Hostess Places Despised Lady Guests
at a Terrible Disad
vantage.
An an example of one woman's re
fined cruelty towards members of her
own sex, the experience of a male guest
a,t a dinner party is both interesting and
should serve as a warning to women
who accept invitations to dine in the
house of a social rival, says Cassell's
Journal.
The observing guest noticed that the
chandelier over the dining-room table
was of peculiar construction, so that
there was a light oxer the head of each
guest. The globes were of various col
ors, some amber, some red, some blue.
"What is the object of having the
globes of different colors?" the guest
asked of his hostess after dinner.
"Why, you see," said she, "when giv
ing a dinner or supper one must invite
some people whom one perfectly hates.
Now, I had to invite two women whom
I despise, or some of the men I wanted
wouldn't have come.
"I had my revenge on my fair enemies,
however. I placed each of these two
women under one of those pale blue
lights at the table. They are usually
considered beautiful women, but under
that light they had the most ghastly
look you ever saw. They seemed to
have aged 20 years the minute they sat
down.
"The men noticed it, of course, but
they did not divine what caused it.
They were quite taken aback, and ap
peared glum at first. But finally one of
them turned with a sigh, and began
talking to a plain little thing that was
sitting under a ruby-colored light. So
you see that when I want people to look
perfectly hideous I put them under the
blue light. It kills everything."
Oyster Pie.
