FIRE, DINNER, AND DANCE.
How did she do it? Many English ladies (says the "Glasgow Herald") will envy the coolness and-resourco of Mrs. E. Dyer, of Lucknow, in tho circumstances narrated bolow. Ono evening in Itaco Week, Mr. and Mrs., Dyer were giving a dinner and small dance. Tho verandah had been thatched in to serve as a dining room, and the guests arriving to dine saw it in flames; tho strong oast wind made tho firo especially dangerous, as there wore several large tents pitched near by. Everyone worked to save tho house and extinguish tho firo, which was got under promptly, but not beforo the. dinner table and all its appointments were destroyed, the silver melted, and much valuable property burned which had been put into an adjoining- verandah when tho rooms wero cleared for the dance. Mrs. Dyer's dressing room was also attacked, and most of her drosses destroyed. The damage is estimated at Rslo,ooo. The, firo was not allowed to interfere with tho danco and dinner. While the men were fighting'tho flamei, Mrs. Dyer effected a domestic reorganisation which enabled her to carry out the festivities with brilliant success.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 231, 23 June 1908, Page 5
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193FIRE, DINNER, AND DANCE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 231, 23 June 1908, Page 5
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