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A Century =Closer. HERE’S THE BEST OF DINNERS. TIM)* C.I'MI *> TO tWIAhf.B FOR IIKtLIiI KXTBVtIVIS OAK. i:#en ll*. I mi't Bring; I* Above K'l n I'lwtr fmr Fnuil Almr—•* lilv* Ihr Kinral I'luln Menu Thnt tnu ll<- !>** lard —\\ llli Wine nnd Dee #rnritns Dinner f Twi'iiO Cov er* Allah! Possibly Hr Brought I l> 111 d.tO.tMHI, li iil tile Ain in Id* pens* Woiilit lie In Ihe Ilerorntlnnw—A Dinner lor Klalilern Thnt Coal • tS.HCft. Nik York. Dec. 2*.—The holiday dinner tat linvnn at length on of Ihe multi farious '.error* of the rlrh. ll I" not the •ciriiiOn v£ coiitrlbution to th© hoiwlay %©r of in© poor, but th© providing of a (tinner whl. h will fully • -or J with the ©sdtnote of on©* station In *•>- •tty. in short how to is* tup the very expensive dinner !:n b©to*n© •©- i-ouh question. The dl. much planned, much-devised. 4 ‘cheapest dinner." Is. aft *r a!l. only a question of quantity and ,f *e adnerence to a few threadbare essen -als In the matter of custom, bus the expensive dinner requires s aesieral * tp tiiat mere money may not alway command. Each year adds to the dim ul of ihe situation since It becomes a l’<*rt of the constantly rising succession * tide in irks. This, in fact, in the real quest ion-how to surpass ail previous ef *o •** And (his year will be notable, i*- ■a iTe rv< rwi well known society m n *n-l women are already striving to settle , quofciion on*’© and for all by ordering 1 e most expensive holiday dinner iha; * *n i*ossibly be gotten up. he ! jaiuri m* nt of on*- or two of these notable feasts has been left to the lm * ration of Oscar, famous over tlw* rotm ,r > •“ tha head waiter of New York a Hldr>rf-Astoria; Oscar who, on lit' runs his own steam yacht and owl * • tine summer plate. UsrK spr**a*l ‘ ill coat mar.y thousamls of dollars, and *ac t has required many weeks. If not 1 ontha. of hard work. Oscar ha* era* i loyal a corps of dcflguers to arrsng*' ’he <b ora!ions..md h.s agents are soarcli 1* x h** hot houses of this and other coun l: h ’ to obtain certain out-of-season fruit '>hli h he des)n*s to have %••• has advanced the ralliic of tha caterer a nis that one hesitates beta* n •llltig It an art or a science, but Ms ■ '©ten; in far-reaching enougli to enahla m t*- hrimr together many widely sepa '•ted Rweraats in the matter of food pro dta tioi; Ko, know in# that sooner or later * lan* Ade order of the kind will b# ***ven him. he was asked the oth*r day ’•* out the menu for the most ©x* i mtve dinner ha could possibly get up. unlimited capital at my com •and.** bald he. "I would stlU have t * and pend in my raaounres in producing * te most expensive dinner. All th© money in New York would not produce straw * *rrlea l| January unless 1 knew* where * r find Hem. Also 1 might find them In °ne pJac during one searon and miles •'S’ay during the next. Ther** are al-o t iafters cf taste to be considered and metiers o* reaon. It would In* absurd nd out o! place to have on our holiday tables eat|>ies which properly belong on ly to the tropics and are not eaten in •he United States, even in summer. **!n the Hatter of food alone, the most expensive 4nner would not run a* high in prl**e as you might suppose at first thought. Mi any dinner in whicn com* mon sense It tuken Into account the food alone would not cost more than twenty dollars a rot r. That Is. without wine. ! decorations, or atteirdan ©. Now >ou may btf nets wine at almost any price, depemfcig on Hi© reputation of the vinters. but \ou may not always buy j ©ld wine. Tie connolweur often value* | * I Of Men’s Gigantic Value Suits B Commenced last Friday morning, has proven the event of the closing month of the Century. The B movement continues until the entire 1,000 Suits are gone, and from the experience of the past two B days, their time is brief. B We picked up these Suits just before Christmas, from manufacturers who were literally craey to B out the season s remainders, and while WE appreciated the