The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-05

of that on hand. Better order it in adj
vance"
When Warren had gone, Helen first
copied the menu from the back OF the
envelope on to large sheet of paper,
leaving room under each dish to write
out the ingredients.
Fresh Caviar
Shad Roe and Bacon
Crown Roast Rack of Lamb
Artichoke Vinaierette
Zabaleni.
Then, being very methOdical little
person she made out a separate list
of the grocery and the market arti-
cles And still another list Of the
things she would have TO get before
dinner, such as clean silver, wash dol
lies, go over the table linen, polish
furniture. polish floor, ropot fern, etc.
To Helen the preparation for din
ner like this meant not only the din
ner itself, but general house-ciean-
ing as well. Her apartment was always
imma culate, but the company dinner
always meant an extra special Clean
ing. And usually she worked SO hard
before dinner that she was too worn
out to enjoy it.
Give them something to eat" was
" d1 Gil > Jot4tS / ecu ttIC@Ii' GNU Gil
terrain them, and they won't care a
hang about anything else. You wear
yourself out doing all sorts Of fool
things, and then you're too tired to
talk to anybody when they do come
But he preached this in vain, for al
ways before they had company Helen
worked herself almost i'll.
However. they had never had any
one to dinner Of such importance as
the Griffens. 1t was through Mr.. Crit
fen's influence that Warren'S WeS-
tern deal had been successful Now
he had come on here to form another
company, and Warren stood a very
excellent chance OF being in on the
ground floor"
SO Helen felt that much depended
upon this dinner. She knew that War
rem felt that, too, for he had never
before taken the trouble to make out
a menu or to show any such interest
He had asked her to call up about
the caviar this morning, so now she
got down the telephone book and look
ed up the number. She knew that
Rs was a large and most exclusive
delicatessen, although she had never
been there
is this Rs when she got the
number, Il want to see about some
fresh caviar for Thursday'
How much will YOU want?" 1t was
a mans voice, gruff and foreign.
Helen hesitated. How does it
Gomez"
"By the ounce or pound"
"Oh, then about a pound. How much
will that be-"
'"Twelve dollars a pound"
Twelve dollars." Helen's voice ex-
pressed amazement.
Yes, madam. fresh caviar is twelve
dollars a pound. Did you want the
canned? We can give you the cans
from twenty-eight cents up.
ooh, no-no, | want the fresh, but
don't know just how much. I'll call
you up about it later
"A SHOCK.
Twelve dollars pound for fresh
caviar! Surely there must be some
mistake. Warren would never have or
dered anything SO expansive.
Hurriedly she called him up at the
office and told him the price.
That's all right. You don't expect
to get fresh caviar cheap, do you? But
you won't need more than quarter of
pound. Tell him to reserve that
and I'll come by Thursday and get it
myself"
This incident still further increased
Helens feeling that SO much depended
on the dinner. Warren always believ-
ed in having good things to eat, but
he never believed in putting on
'frills" as he called it. And that he
should be willing to go to so much
trouble and pay so much for a mere
relish to be served before the clans.
And now more than ever, Helen an
guished over the possibility of any
thing going wrong" All day she
worked with feverish energy. She
had sent for Mrs. Mallory, the Irish
woman who often helped her, but
could not wait until she came, so be-
gan herself the general house-clean.
ing.
1t never occurred to her that the