El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-27
Company To Dinner


THERE are no reluctant wedding
l guests 10 word went out. no
paste boards SIX by eight had to be
engraved. no calls were made. That
is one OF the JOYS Of Cloudcroft. the
friends you can have without formal
tiles. without waste talk, without
saving anybody's face or measuring
anybody's feelings. You spread the
table. your welcome IS honestly ac-
cepted. and the guests come
We set the table before we opened
the cottage, we were so eager 10 get
long absence We secrerec a crust
OF two from the hotel table and filled
the little drinking bowl, before we
unlocked the front door OF the cabin.
the evening OF the day Of cur ar
rival
The next day there was a brilliant
crowd Clothes count for so much
and never was more EailT dressed
dinner party, nor more conversation,
nor contributed in more varying
poses and attitudes and frames OF
mind which after ailzis much Of the
zest OF conversation
Imagine the glossy jays IN bright
dark-skg--sa pu1lre-g entian-azure- ma
rine-biue coat and vest, polished and
crested. arrogant, strong oTerbear-
bold and dashing as musketeers.
Grand ones to make the table lively.
Then the richly dressed grosbealrs
yielding place TO none. Stout sub
srantial, rather heavy faced, but a
good lace. comes the grosbeak- He
is the kind OF citizen that usually ap-
pears in public with his wife on his
arm She IS wen dressed. too. and
rich In the same colors as her hus-
band cuiler but not much so. his
sootv black velvet and orange that
is 100 orange 10 tell about, some
thing Ike the depths Of fire, are rich.
sumpruous- HIS head is sooty black
velvet and his wings black velvet
OF his black tail The bright fiery
orange is vest and collar. They
have a big family Of very husky
youngsters Their babies are big birds
all checkered and striped. olive and
dark brown and white their heads
striped Ike a chipmunk- They do
r3r look The least kin 20 their par
eurs- They have funny little two
toned call and talk that partly d.
mands more worm ana partly thanks
the Lord OF the Day for what has
been given.
Father grosbeak's beak is heavy
and polished like ivory. He very
much likes the popcorn that won't
pop and we turn It out OF the pop
per every night into a little bowl
devoted 10 the grosbeak's delight. He
is a grand songsrer and likes to fly
10 the high tree top and argue out
the proof that the world is good and
sunshine and Gay, night and stars
and rain and snow are what they
should be ana made Tor birds, par
ticularly Erosbealrs- Bis argument is
always sound and he practices his
trills over 10 get them as smooth and
persuasive IS possible.
Comes the robin TOO, a very dif-
ferent guest How nice to have ones
guests so different never could
see the fun in having folks all Of
one mind together. Here is your
dapper, confident. quick citizen, all
N wood brown that would be too
sober we're It not for that rich vest
OF brown orange he wears On good
terms with himself and the world Is
robin, and he takes in his fill and
takes no back talk from anybody.
Gathering crumbs that fan to the
ground as the big birds dine, the
little 1uncos slip about comfortably
filling up and expressing their JOY
~ nice soft little happy notes. Gray
nth red patch on their shoulders.
they so match the earth and stones
and pine needles that one hardly no
tees them underfoot They are gen
ire little sparrow folk. One is glad
20 have them 70 dinner
Humming birds with Elittering
emerald bodies dart and poise in mid
air. suck honey from the flower one
holds. or snatch a bite and a SUD from
the table. They whirr and purr ne
alrplanes- They remand one Of the
aviauors who like TO tease folk by
sWoopl1g down on their big planes
close TO earth and then climbing sky
ward again a humming bird seems
70 IKE 70 Wniz BY human lust close
enough TO make him jump. This little
1--we Jewel has a powerful motor in
side his tininess-he goes with pro-
9ortionately more power to his en-
<-les lnan battle plane or battle