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Show SIX WIVES TAKE UNIQUE REVENGE. HUSBANDS "OUT," MATRONS ARRANGE AR-RANGE PRIVATE PARTY. COCKTAILS, WINE AND TEA Women Eat, Drink and Have Gay Time, Then Have Bills Sent to "Hubbies" Cheerful Surprise for Several Gentlemen. Now York. "There will be six of us. Wo will bo thorn at midnight. Vo want n good mippor, with cocktails to start on and u nlco partridge for ouch of its. And tho wine? Oh, yes, I for-pot for-pot that. Three. bottles will he enough. No, wo don't want any colTee and ibrnndy. Hut we will wind up on tea." "Think of a supper party winding up on tea." mused Tom Healy, tho restaurant res-taurant man, as he hung up tho tele-phono tele-phono receiver anil sot about giving tho necessary orders for serving the midnight repast. "Must ho a lot of hot sports," ho said to his brother "P. J.," ns every ono calls him. "Oh, well, they won't stay long," comforted "P. .1." "A crowd that wnnts only threo bottles of wlfio nnd cuts out brandy and coffee, will not 'jc troublesome." Promptly at midnight tho party of six arrived, four brunottcs and two blondes. Tho man at tho door looked for tho mnlo escorts, as ho assisted tho ladles to doff their wraps. Thero Is n rulo In Healoy's thnt no women unaccompanied by mall escorts can bo served after tho dinner hour, which ends nt nlno o'clock. Tho door attendant at-tendant politely Informed tho Indies of tho fact. "Send for Mr. Healy," commanded ono of tlicni. n substantial matron of considerably moro than 45. Mr. Hoaly oboyed tho summons. Ho shook hands with all tho women, asked nftor their husbands nnd children nnd stood ; attentive. "It's this way, Mr. Healy," said tho lady who had sent for him. "Wo havo turned, and aro going to havo our re-vongo re-vongo on our husbands. They nre away somcwhoro tonight, nt tholr lodges, plnylng poker or something else. Wo aro tired of this sort of thing and want to got oven. So we aro going go-ing to havo a party of our own. Wo want you to servo It and send each of our husbands one-sixth of tho bill. Will you do it?" "With tho greatest plensuro," re plied Healy. "I thought tho dinner was for six men, or thrco mun nnd threo Indies. I thought It strange that tea Instead of coffco wns ordored; but f understand It now. Come right this way." Ho piloted tho ladlos, flushed and expectant, through a maze of tables to ono sot with six covers In tho centor of tho north room of his establishment. es-tablishment. Almost every tnblo In tho room was occupied with well-dressed well-dressed people, tho chnndollcrs Hooded Hood-ed tho room with light and tho men anil women looked with Interest nt the six handsome women who sat alono and clinked their glasses In n toast heard only by themselves. No merrier party ovor gathered at Hcaly's. Tho ladles pal'd not tho slightest attention to tho other persons per-sons In tho room. Thoy laughed and joked with ono another, hummed tho words of tho populur songs played by tho orchestra, and soomed to bo having hav-ing tho time of their lives. With tho wlno llvo of them began to tcaso tho sixth, a demure little woman, Into whoso black tresses tiny skeins of silver wero creeping. "Oh, choor up," admonished tho robust ro-bust lady who had acted as spokos-woman spokos-woman and toastmastor. "You don't want to worry about anything. Tho children arc all right, and you want to hnve a good time. It will teach him a lesson." With tho tea, over tho making of which there was much conversation and ceremony, ono of tho ladles suggested sug-gested something that Inspired gleeful little shrieks of approval. Two of them went to thu telephone and called up their husbands. They did their tnlklng In Inclosed booths, so thnt That they said could not bo heard. Hut when thoy came out their eyes were sparkling with pleasure: and when they recounted their experiences to their companions, there were hysterical hys-terical little shrieks of Joy. Then two others went to the telephone, and finally the last two. No children over a favored game ever experienced half the pleasure as did the six mnturo matrons over the Individual narratives ! of their telephone talks with tholr husbands. . "Serves them right," was the most I frequent comment. Tho only disappointment was that ono of the husbands could not be reached. "Well," said the toastmastor. with delicious malice, "thero are live nerv- No Merrier Party Ever Gathered at Healy's. ous husbands anyway, let's havo somo nossclrode pudding to swell the bill for them to pay." The suggestion met with unanimous approval. Whllo tho ladles were enjoying en-joying It tho Sixty-sixth street door opened and a big man with a gray mustache and n good-natured tlorld complexion came In. "Qlmmo a high-ball," he said to tho waiter at ono of the tables In tho middle mid-dle room. Whllo the waiter went to fetch It bo looked curiously through tho opening Into tho north room. Clutching his hat, he said, "Well. I'll be d d." Just as ho arose as If to retreat tho ladles caught sight of him and chartlcd In glee at his discomfiture. With a sheepish look, Riich as Illumes the faco of a small hoy caught In the Jam, ho went forward, tapped tho little gray haired woman affectionately on tho cheek and said: "What are you doing Puss? Making a night of It?" The llttlo woman didn't reply, but tho othors did, From the llvo vorslons of himself advanced ho secured a pretty fair Idea of his standing as a husband and citizen. He took It all good-naturedly nnd In fact, seemed to enjoy It moro than the Indies. "Well. Healy," he said to P. J., "I guess I've got to bo tho goat. Ilrlng two nlco cold bottles of wine, order threo cabs and send mo tho bill. J'vo got to take these young Indies homo and help tell their husbands what wo think of them." At Just about three o'clock, as tho morry party filed out, tho big man, with his arm linked through that of his wife confided to Healy: "P. J., I'm a lucky man. I'm going to havo a good time to-night with llvo men who won't see the humor of tho situation." |