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: A !
! CHRISTMAS !
I DINNER I
: ? :
? At Which ? Gentleman ?
! Played a Unique *
J Part J
! ? ?
? By F. A. M1TCHEL J
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I lived at my club, rooming and eat
ing there, for I was a bachelor, twenty
live years old, with do other home.
Roger was my especial waiter in the
club dining hall, and by tips and other
wise I secured his good will. One day
at noon I went Into a second class
restaurant for luncheon, and who
should step up to serve me but Roger,
lie looked much put out at meeting me
there and without waiting for me to
say Hnythlng begged me Dot to report
i the fact to the club management, since
' he was stipi?o?ed to serve that lnstltu
j tlon alone "1 have a large family,"
! he said, "and since the club is up
| town few members lunch there, so 1
j have the noon hour to myself and can
earn something here."
I promised to Keep his secret and
J while lunching asked him if he earned
; anything beyond what he was paid at
j the club. He replied that be some
times assisted at dinner parties when
| not needed at the club, adding: "Next
week Christmas comes, sir. There's
j very few dining at the club on Christ
mas day. I'm to wait at a private
house."
j My only Invitation to a Christmas
dinner was at the home of an aunt of
mine, an old lady, very deaf, and no
young persons In her family. 1 had
made an excuse to decline It. I was
consequently one of "the few" who
would dine at the club. The club
restaurant was solemn enough at any
time to Its habitues, and Its loneliness
| on Christmas day was enough to drive I
I
"I WOULD LIKE TO KNO AOS TOU PERMA
NENTLY. "
any member dining there Into matri
mony with any woman short of a gor
gon.
"Where are yon going to wait on
Christmas, Roger?" I asked.
"At Mr. Pepper's, ou Montague a ve
nae, sir."
"I don't know the Peppers."
'They haven't been In the city long,
sir."
An Idea came Into my head for a
lark? an expedient whereby 1 might
enjoy seeing persons at a Joyful Christ
mas dinner without being one of the
diners.
"Roger." 1 said, "could you get me n
Job as waiter at that dinner?"
Roger was too astounded to reply, so
I went on: "Take me with you and tell
them I'm a friend of yours who Is anx
ious to learn how to wait on the 'qual
ity' and you have brought me as your
assistant Say I'm not to be paid any
thing."
"Why. sir," replied Roger, "you'd
give yourself away directly."
"Not n bit of it. 1 once played the
part of butler In private theatricals and
got a lot of applause. Do you think you
could manage it?"
"Of course I can take you as my as
sistant, and no charge."
"Well, I'll think it over and let yon
know at breakfast at the clnb on
Christmas morning."
I was not unknown In social circles;
but. these Peppers being new to the
city, I could count on their not knowing
me. Christmas morning was lowering,
and I felt that the day would be very
depressing to me. 1 told Roger at
breakfast that 1 had decided to carry
out my scheme for waiting and, tak
ing my dinner at B o'clock, was ready
to go with him at 6 to Mr. Pepper's. I
wore a discarded dress suit, but rather
too good for the purpose.
Roger took me Into the house through
the servants' entrance In the rear, and
1 fell to assisting In serving the dinner, |
which was nearly ready. Following
Roger into the dining room, he bearing
a tureen of soup. 1 a bottle of wine, we
fonnd the hostess there, putting cards
on the plates, bearing the names of the
guests She looked surprised at seeing
me. but Roger told her the story about
my wishing to learn to wait under his
supervision, and the lady seemed aulta
pleaaed at tbi addition to tS? f?rvin|
forca.
When the guests entered the dining
room In couple* I stood with my back
to the wall, stiff aa a ramrod, a napkin
on my left arm and looking straight
ahead of me to gire the appearance of
being there to serve and be oblivious to
nil else, as a good waiter should. Until
the company were seated I kept my
eyes fixed on tbo wall opposite, and
when I lowered them to betf n my du
ties I encountered the gaze of a young
lady fixed upon ma. Aa soon as I look
ed at ber she tinned ber eyea In an
other direction and chatted with ber
dinner companion. I beard ber ad
dressed aa Mlaa Plilppa, and one of tha
ladlea spoke to ber as Lacy.
Phlpps, I'hlpps? Where had I board
that mime? When Its owner waa not
looking at me I studied ber face, but
could not rem?mt*r to have seen ber
before. At times I waa terrified leat
she auspected thai: I waa a gentleman,
but at others sba Ignored my pres
ence so completely that I felt assured
she was aa much deceived aa the
others, none of whom paid any more
attention to me than If I bad been a
waiter all my life, a circumstance that
I did not consider flattering.