GREAT VALUES within our reach, i B THEY had one idea only, and that was to MEET BUYERS WITH THE CASH and DESIRE. / We Were the Hen for the Occasion. / We got the Suits, held them up a little while for a Century-end surprise, AND HERE THEY / ARE. We have divided them into two lots, to-wit: / Lot No I-SB.OO to SIO.OO Values $6.45 Ihlt dusty bottle* more highly than gold. anil will on no a- 1 -ount sum ruler toem 1 Therein. diplomacy and opportunity must 1 come to pr'*" ur# what men* money can : not buy. The matter of attendance Is a I mutter of last. Vou could have a waiter . for each gur- t If nsec*-ary, but w would ! not lie in goovl taste. Hut In decoration* \.ai could go lo an almost unlimited ex tent. A short time ago 1 ass-mbled a dinner of eighteen covers, which co* ill Hi* Aggregate thirteen thousand dollars, i that I*, over ITS a cover. It was. and *llll I*, ihe high-water mark In the mat ter of dinners. In order to go higher I : .-iiould simply have to lake each course and ear It decoration and try to supple ment It by some more expensive Hero It j Is, after all. ihe decorations that cost so much It. these din i t r* In Ihe eighteen thousand dollar af fair I decorated the room with a natural grata- arlmr, through which the guets V ..Iked and front which they plucked th* hunches. Then there was w fountain with I ir-n in It. which 111 Itaelf was an expen sive affair, entailing much plumbing and carpentry work. The flowers were all out Of season, and yet many plant* were shown growing til Ihe native pot. It was these decora!'on* that cost so much. In the rood expensive dinner I might Imve rare J i|wtte* palm* or dwarf trees be.ir -1 lug fruit, such as cherries. I could send i to iha Orient and Import at a colossal ex isnse any of Ihe fruit bearing tree* that grow there. Dwarf pear*, aoples. and other fruit are * onetime* brought to this country, and I could lssie them growing on 111. table, or the dlntng room would be arranged a* a garden. In which bird* would sing, plants and tree* would grow, rippling cascade* would fall. The effect ..f sunlight or moonlight could he pro lured electrically. w< might make sum mer' oblivious to a holiday storm wtth (Hit Oh. >e*. all of theme things could be I induced at a cert as high as you plea*e_ Such a dinner would require months of nilptiration and might cost fifty thou- n.l dollars; maybe more, maybe leaa- H would depend entirely on the trouble Involved. . „ ••Hut, as I have Intimated, alt this I* not food. It Is deiorallona. To be sure, r,.u would <wt some, of the .lecoratltm* . „s vou woukl eat the conletM* of ihe d-fX)native fruit basket on yr table Hut in the matter of mere foo.l> • lo "" ' mart refer back lo my c.llmate of twen !ty dollars a cov. r. for you nnn not eat more than a certain amount and that i certain amount is market price You could have diamonds ill th© meat " . _. if “AVhat would he the menu forth- most ..... reive dinner?" Oacar was asked "Well, since I have already Died my best lo make one dinner as expensive a* tMi.-ltde 1 must take It* Mil of f** " n ;? aulvsliiute Still more important 'hlngb ’t'*;Turned <o hu desk snd .hough awhile. Then he turned lohh. t>pe writer and dictated tha following. Buffet Hu**©. Oyittr CockUll*. Amo „" l>^o l>m . rd wal- a I. Prlncesse. I’aratio. Hr. eo Turtle. Bolivar. Ib.tier In Basket. Colon line of fhlcke^ lUs key Mountain Bheep with Pure* of Chaatnutk. jelly. Brussel* Sproirt# Sau* Kresh Aaparagus. Kotsiy Sherbet. Diamond Back Terrapin. ! c.nvas Back Dis k. Orap* I-rult Salad. Frasti tttrawberrlea. Vanilla Mouaae. Confection# Coffee Fruits. -There, now. mr." mid this ?•' with** h* W miil"a" h °h^N* h pM"mmlkt Aired when pu.ttn, bh. .td.lal tate document "'hr l -*- "“• ; verv heat I eould do merely with food If | 1 had a fortune to deal with. Of course, ; 1 could double the ala* of th# dl*be*. ; and 1 could #tjv*e* In m,n,r w , O* l ®*' which would sound wall, but which th* ;i!S. would not ast. Tlwr. would be no .