LENTEN FREAK DINNERS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8797, 26 April 1907, Page 4

LENTEN FREAK DINNERS.

The "smartest set" of New York kept Lent by giving a series? of freak dinners. Mrs M. E. Beruheimor, whose husband is a millionaire, entertained 28 guests in a topsy-turvy way that her emulators will find hard to e pial, says a Now York paper. The menu was reversed. Dinner began -at 6 o'clock with black coffee, followed by crackers and cheese, and so on through an elaborate bill that ended, with soup and oysters. But this was only a part of the freak. The guests sat on the table, and the several dishes were served on chairs. i Concessions were made to comfort •■"•;by sawing off the table legs, so that persons could rest their feet on ■f ilie floor, and their chairs were elej rated by splicing extra lengths to ! their legs. Some very expensive | furniture was thus sacrificed to the j craze for novelty. After the dinner I the entire party went to a theatre, j returning at midnight, when the j entertainment, concluded with Breakfast.