The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-30
Continued From Yesterday

Continued From Yesterday
Gray Was seated ON the side Of
her couch with her cold hand be.
tween his warm palms. and he was
,slling her about tho princess OF
wichita Falls when the summons
10 dinner interrupted them.
Ma was not hungry. and she had
expected 70 hasr bite ia her own
nom but her caller was SO vigorous
IN his objections 20 this plan that
she enally agreed TO come down
stairs
Tho BrisiSw household was poorly
organized as yet and IL was only
natural that IL should function i'm,
perfectly; nevertheless, Gray was
annoyed az the clumsy manner In
which the dinner was served. Being
a metriculous man aud accustomed
10 comfort, incompetent servants
distressed him beyond measure. and
he soon discovered that the Briskow
help was as completely Incompetent
a. any ha had ever seen. The but,
lar, for instance. pleasantfacod
colored man. had evidently come
straight from the docks. for he
paSsed the food much as stoker
passes coal 20 a boiler. while the
sound Of a crashing platter In the
buffers pantry gave evidence that
the second girl was a house wrecker.
see here Ma" Gray threw
down his napkin. You have n
beautiful home. and you want Il 10
he perfect. don't your"
-why. OF course. We bought
everything we could buy"
Everything except slSilltul ser.
wants. and they are hard 20 find.
YOU are capable OF training your
cook and teaching your upstairs
siri TO sweep and make beds. but
Tie test % well,run house is a
well,served meal Dlsh.brcaking
ought 20 be a felony. and when l
become president propose 10 make
the spelling OF food capital OF
lsnsc. Now then. you're not eating
s. bite. anyhow. and Gus won't mind
waitipg awhile Tor his dinner. with
yoer permission. ia like 10 take
things in hand ana add a hundred
per cent TO your future comforts -
In some bewilderment Ma agreed
that She would do anything her
guest suggested. whereupon he rose
theoretically and called the three
domesties into the dining room,
we are going TO start this din
ner all over again" he announced,
and We are going 70 begin by
ssappinS places. ! am going to
serve IL as a dinner should be
served. and you are going 20 eat
L as Well dare say nature
viii have 10 take is course.
shah explain. rs ! go along. and
want you 10 remember every word
/ say, every move 1 make. Mr.
and Mrs. Briskow are going TO look
on. After we have finished sou
are going to serve us exactly rs
served you"
Naturally, this proposition amazed
the help: in fact. its absurdiiy
convulsed them. The man laughed
loudly: the cook buried her ebony
face In her apron; the second CIR
bent double with mirth. Here wa
quaint gentleman. indeed. and q
great joker. But the gentleman was
not joking. ON the contrary. h,
brought his ley1ty 70 an abrupt end
then. grayely. tremendously. be
seated the trio. They sobered quick
IS enough at this. they became. In
fact as funereal as three crows
but their establishment at what fol
lowed was no greater than that oil
the Briskows.
Gray paved butler with a correct
ness and q poise deeply impressive
70 hts ruund.eyed audience. and a,
ha served the courses he delivered
a lecture upon the etiquette OF do
mestice service. the art Of cooking
and the various nIceties Of a ser
vant's calling. Nothing could hav,
been more impressive than belus
waited upon by person OF his
magnifieence. and hts lecture. more
over. was delivered in a way thai
drove understanding into their thIcl
heads
Il was an uncomfortable expert
eace for all except Gray himself
. he actually enjoyed it--and wher
the last dish had been removed
and he had given Instructions e
serve the meal over again exactly
as he had served f.. the three ne
groes we're glad to obey. OF COURSE
they made mistakes. but these Gray