The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-02-08

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Hy ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM.

brlef, because l We got 10 get back to
my work and finish it today 30 that
can send out the invitations. Why,
I'm giving dinner party! Those
torn up things are the party. I'm 60.
ing to have a dozen people at a time
and pay off my social debts, and
know it sounds perfectly simple until
you begin to consider the complica-
tions have the most intense fellow
sympathy now for the man who makes
out the grand opera schedule-he
must have a mighty brain to get his
operas so shuled that there aren't
any duplicates. and everybody is sat
isfied. If he can do that with lot
OF muscle and nervous tenors and so
pranOs it seems 10 me that should
be able to accomplish the same re.
suits with a batch Of perfectly ordi-
nary persons without artistic tempera-
ments to hamper them.
Il got my first list Of dozen made
out In short order and then began to
consider it. What do you suppose
had done? Why, had asked the Ben
nings and the Simpsons. when every.
body knows that the women Of those
two families turn purple at sight Of
each other and refuse to speak. I've
forgotten the original row, but know
Mrs. Benning would be quite capable
Of getting up from the table and walk.
ing away If she found Mrs. Simpson
across from her and she would believe
that | had done it on purpose and
would hate me ever after. So shift
ed the Simpsons to my second dozen.
Then after staring some time at Mr..
Darwins name because it reminded
me of something, ! remembered what
it was his name reminded me Of, and
cold chills shot over me. Mr.. Darwin
is the man who accused Mr.. Benning
of bribery six years ago and, though
Mr.. Benning proved his innocence. 1t
still would be ruinous to his digestion
II Mr. Darwin should sit at the same
table. So l hastily put Mr.. Darwin on
the second list.
"That is to say. got &is name hall
written before l recalled that bis de-
ceased wife was cousin Of Mrs
Simpsons and had been willed all the
family money that Mrs. Simpson had
counted on getting. and now that Oar
win has inherited his wife's fortune
Mrs. Simpson would just as soon oil
next q CHA monster as next to Mr.
Darwin. He went on the third list.
II WAS Just congratulating myself
that the pretty Lake girl would lend
beauty TO the affair when I remem
bered that she had been engaged t
the son Of the Philpotts and that Mrs
Philpotts' meddling had broken OF
the engagement, and didn't want th'
Lake girl smiling and Mrs. Philpott'
glaring all evening. so shifted th'
Lake girl to list No. 2. Then recalled
that she had seemed to enjoy talkinl
to Mr.. Darwin at a recent card party
80 l moved her on list No. 3.
"By this time I had settled down Il
work in earnest crossed of tht
Joneses because Mr.. Jones ia frigh
when he gets started talking politics
and simply won't have Dime
spoiled by the men all saving the al
and not noticing wha, triumphs m,
H., nh
man sawdust in tomato sauce whel
he is talking politics and he'd neve
know the difference. substituted tn
Cranes aud the Garlands, and ever
human being knows that Mr.. Garlan
once knocked Mr. Crane down in
row over a golf game, and now
either Of them walks down the stree
where the other lives the latter send
out servant to sprinkle the wal
with formaldehyde and chloride 9
lime. SO moved on the Garland
and wrote down the Browns"
"My goodness" exclaimed the calle
In horror Didn't you know"
Yes" YEARLY admitted the woma
at the desk OF course, did Br
my mind was growing confused.
suppose no one past eighteen is lkel
to forget that Mrs. Crane said he
cook, who had once worked for til
Browns, said that the Browns WEI
so stingy they never had anything I
- eat unless they had company and sh
~ left because she was slowly starvi,l
TO death. | was ghere when Mr.
Prown told Mrs. Cane what 81
: thoucht OF her.
! THE Roldcns seemed harmless mt
! | recollectcd that :he CriswolGs We,
on the list, too, and Trs GrisNold h;
been so mad about Mrs. Rollens a
tending the charity bali in gown !
exact duplicate oi one Mrs. Griswp
= had brought frcm Europe that -
hasn't spoken to hor S.9ce. reside
Mr. Grisvold was elcctod president
club that Mr. Eold,n wanted Ia
president of, and in consequence
considered Mr. Grisveld a scoppar
of the deepest dye. That's as far
had got in planning pleasant litt
party when you came in. What won
you suggest?"
Who. me?" asked her caller. "Wh
I'm naturally daring ask Il
whole bunch of scrap;Iers at once y,