-.son in It. If. hOW *'~- I examine that mmn you will •©• that | social buntlod parti** would ks r*u.rat “The Greatest Sale” fto procure the Hocky Mountain sheep, the duck, the terrapin, the atpariigu-, and so forth, at this season of the y.sr. Add private wtne and extensive dr ora tion to such s spread and you will have ,i dinner that will coat you a small for tune." HAt MKl.tm II A Hit A'* \\OOI Mi. It Was by Moonlight In an Aatomo blle. By Keslab Shelton. "Tour master has returned; run up the flag, boyl" The second Inside man hast ened to do the bidding of the grey-halred butler, and soon Ihe Stars *n.t Blrl|e -were w.ivlna in the breexe from Ihe top of the slender staff that was set near the south porch of "Qreen Lodge.” "Ah! Barry Is at home again! There'll be great doings once more" •'Wonder when, and how he came? The flag was not flying when w# rode past an I hour ago." Harry was neither an admiral nor a commodore, only the pet bachelor of a fashionable coterie, yet who should say him nay If he chose to adopt a naval commander's custom. If some did laugh at the pre*ump!lon of "th# merely rich and fashionable folk?" "Darry is an old fellow, and after dancing Ih* cotillion with all the debu tante* of the past twenty years, he Is ap parently aa ardent and pi easing a lover as In his youth! H# #*m* to have never ! lost hi* grasp upon youth, but to have i clung to youth, and kept the youngs.er up to date!" "Barry was reported engaged to Mllll* Montague—now lgtdy Hagebrush—wli-n her stater, I-ura. wore her hair In a brail and was a nuisance on the road, running Into everybody's turn-out with her donkey t.am Ye: Barry led tha cotillion with Lura at her coming-out halt! Carol was th* baby Montagu*, younger than L*dy Bagebruah's baby, and when aha waa in troduced' there wa# the perennial Barry In Ihe front ranks! Yaa, thare wa* Bar ry making all tha younger men play asc end lo bla tint violin’s not*# of adulg- Xaid Mrs. Rogers In confidence to her husband: "Speaking of Barry'* return r> mlnda me of what Kate Merry weather said to me Iha other night, when I rti- Iher about looking forward to Bar ry's return: Barry? Oh, pahaw! Bon t waste valuable time yoking me about hi* attention*: they are never to b# mistaken for intention,, and ° * girl# never fount upon them, only ©• “•poc#-filler. Wed politely pas* Barry on to th# next girl. If an 'eligible' should be sighted:' Isn't it a shame. John, how slangy tna girls of to-day are. and bow llttl* real regard they have for men. Barry, for In stance?" -Don't think girl* are much different from those I knew when I was young' ' How about Colon el-—" "Don't be horrid and bring up ancient history like that! Aa 1 was saying. Kate was running on about Harry, and aald 'Why h# ha, been ‘the beau,* off anil on, of all tna best girl* In town, for twenty years.' "And then she proceeded to rub It In— "Whoa* *Un* are you quoting now?" "Nobody's. If you please! As I was saying. Km* said, that she'd heard so much about th* devotion of Barry tig"* ago to my bachelor autH*. both father'* and mother'# sbrter*. that I feet at If I might almost, rightfully call him. 'lfncia* ; Barry" And now, John, right hare, you must eras* your heart, ami promts* roe that you'll never tell a aoui what Iro going to tell you now! For I promts-d Kalo motl solmanly that I'd I never tall a soul, and shaii keep my word. . w If II gets out I shall know that It waa t through you! Kata say* that her aunt •Margaret hate# to have her go with Barry st all. but warm of all eh* dislikes to ao with theta hersolf, a* chaperone and mat She contrives all aorta of engagement* to And a ptaualM* excuse, for asking some I rural to lake bar pi*** and get a obap THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1000. THEY NEED NO PRAISE. They have that impressive appearance that ever PROCLAIMS VALUE. Vou can Inspect Sample Suits in Eastern Window. DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. B. H. LEVY & BRO. erone. In truth. It amount* lo this, that Margate! shows