poet said
about reaching mans heart through
his stomach" sighed the romantic
lrma.
After much lively discussion in as.
signing the dinner course to the mem.
bers. naming the escorts and issuing
the official invitations 10 the Y y. z.
club. the B. A. {. adjourned its week
N meeting.
The following Tuesday evening as
,hc " y. Us and the Il. A. C.'s en-.
tered l.ulu's house they found her in
tears. She explained between sobs.
Il just feel perfectly terrible. It's
most embarrassing! But they never
came. The artichokes, | mean, I've
been teiephoning trantically. 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 for
lrmas home.
The bouillon was brought in and
the bOuillon was taken out-tasted,
and only tasted.
Il don't see how 1t happened. lt's
a mystery! Don't be polite and try
to drink IT, ! beg of you. It's burnt,
irrevocably burnt. The gas range Is
to blame. I'm mortified"
The guests consoled lrma as best
they could.
Forward! Onward! was the watch.
word
I'm getting kind of nervous" wills.
pered Marjory to Lulu Il hope my
ducks are all right They ought to
be. haven't thought of anything else
for week. I've seen ducks running
around even in my Dreams"
Marjory's expression was n study |
rs the crisp and brown fowls were
placed before he. at the dinner table.
MY goodness Impossible How
awful! What made me do 1t? ! CON-
pletely forgot to draw my ducks be.
lore placing them in the oven
A hungry crowd left Marjory's
ducks and started for Louisc's des.
ert.
1T was meant for Ice cream mer.
ngue. but the ice cream Just wouldn't
get hard" apologized Louise. III you
rink 1t like frappe 1t won't taste SO
bad! Our cooks meringues are al.
ways dreams."
Say. fellows, I'm beastly hungry"
declared Bob. Lets 20 down town
Ind give the girls a real dinner.
They're all right. even II they don't
tnow how to cook. Come on before
We perish with hunger"
As the B. A. C.'s and X. ] "a
uttered the restaurant the head wait.
# overheard Mariory suggest to her
riends:
Girls, suppose We change oar sew
ng club into a cooking class
And the answer quickly Gaze. Sup
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