I confessed thit 1 enjoyed that
Chrlstmaa dinner very much. I took In
all the good thing* that were said, and
there were a numlter of them, especial
ly Miss Pblpps, who was remarkably
bright The only Teason why I should
have liked to I* one of the circle was
that 1 envied ber dinner companion.
I was about to take my departure.
regretuag tuat i couiu an onuujE uii
own personality, Join the parly, tell
tbem what fun I had had In listening
to their chat and observing their man
ners. when Roger banded me some
glasses containing ponaae csfe and
(old me to take them tnto the com
pany. I told him that I thought 1
wouldn't go further with the freak, but
when be Informed me that the hostess
bad requested that I bring In the liquor
I concluded that it would be better to
obey the order, though I wondered why
I especially had been called upon. 80
I took up the tray and proceeded to the
drawing room. I noticed hi I entered
that most of the gueats were looking
at me. Mr. repper, a genial man with
a l?ld head and mvitton chop whiskers,
beckoned me to set the tray on a table
near which be wan sitting and when I
hud done so said to me:
"I understand from Roger that you
have waited on us to learn the busi
ness. I wish to say to yon that you
are the best waiter I have erer seen. 1
would like to engajpe you permanently."
There was a singular look in his
face when ho said this, while the
guests ceased chattering and listened.
"Thank you, sir" I replied. "Ton
are very good. sir. But I don't think
I'm quite up to the work yet"
"What's your name?"
"Charles, sir."
"L>o you know bow to dan^e.
Chariest"
"Dance? No, sir."
"Well, 1 expect you'll have to try.
There are Just fifteen of us, and we're
going to dance the lancers. We're Just
one man short."
Every one arose, a couple of musi
cians were called in, and the men
chose their partners. Miss rhlpps was
the odd lady who was left out
Had something occurred to reveal
my secret, or had these persons, being
short of a man to make up a set and
noticing my respectable appearance,
called me In to help them out? I
must wait and see. I marched up to
Miss Phipps, made as awkward a bow
as I could contrive and led her on to
the floor.
In order to carry out my part as
waiter ! made no ?>nd of mistakes. I
Invariably at "swing corners" turned
to the wrong lady and In the grand
chain got the dan>?ers all mixed up.
For a time they refrained from laugh
ing at me. and I irathered confidence
that they were Ignorant of my Identity.
This enconraged ine to make more
blunders, and one by one they gave
way to laughter till the whole company
was In a roar. When the dance was
ended, with assumed confusion and
without taking my partner to s seat
I was making for the door when the
host called out sternly:
"cnnripsr
"Yes. sir.**
"Where are you doing?"
"I wns going home. Mr. I have I
wife and seven small children waiting
for me, air."
The burst of laughter that followed
this excuse removed all doubt that I
was known for what I was. Miss
I'hlpps advanced and put oat her hand.
"Yon are not very complimentary,"
she said, "having once made lore to
me and then forgofien me."
"I made love to you!"
"Yes? on the mimic stage. Some
years ago you took the part of butler
In private theatricals, and I played
housemaid. The byplay was I* t ween
us, you trying to win me from the
coachman."
Then for the flnt time 1 recalled
her. Since my prank was discovered
there was nothing to do but confess,
and since the host and hostess would
not perult me to decline an Invitation
to join them In whut remained of the
Christmas festivities I consented and
for the rest of the evening found my
self the center of attraction. I was
obliged to recount the circumstances
that led me to play the part of waiter
at a Christmas dinner to every one 1
conversed with R of ore the eTentng
was finished I voted It the Christmas
of ray life. I made Intimate friends of
I (he host and hostess and retained the
| acquaintance of nearly all their guests.
| When the next Chrstmas cam* round
' had left my quarters at the clnb and
?ore Into a house of my own. There
! entertained every one of the diners
I had served the year before, and the
hostess on the occasion was Mrs. Lacy
I'hlpps. with mine for ? third nnme.
- ARITHMETIC OF MUSIC.
Piano Net* Vibration* Rang* From S3
to 4.096 Par Second.
The pitch of a mimical too* can be !
calculated arithmetically While the
huDinn voice In aong In *omethlnf of
bd unknown problem, (he note* of a
mimical Inatniment are adjuated ac
cording to the nuin'wr of Tlliratlona
per aecond made by each note. The
ahorter. finer and trnaer the piano
at ring the greater the vibratory apeed
and hlfher the pitch; the long*r. coara
er and leaa tenae the atrlng the alower
the Tlbratlona and lower the pitch.
