Show A SHORT CARAVAN TRIP RIch Man Give it Because there Was no Iced Champagne John A Graves of St Louis said yesterday yes-terday at the Hotel Manhattan Some ycnrs ago I spent a winter In Cairo Egypt and while I was there a young IsTcw Yorker arrived who was the talk oC the place as long as ho stayed lie had nothing but money was not afraid to burn It and waa exceedingly fond of tho smell of the smoke It made A diverting di-verting series of balls dinners and slumming parties followed his advent and he dually announced his Intention of bringing his pyrotechnic career In tho country of the Pharaohs to a fitting close by making the Journey to the second sec-ond cataract of the Nile No dahaboah being available to make the trip In by water they all having Lien engaged by j moro farHlglued travelers the young Croesus perforce elected to make his trip by caravan and straightway started out to make It the most gorgeous gorge-ous and complete caravan that had ever crossed the desert and he Succeeded For days all Cairo talked about It nnd tile morning set for the Icaveiakin all CaIro turned out on the outskirts of the city to see the start Jt went off with great pomp and circumstance and ay lie qamols disappeared over lie desert sands we mado our way buck to Shell hcarda hotel On account of that great heat of Ito mlddlo of the day In Egypt a caravan Journeys In the early morning and In lie ovenlng During the heat of the noon hours the tents are pitched and mon and beasts got through It as best they can Judge of our uurprlao that evening wljen that gorgeous caravan again appeared In Cairo and announcement announce-ment wan mady that the trip had been definitely given up One 01 the guests explained the trouble later It seemed that when luncheon was served the host drank oft a glass of champagne and Jumped to his feet In a rage Wheres the Ice1 lo demanded of his terrlled valet who was acting as but tlor Ice sir how can you get Ice In I wucli a place as this replied the servant ser-vant I I Do you mean to say that Ive got to drink hot ohampagno for two months I his Irate master demanded And upon I being Informed that he hind ho promptly prompt-ly ordered the caravan back to Cairo despite the protests of lila guests and that by doing BO he had expended 10000 for nothing Now York Tribune i w |