Jealousy of Barry's at tention* to Kate, and she Is shurp enough to suspect an early attachment, year* ago! ; Did you ever dream of such a thing?" "Oh, you women, what traitors you a 1 j are to each other! Kate has lo!d you that ’ which. If site suspected, site ought to I I>ave considered sacred, and concealed! i And yon promised not to lell. and now | have told me!" said John Bugera reprov ingly. and Intentionally omit ting to answer his wife's question. Mrs. Huger* was from i a distant stale, and had not that almost idolatrous frelltsg towards Ha. lieknr Barry j Ihsl "Ihe coterie" fell toawrd him! "There now. that Is the consistency of roan, to say nothing of gralllude' I low virtuous we are! Ilow long Is ll since you fold Bert Simmons, w.i.it J told you prl -1 vately?" i John had the grace to IHush. and as I lie could not deny the charge, he showed unusual sense, by keeping silent! "Von lis# watt till I tell vou anything In confidence again! I dPln’t forget my promise. I didn’t think Kale would care | If I did lell. Just you!" "O I eee. you weren't to 'lell a soul,' I so you felt that I didn't count' Well, come, don't be angry, and I will do bet ter than you have! 1 will not tell a soul: and. remember. Mary, that I for bid you to breathe a word of this to any one! A pretty piece of gossip this would make If It got nolee.! abroad! That fool ish chatterbox of a Kate need* a eever# lesson, but I do not wish that Margaret and Barry ,liould be annoyed, that sha may be property punished, si we must keep alienee." Barry'* card* were toon out for a "Din ner and " What the blank meant, all were gurs*. Ing. hul not one gueeaed correctly. Bar ry’s dinner partlee were always welcomed, and a* dancing was a feature to tm de pended upon at Barry's, slipper* and dancing gown* were much In the thoughts of all. except th* poor chaperones. A* Margaret had to listen to Kate’s girlish chatter over the coming event, and wllnea* her childish pleasure In the rhinestone buckles of her pale blue slip per*. Just the same dainty, cloud-ilk#*, grey blue as her chiffon and tlh#-rty silk dancing gown, she almost wished that she could turn backward, for one*, Ih* hand of Time, or that chaperone# were per mitted to dsnee! But It wa* not consid ered "good form" In her social set, and It had been eo many years since she wa* shelved, that perhaps she had forgotten how! Thera had been the long year* of mourning, llrst for her mother, then tor her father; snd then when she re enter society, there was Katie gaown up and waiting lo be properly "brought out," and none but her to do It! This role of the **ml-matertial. aa well as that of Ih# elder slater, had not been one that ahe would have chosen, but she had learned enough of life, lo know that It Is permit ted to only an exceptional few. If It ever Is to any, to kv# their lives as they choose, so she settled down bravely to the Inevitable, and tashtu.iy liver hers as It wa# "ordered" for har to do "Margaret, what will you wear, your black valval V asked Kate "No. no!" and ‘Margaret shuddered. "I am eorry that I ever had that gown I almost hale It. Black velvet half sug gest* mourning, and wholly proclaims sha approa -h of "the season of the sera and yellow leaf." I fell like a dowager of t*v enty. when 1 tried It on, I shall have one of my white brocades remode,ed. for this occasion. Barry used lo say that 'white was the only dinner gown.' and I’m quit* of his mind." "Margaret! I'm sure that he prefer* pale blue, any way he has often said that It was my color! And don't you think that whit# Is altogether too g|ri tah. tor you?" exclaimed Kate rasa id lest of her atater's posslhl* aenaltlvansaa. a* one's nearest relive* are prone to be Margaret shrunk a* If ah# had renalv#d a blow, yet such hurts were too frequent, lor her to mak* open remonstrance, ao ah* quietly ren t'd. "J think not, a* thia Lot No. 2-SII to SI4 Values $8.95 |ls pre-eminently a 'whk* year;' brocades nr least, belong to elderly bull*,, and even that ancient