The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-29
Tho Last Night in Lon
don; They Haze Sup
nor at a Fashionable
Hotel.
vAREL, HERBERT URNER


Il :, IN these narrow London streets
j. 10 joke =.
Ware their cab moved up a few
,.,t. Helen leaned forward hope
hIy. But the driver was only
,s,tiug closer into line with those
ihiad. ,L ,o,o,
III have to cut out that supper,
I.u,;ne at his watch by the light
4 sm % tSs street. Everything clos
!. ,'S Ssre at 1890. It's lo:55 now.
AT was 8 long show
iis' twelve thirty9 Why, surely
4 b. ihsstsr supper places don It
'%ii "" said everything, didn't t I?
rh0 law here is to close az 1880
.i.rn % and it's enforced, too. No
,stinQ around it as they do IN
II ssV York, At 1890 the place has
u n hs dark and everybody out -
gsrs the cab moved up another
/ ,T feet. Helen looked out anx..
i,o,ly She had so often heard of
eamy, ,esnnnsr al the Savoy that it
,soIa be- real Disappointment not
u 70 20. II only they hadn't left 1t
n i,r the last night
But at length the policemen un"
i tmeled the maze Of cabs and tax
y h and they were allowed to make
4 bar way through.
4 When they reached the Savoy,
II Warren hurried her in and point
Al u mt the ladies' cloak room down
Y be Uest arched corridor.
lathe Savoy.
"Now you II have TO hustle. IL
deck nv coat and meet you here
n is tNo minutes,
Helen was surprised at the lux
y irous appointments of the dress
4 10 room. There were at least
I,rsp satinwood toilet tables, ar
aypd with their silver brushes,
wvder boxes and hand-mlrrors.
/ The maids were busy checking
CspIpy wraps and adjusting gowns
4 All had been disarranged IN the
= Mater or the cab. The air was
tifling with powder and perfume.
Helen checked her wrap and hur-
4 id out to the lobby, where War
Nd was waiting impatiently.
"Goiug to have devil OF
4 iins getting a table here he
q uunblcd as they entered the
.I N.isurant.
Large as the place was, every
hbls seemed filed. Helen's first
anesslon was Of the brilliancy of
ne scene. Everywhere were
nunenug Jewels and bare white
l.ks and shoulders.
One Of the head walters led them
niough the main room to a small
tible back in an alcove.
"Can't you do better than
iEsf' asked Warren.
Afraid not, sir. You see,
ngything is taken except those
haes back of the posts, -
This is not 80 bad" ventured
Helen. "We can see very well
fvn here"
"All night. then. Suppose there's
2 use putting up a kick in a
n @e like this. Haven t more than
y l'Is minutes, anyway"
Dear, have you noticed that not
IGngle woman is wearing q hat7'
snneTed Helen. "Don't they al
w !bem7p
u No You couldn t get iu any
II an supper place here with a
q ~ i $ only in New York they
sps the women TO spoil a scene
s tlls with their immense head-
here the waiter placed before
%9 some kind of ielIied broth in
hl thin cups.
J y Food 0lamor.
What's this9" Warren took
= ne silver. bound supper card.
81 was printed in French, and
mIsW II down in disgust. How
p. sae card was unnecessary, for
n wafer quickly brought on one
- ~ ssH after another. It was the
E after r-theater supper, and
, vas evidently no choice of
u, ,,,,. rAe{ We got this thing down
r. i me- explained Warren.
K NJ ~, We got to ret you fed and
4 '0u ont by 1880 o'clock, 80
di ~, |" not giving you a chance to
Z liss;;, NOW, what in thunder 's
z t,y poking disdainfuIly at a
Il d r,e Is,le paper case containing
y b i"neu inaown spoonful, "I'd like
I ISuS AVH when they re going to
4 \ tr " something to eat. So
n ss,v sse u, had nothing but these
hM,,h1ls dabs I'd like some
M w, plalniy the idea of this sup
6 hi rsthaot not TO give nourishment,
4 I'm aer ns entertainment in tho
tesistsa many samples of highly
a iss, wv ana unknown concoc-
ri Sn hs grunted Warren, AZ he
" tSst iatsst morsel of culinary
~ e. '4st ssr,shad mad been PLACED before
"a give the whole .s1pner
Wy ST Siaey II charge enough for t.
= s.snss.a nss.ancine at the e supper -cs card d.
IhltsS''' eight shillines,,, was
= ilisas q. ~ the bottom "Eight
sai,imssnaaa ana all Of II hasn't the
mi A'n' Of a good plate Of
tss NY, ~ that is high, dear. Every.
4 ioea siSs over here we've found
NJ msu, vpa 80 good and so CHEAP
M = uspy q y. Of the places have been
4 HoIS beautiful as this; ~
yrA ssrtn.,T vel. we're paving for
NJ "a. pfess' fs now, This Is is the i Joint
,Hl w 4s after the thenferp, SppIsnd and
k3 ~ saa. go to look them
Il 16ae lv tS,.t,hat mat old girl over there
Z WV vsa,anEh her lorgnettes"
Z ~ aNayhs protested Helen.
" otSsoss not. Guess they size
/. : '' up some, too. -