The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-12
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The Hamiltons' first dinner party
was to come off ON Wednesday. The
previous Sunday, as John had leisure
in which to chat with his wife, he and
she sat together In the parlor after
their hearty / o'clock dinner and dis
cussed the plans for the coming
function.
"All OF. the guests have accepted"
Isabel remarked, glancing at the slip
Of paper she held in her hand. you
know them. all, yet though ] met them
at Mrs. Simmons's reception / don't
remember them well:"' -
six people besides ourselves will
not be hard to remember" John re-
marked. There are Adelaide, Mr.. and
Mrs. Maitland. Ella ssSanger--by the
way, she's Mrs. Simmons's cousin, you
know-Tom Marsh and Henry Dennis.
could have spared Dennis myself,
but you seemed to want him. Now,
what about the menu?"
"Well, Jennie and I have talked 1t
over" Isabel said with little laugh,
land she is SO used to serving rather
pretentious dinner that she suggest
ed raw clans or oysters, then soup,
some fish, roast with two vegetables,
a salad and a dessert"
Nothing mean about her!" John
echoed his wife's laugh. "Yet, II we
want to do things up nicely, what
could we spare out of that bill-of-fare
and not look mean? You remember
that some one says that What's worth
doing at all is worth doing SWELL"
I'VE could dispense with the fish. ;"
Isabel replied. "Or we could omit
the raw oysters and begin with soup"
II tell you what-let's have appe-
Tiers of caviare or anchovies instead
of the oysters" John proposed. Serve
them in the parlor with the cocktails. .
Cocktails" Isabel repeated the
word disapprovingly. you are not
going to serve cocktails at little
home dinner, are you, john"
Surely l am" he returned. THE
crowd will expect them. They always
have them at their dinners"
Trouble Starts Over
the Cocktail Question.
But this is our dinner, not theirs, -
Isabel objected. Really. dear, think
we might omit cocktails"
"All people have them John in
sisted.
Indeed they don't Isabel told him.
The Ferrises didn't"
do you mean they had nothing to
drink"
They had champagne with dinner
and a cordial afterward in the draw
ing room when the coffee had been
served" the wife explained. But
they are rich and we are not Cham
payne is far beyond u.s.
"Of course 1t is" John agreed, 80
we ought to have a good cocktail to
make up for the fact that we will only
have sherry with the dinner"
Isabel did not mean to be obstinate,
but since the night on which John
had returned from the club with what
he termed "a headache" she had
dreaded seeing him take liquor in any
form. She had determined never to
touch It herself in his presence, More
over, sherry was not cheap wine.
my plan was" she said slowly, Ito
serve a light claret during the dinner.
That's all we can afford. dear"
"Nonsense!" he exclaimed. I'm not
going to have my friends come here
and treat them as II they we're at a
blooming Sunday school picnic. Cut
out that fish course and begin with
appetizers and cocktails; serve sherry
with the Dime ana c dial at the
end. Bene.ictine is so H." Isabel's
heart sank Yet -hxt could she do?
For PHYS saxc be a s's't:" John
urged Think how 1t would look If
We didn't Sive these people as good
things as they are USED to at home"
How much will the liquors cost?"
well. let me see,".- mus:d John.
"Ill have the cocktails made up fresh
at = place I know downtown. where
the bartender is a crackerjack in that
line. They'll cost about one-twenty-
five-for we must get quart. The
sherry, too, will be about one-fifty.
One bottle might be enough, but it's
safer to have two. 1t would be morti-
tying IL 1t gave out" ...
He paused, as if expecting some
comment from his wife, but she made