Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09

il attracts my attention. Georgia hnap
saws that nobody will come into the room
and that we shall communicate with the
servants through the luster which con.
tains a microphone, an electrophone and
the eve of a .'periscope." Near the mas
ter a little button is to be seen. whlcn
Is the call button He presses upon II.
Presently a clear voice asks: what
do you want, sir" This voice 1alls from
the luster above the table.
"You may serve us" says the master.
well. sir" the voice answers.
But the master says. Give us light
and Immediately all is illuminated. a
clear light dazz.es our eyes, and at the
same time we ace feeling an instanta-
neous and beneficial warmth. But 1t is
very curious thing that the glass TUBES
which give us such comfortable Warhith
are as cold as ice. Every flower or the
centerpiece was a little sun in itself. ana
the violets on the table like SO many ut
tie stars. =,
Suddenly. at the end of the table. a sill
Yer trapdOoT opens, ana through the
round hole it shows the tureen appears;
IT starts moving AROUND the table ana
stops before one of the ladies. Every one
is visited by the bewitched tureen, which
winds in order to offer the ladle to every
guest When all people are served, the
fureen disappears down the hole through
which it had come, and the meal contIn-
ues without a single servant to be seen
TRAYS go around from one to another OF
us on which we put our plates anu
spoons. and in an instant all has dis
appeared A few seconds later clean
plates and forks appear on tray that
goes around the table and stops at every
guest. If you want anything you imme-
diately get it by look or a gesture. 1t
is really more than We can understand.
We profit by a short absence of Mr..
hi hair ~ IN
specting it thoroughly. But We can dis
cover nothing. One of us strikes a match
to show light under part of the table,
where surely the clue to the mystery
must be found We look anXiously under
it, but in vain. Just as We were all
busily engaged in looking under the table
Mr.. KNAPP came in. He began laughing
heartily. and then We heard the voice of
the steward. who said. through the lus
ter. LAS 1 did not see anybody, I was
about to put out the light"
We also began to laugh at this. Never
theless, our visit to the underneath part
of the table had not been without any
result. We had seen the electric foot
warmers which one can light or put out
with ones foot by a little button.
Tell the luster," says Mr.. KNAPP. ito
cheer us with little music. L call on
Joseph
Please, sir?'
"Will you be kind and play us some
muSic?"
Without any delay we heard the piano
playing from itself an unusual master
piece. Bottles circulate before and we
replace the empty ones with full ones.
Bread is always to be had, for bread
basket accompanies every dish: Then
comes the good wine. The bottle stops
before me. L press little lever and
my glass is full. Two ladies make a
sign that they do not desire wine and
the bottle does not stop before them.
AS for me, beckon for 1t to come again.
and 1t comes directly to me. 1 really can
not understand it.
Now the dessert appears on "A gorgeous
silver stage. and when it reaches the
middle of the table it lights UP all at
once. There are now cigars and ciga-
rettes. ] pick up q cigar I hold it near
a little disk that pretty statuette offers
me. Directly the disk becomes red and