CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

DINNER AT BICKERSTAFF'S--HIFFERNAN AND HIS IMPECUNIOSITY--KENRICK'S EPIGRAM--JOHNSON'S CONSOLATION--GOLDSMITH'S TOILET--THE BLOOM-COLORED COAT--NEW ACQUAINTANCES--THE HORNECKS--A TOUCH OF POETRY AND PASSION--THE JESSAMY BRIDE

In October Goldsmith returned to town and resumed his usual haunts. We hear of him at a dinner given by his countryman, Isaac Bickerstaff, author of Love in a Village, Lionel and Clarissa, and other successful dramatic pieces. The dinner was to be followed by the reading by Bickerstaff of a new play. Among the guests was one Paul Hiffernan, likewise an Irishman; somewhat idle and intemperate; who lived nobody knew how nor where, sponging wherever he had a chance, and often of course upon Goldsmith, who was ever the vagabond's friend, or rather victim. Hiffernan was something of a physician, and elevated the emptiness of his purse into the dignity of a disease, which he termed _impecuniosity_, and against which he claimed a right to call for relief from the healthier purses of his friends. He was a scribbler for the newspapers, and latterly a dramatic critic, which had probably gained him an invitation to the dinner and reading. The wine and wassail, however, befogged his senses. Scarce had the author got into the second act of his play, when Hiffernan began to nod, and at length snored outright. Bickerstaff was embarrassed, but continued to read in a more elevated tone. The louder he read, the louder Hiffernan snored; until the author came to a pause. "Never mind the brute, Bick, but go on," cried Goldsmith. "He would have served Homer just so if he were here and reading his own works." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What chapter are we discussing?
2. What month is it?
3. What happened in October?
4. Where did he go?
5. Who was giving the dinner?
6. Who was Isaac Bickerstaff?
7. What did he write?
8. What was he going to read?
9. who else was attending?
10. What was his profession
11. Do he do anything else?
12. Was he drunk?
13. What did that cause him to do?
14. Was he loud?
15. What country was he from?
16. Did the snoring make him quit?
17. Who encouraged him to continue?
18. Did Hifferman ever take advantage of Goldsmitih?
19. Did they know where he lived?
20. Where did he get his money when he could?
Answer: 1. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
2. October
3. Goldsmith returned to town and resumed his usual haunts
4. to a dinner
5. A dinner that was to be followed by the reading by Bickerstaff
6. An author
7. Love in a Village, Lionel and Clarissa, and other successful dramatic pieces.
8. a new play
9. Paul Hiffernan
10. a physician
11. a scribbler for the newspapers, and a dramatic critic,
12. yes
13. He began to nod, and at length snored outright
14. Yes
15. He was Irish in decent
16. Bickerstaff didn't stop his reading
17. Goldsmith
18. yes
19. It doesn't explicitly say
20. sponging wherever he had a chance, and often of course upon Goldsmith

(Mental Floss) -- With Mother's Day just around the corner, this week seemed like a great time to give a tip of our caps to stay-at-home moms, including these four who used clever ideas to become business moguls.

Gerber: Of course only a mother could found such a successful baby food company! In the late 1920s, Michigan mom Dorothy S. Gerber was hand-straining food for her baby daughter, Sally, when she realized there must be some way to avoid the messy task.

She pointed out to her husband, Daniel, that if his family's business, the Fremont Canning Company, could puree a tomato all day long, its equipment could probably make short work of other fruits and veggies, too.

Daniel Gerber realized his wife was on to something, and after a year of experimentation -- and an extensive search to find the right drawing for their label's now-iconic "Gerber baby" - the Gerbers introduced their first line of baby foods, a super-yummy menu of strained peas, carrots, prunes, and spinach.

Mental Floss: 6 unforgettable movie mothers

Baby Einstein: When Alpharetta, Georgia mom Julie Aigner-Clark went looking for educational materials for her newborn daughter in 1996, she found a disappointing hole in the baby market: there weren't really any educational materials to expose babies to music and the arts.

Some parents would just accept whatever the market was offering. Not Aigner-Clark. She shot a video for her daughter in her basement then edited it with her husband, Bill, on the family computer. She even doodled a logo for the video at her kitchen table. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When was Gerber founded?
2. who was the founder?
3. How did the idea come to her?
4. Who was her husband?
5. What was his line of work?
6. WHat was his business?
7. How long did it take to find the Gerber baby?
8. Who is Julie Aigner clark?
9. What did she create?
10. Why did she?
Answer: 1. In the late 1920s
2. Dorothy S. Gerber
3. was hand straining food
4. Daniel
5. businessman
6. Fremont Canning Company
7. a year
8. a Georgia mom
9. Baby Einstein
10. she looking for educational materials

It was movie night at Tom's house. He was looking forward to watching a movie. He wondered what sort of movie it would be. Would it be a cartoon? Would there be knights? He really likes to watch movies about spaceships. His sister likes to watch movies about animals. Tonight they would watch his father's favorite type of movie. His mother came home and put it on the table. After dinner Tom cleared away the plates from the table. It was his sister's turn to wash the dishes. His father went to read the newspaper. His mother began to make popcorn. She made a big bowl of popcorn. There was plenty for everyone. She put lots of butter on it. Tom was excited he went to sit on the striped rug in front of the television. His sister came and sat next to him. His parents sat on the couch. The dog climbed on to the blue chair. The movie was about cars. Tom had a great movie night. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was supposed to wash dishes?
2. Was it a special night?
3. What night?
4. Did Tom make popcorn?
5. who did?
6. Did she make a lot?
7. Did Tom sit on the couch?
8. Who sat with him?
9. Where was the dog?
10. What kind of movie did Tom think they would watch?
11. What kinds of movies does his sister like?
12. What was it about?
13. Did he do any chores?
14. Did his parents sit on the floor?
15. Where did they sit?
16. What kind of movies does he like?
17. Who's favorite type did they watch?
18. Who came home with the movie?
19. Where did she put it?
20. Was the popcorn buttered?
Answer:
1. Tom's sister
2. yes
3. It was movie night
4. no
5. His mother
6. yes
7. No, the striped rug.
8. His sister.
9. the blue chair.
10. He wondered about it.
11. movies about animals.
12. cars.
13. he cleared away the plates
14. no
15. on the couch.
16. movies about spaceships
17. his father's
18. His mother
19. on the table.
20. yes