relic. Madam* Hou bee, ■ wear# white allk* and satin*." | When ihe eiatars entered Barry'# draw ing room, mere waa many a favorable ft ramrnt made upon the stalely Marg i refH well prcucrved.not made up." beifi ;ty; hi id kmdlr critics sakl. that t had elmply matured, as ehs was not of that type that must dim when It changed, the type that Is only lovely while youthful The dinner was one of Harry's, and that Is quite enough to sav of It. for he was perfect In the art of dinner giving! But every on- wus still wondering what thnt—had meant? What novelty wa* lo follow ih* feast? "Don your wrap*, ladle*, we are go ing for a drive!" Wa* there ever such a hottl ? The guests went gaily to Ihe dressing rooms. "Where do you suppose we are going? len't It lovely?" When aroup-'d on the veranda, a prefy scene was presented to their view. Ihe circular driveway was Ailed with fairy like vehicles gaily decked with flag* and electric light*—a doubt* line of automo biles were ready lo take the dinner party j Where? "Don't bother waiting for chaperones and mother*, this la an Informal affair, eo alt take the first -wrrlage that I* ~t , hand when you are cloaked ami ready." j said hold Barry, and aa his will was as | good as law with hi* coterie, he was lit I eraliy obeyed. Yet, now aa aver, there waa method |n ! •PPa/sntlr. unmanned arrangemen.a' It* said t,. one. "You'll go in this auto." and to another. "Tou may take seats In thia one. ami law I*, you come here and I Duet you to see to It, that thea* gw.lv girl* don i get frightened and upset thia V‘° >g#ul end tha girl* wished dear, old Barry all r „ gltni lu^k for his personal conalderatior. for ibelr enjoyment. r "** * r * h* Bast Road to the Rturtevant Tea-House, where we .hill "•* *” • -lance by moonlight KittJT!- H,srt up **" Margaret had found herself separated from her young slater by Barry', order In such a natural manner, that ti would PrUd, " h h “ v ' reman, strated. neither could the decline to ac cept the rest In Ihe auto-buggy with Bar ry Ihe last automobile In Ihe line. How many year* waa It. since she had sat alone beside Barry of a moonlight evening In those days chaperones were not the fad—or the necessity?—** now and her mother would have considered It an Insult to both her daughter anil Bar ry. to have suggested, that they needed a companion! "Margaret, there I* met hail In my moon light madness 10-nlght; I warn an answer lo a question, that I was too stubbornly proud to a*k you a dosen years ago Do you remember a moonlight drive, that we j ,ook twelve year* ago to-night, the day i before my blrthnlght party?" "Tea. | do!” "I>o you remember, that I asked you to he at home to me at 11, the next morn- • IngT* "Te* And you did not eome"' "I did come, and the servant said that you were out. and I went away angry, for I thought that you must know why I was coming; 1 could not ask you to marry m* then, I must ask that question under your father's roof"' Margaret laughed like a girl at this statement, at such a moment. "Laugh If you please, dear. I am of th# opinion that I would have don* wiser , then, not to have been so particular as to have put off till morning tbe question I that I might have asked by moonlight. Why did you refuse to saa me?" "I never knew that you came! I hid , a nervous headache that morning an i mother coaxed me to ll* down on the I lounge awhile and gave ro* some sort of a powdet. and I remember that I dose I an hour or two: when I wakened. I asked If you had called, and ths butler aald. ! •No!' Then I felt hurt and aa If I had been trifled with.” *'l did not aa* tbg butler at all I U* ■ was off duty for a few momenta, pro*# ably; I can recall very plainly, th#. pert tsiauty of rite new maid, that anawere I my Inquiry for you. I wjs an angry that you should itol be 'at horn- after your promise of the evening liefore, that I would not leave my card!" "As I did not make a culilldant of my mother, she may have given orders to tha maid*, to say that I wa* out. leal ■*>■■- on#' should call and tiicdlcaaly waken me." "And an lutnican! trifle like that hs* mad-- in#* the ‘bachelor of the town!' Margaret, can you forgtee ray 111 temper ed stupidity’ What would ymir answer have been that morning, what Is your answer to-night—Will you lo# my wife?" COQUETTISH COLLARS. All the New Throat Bands Are High. Thrr# Pretty Neck Decoration* ller© la ** Irlo of tomendah © ne*k d©**- nratloh. The flrat one in ni.i<l* of taffeta, atltchcni In check* anJ net off with em.iil Milt or stiver buttons, sewed on white Liberty satin application*. All Ihe throal bonds are high, high as th* collar of L'Alglon's while uniform, but heavy buck ram or canvas Is no longer used as an Interlining for thee* tall -hokerw. A whalebone or Iso hold* the col.ar well th under the ears and at the back, bus does not detract from ihe soft, pliant < xpres slan that the newest stork* must have. Tall aa theao neckbands are they all boa-a a great deal of decoration. First they are stitched and then more or less braided, and finally a. lop and bottom a shaped stitched strap of gooos pussrd about th* neck, crosses In from and leta fall two barbed end* on which exceed ingly small bustons are arranged In geo metric patterns. At the neck wear coun ter# where one grow* perfacily befud dled !n the attempt to mak- a chabb from the numberless model* displayed, th* most alluring collars are ebtlrorate#? ex pensively and effectively with fur. For example tf is possible to buy a lofty ermine collar showing flaring palms of turquoise, blue velvee, which point# are brightened with god gaioon. About the bottom edge of tbl* same collar several row* of narrow gold braid are worked deeply Into th* fur aml compete their mission in front by forming a- luster of bright loops and end*, lb* latter har log gold knot* of ferret* for a finish. Jw.r **Y©. wviijld havß h©rt th© anxwor theii. mml y©. In th© nn*w©r now. lint why hiv# you wwjteff, ©n! wt©4 ©lt t hf*M* yurt?** "Bee©un© I feared that you Itavinjf d*- ricted to iwy ‘No.* had reftiueff lo re**eivo rm* i ext ttmri Imt. to ©iwre m* the tmifi of hr-Bflnit It* Hut when I won pin vine t love with Km© Ihe other nixht. moiii©- thlii* flnNheit over your fare, thnt non. v til red i itt thnt I tunl heort n ntujrtd dolt, for the |Mt daxen ymm! You will ln* . to-ntxtit Anri only with me; xmt w© wilt. If you pi©©*©, ©nnootic© our Tluat Mir©ly nhuukf rtlmuite a healthy exrltenirnf untoti if our 'knowtttr frinide! I uni ro Klml that you ar© til white to-nlum’" a# gay and handsome a* these are tba collars, as ihe sketch .hows, made of cloth of gold or altver. edged with black or a bright tiniest panne at the top. a#Kt loped with a gold cord, and encircled at the bottom with a necktie no wider than that a man weara with evening draas, but made of a strip of shining blartk broadtail. The ends of Ihe broadtail band are some 11 me* finished with Jeweled fer rets. No longer Is It the fashion to make a looped bow In whatever may be tied al the base of a (Ire** collar. The small and decorative cravaf itvsild be folded to a four-In-hand kno*. or made In a boor of five, seven, nine, or eleven end*. Theao ends can show ferret*, though the** pret ty gilt tag- are besoming decidedly -om. mnn place, or everyone ran he shaped differently and treated WVh stitching# and French knot*. Not very long since live neck decora*long with long pendant lac*, chenille or how ends was the hall mark of Ihe popular erase, now we see no fancy collar* with front ornamentation longer than (tv* Inches, and the coU#r of Ih* tmmediatd future Is very tall with an outward rolling piece lhat flares a little- on the shoulder, ll I- quite like Ih* tall double linen cul ler that loan have been wearing for iha pnta eight months, with Ih* dlffareuoe that the hoi tom of the rolled over pteee I* for woman'* wear made aa full flar ing as an annex flounce. I'nderoeafi) the hro.i t rolled oter flap a tiny string ii* of *!k or satin I* drawn and fastened tn • •>e buw U> front, • M IA I 7