The human ear become* aenalble to
aound when vibration* hare a apeed of
alxteen per aecond. Aa the vibration*
Increase the pitch aacenda nntll 3rt,000
are attained, when the re*nlt la Inaudi
ble. The practical rang* on the piano
la from 32 vibration* to 4.nott.
Thirty-two vibration* I* the number
de*1gnated for the note of C, three oc
tave* lielow middle C on the piano.
The next C baa twice the nnmber of
vibration ?- 64 ; the next twice that?
128; the next 2M. t?-lng middle C.
Doubling again for the ascending oc
tave*. the auccetwlve Ca vibrate, re
aped! rely, B12. 1.024. 2.048 and 4.0M
times per aecond. The pitch of the
Intervening notea la regulated propor
tionally according to the chromatic
acale.
Theee flgnre* have not alwaya been
the aame. The early Instrument mak
er* of Europe had many dhtpute* con
cerning the measurement of the mn
ilcal at ring* and pipe* that determined
the pitch.
Tbe A string or the violin gives ine
tuning note for orchestra* <?n the pt
?no It Is tbe flrst A shore middle C.
From early times to the middle of the
nineteenth century this pitch note r*
rled from S77 to 44T? vibrations per sec
ond, bnt 43K proved to be the most ac
ceptable pitch.
In close calculation* temperature has
some influence, ao that some experta
do not advocate striving for greater
accuracy than within live vibrations
for tbe pitch note.
The celebrated high C of tbe aoprano
rolce has a vibration of 1.024. There
Is record of a woman. I.ticreala AJn
garl. who Is vouched for by Moaart to
hsve reached an octave above, thereby
causing her vocal cord* to vibrate at a
speed of 2.U4H time* |>er second.? Har
per's Weekly
HID THE HANDKERCHIEF.
Thsr# Was a Tims Whan It Was an
Unmentionable Article.
The evolution of tbe pocket bandker
chief Is odd and Interesting There
was a time when It was an unmentlon
able thing? an article to be kept out
of sight and referred to only In a whls
per. In polite conversation It was care
fully avoided, and. as to one's being
caught nslng a handkerchief. It meant
social ostracism
This state of things obtained up to
tbe time of the first Napoleon, when tbe
Empress Josephine brought It forward
for a personal reason. Tbe only defect
In her beauty waa an Irregularity or
the teeth, and to hide this she used a
delicate little bandkerrhlef, m blcb from
time to time she raised to ber lips
Tbus she was enabled to langb occa
sionally. Seeing that It waa a case of
either laughter going ont or handker
chiefs coming Into fashion, the court
ladtee adopted the pretty piece* of cam
bric and lace.
In England tbe evolution of the arti
cle which Is now so 0[<enly dlsptsved
by women was equally alow There
was a time when It was forbidden to
mention It on tbe stage or to make use
of It even In tbe most tearful situation
while tbe people In tbe gallery and the
pit shed their tears Into their laps
Even w ben It waa mentioned for tbe
drat time In one of Shakespeare's pley*
It was received with hisses and general
Indignation by the audience l.lttle by
little, however, the prejudice gave way.
and a time came when the handker
chief could be flourished In broad day
light
Stood the T??t.
"So you want to marry ray (laugh
ter r
"Yon. ?tr."
"Got any money aaved op 7"
"Yes. sir"
"Could yon let me nave >5,000 on my
unsecured note?"
"1 could, but I wouldn't"
"1 guess you can take cure of her ill
right 8be's yours, my boy. and here's
a five cent cigar." ? Washington Her
aid.
Pat'a A nawer.
An Irishman once entered Into con
versation with an Englishman. The
Englishman, thinking to have a Joke
with his companion, asked. "How
many hairs on a pig's facet"
"Begorra. sir." aald Pat. "the next
dme you shave yon can count them."?
London Answers.
Wanted to Know.
Mother? Freddie, haven't 1 tokl yon
that If you mock at the peculiarities of
otbefs yoo may grow Just like them?
Freddie? Ray. ma, do you suppose If I
mocked at the elephant long enough
I'd erer get no's I could pick op spplee
over the fence with my noeeT? Boston
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A Cast In His Eye.
"What a queer look be has."
"Hs Is a theatrical manager, and he
has an all star cast In hla eye."? New
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Either Wsy Possible.
"Too should bare Been her change
color."
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