Show WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK i f. f i By Otto Edward Ed J. I Toward tho the end of oC tho tim h banquet I. I 1 while the the walters waiters were vere busy filling 2 I the thc champagne goblets g with tho iho pm ipar spark sparkling ling wine a feeling of ol comfort settled Fettled t. t I t lown over O the thc hH largo O half hair wh where Ic the thc ne newspaper m men n from frou the whole ovid 5 W s wore tro Je gathered During the he dinner S l which bad hRIt ll h h almost four our hou hOll hours S. S S S ti m n bad listened to the rather r t t loH winded long ln ed speeches of oC their Camu r. r olla an and were happy when h n r the tones of or mu music lc were hoard heard from rm rin rinthe the adjoining room The Thc formal part pare S V Tl v of or the evening was vas over and suddenly sudden- sudden f t. t I ly Joyous voices were heard ever every overy- tt S helo A little Frenchman who was wa C G surrounded by a circle of or gentlemen decorated with many orde orders rather rl risque stories from Paris V s 4 A Turk In evening dress s hIs ls red rell V r fez foz pressed C firmly on hl hi head re repeatedly repeatedly re- re peate l asked an Englishman who f was sitting fitting next ext to him to Interpret rC 1 t J what whal ho did not understand and the tIO X N who whoa vas va connected w h hz TJ z S a U London ape translated the 7 T 1 naughty naught stories Into goo good English I IS S which his hisS colleague had learned In v s-v Egypt The rho Frenchman who who had once onci boon been beenS 4 f. f S given I n the thi- floor kept ni or talking without with with- I out being heing disturbed h by the 2 jealousy of or many olirs who voul 1111 S. S alo p I eve e liked to et et i Ido to th the lime lime- light lId and pos poso o as On i Il I 1 nt American Journalist mailL mall male L a feeble but t 11 ho he alice miser r i r tl aly Chevalier do la ha liaise W iS tireS tire tire- S x It loss luF i and refused to toI I p for au Suddenly m my a vis-a-vis a S S Irl Irishman with blue eyes ees and anil Jark dirl exclaimed Oh Oil what the hair hall 1 I is ho he talking about aboUl I shall tell 11 you ou something No my dear C r you OU JIlt hold your our hor horses es a minute It Jl I Is absolute absolute- necessary nr that S iro ro allowed to tn look 1001 at nt things from rom all nil nilS S S now you yon JOIl have ha spoken o of Prance a and t S ti P II II run i-f i f 1 S Y IIII in I fl I li i vork III IIi lui pro Iro L f t then thell we c ts e will t 5 soil som- som r lI J man maim 1 professor a 3 chance to speak abUt about 7 the tho topic which interests tR him him most I All JJ nationalities arc together hove s nn and It Is Js no more mol than Ahan right that each 1 Is ls Riven 1 a chance chanco S I 10 The Tho Chevalier uller Jook looked 1 at the Irishman Irish Irish- hi h- h I S i man with a half dl disgusted expression j clear cleal whether r j 55 as If IC he was not quite m. m h ho should 1111 feol offended 01 or not nit As d 5 all nil tV-e tV e of others hers laughed I hower moved mo chairs a a. little closer lo- lo t 1 l' l i- i gather nc nt said wit a smite ji g III n. n i S my young oung friend now you Just tell tellus us 5 something something from from what country do dor fr r you rou come como 7 The Irl Irishman hman blushed hed a little sec rae Ing lag himself so suddenly ln having be- be S.- S. conic come the center contel of or Interest lie He m ed cd rather embarrassed ly iv and ro Hi-d. Hi S My ly name Is Ig larry Harry O I IS S n f f. f It f ni luI If you VOU n I should ask why my paper has s sent sent'S S 'S S S me to represent ent it in th this Is Illustrious gathering I would really not Iut know what to answer Possibly because I S have cheek check You ma may not nul h 5 lie It now no and antI I will admit that just at the lime limeS I S present time line the man many famous men around me have hare made mo me feel feol a l. mittie mit- mit G- G tie nervous For Fm- that Iea reason on I I am amit amone one of or th the tho few here hero whose bulton- bulton S 5 S holo bob is still hun hungry ry for it which It will viii probably pi never ne get geL 1 I have e however this afternoon heard heardS 7 1 so much 11 ch th t be he of Immense value t. t S t S tp ino mo later on that J Fat Iut the he present 5 5 f feel el strong enough to believe c In future fu future fu- fu Il- Il j ture success I also havo have once tI tried 1 to dino with a queen now now don tIon t lau laugh h Jl it It Is absolutely true It happened In Pails she was a n. arlueen queen with a a. past she hc had rel reigned and had bad lost her throne A woman like her I thou thought h must bb 10 In Interesting If I 1 could succeed in Jl taking dinner hinner with her liar Just once 1 S would t be bo famous all 31 over 1 for or t. t the tho rest of m my life liCe I heard that helt her hel democratic amla amiable lel le- le tj t majesty w ts s very cry l S vind lo easily reached mind and in m my ho boyish Ih t- t brain the thou thought ht was born that nil all l' l r F had to 10 do was to send up my mv c card to be bo received with open arms arias by Iy r. hi-r. t I She SJ lived hIved In a hotel I went thio t and demanded an Interview with t. the ime h head ad waiter walter After Afler I ha had told him S m my flY whole plan he ho said A queen cluen is s a aI I queen an and even en if It you were employed b by the tho greatest newspaper In the world S you would have o no chanco Cr If you however would care caro to act a as L waiter I could po possibly arrange to get gel you OU Into the dining room At tt t ho assured me that there were n mony but after I had l him hima a pound for COl each cach and h life ht at last hast gave In Good he ho said you you shall wait w-ait on 5 her majesty the do day after She Sho Is IR going to give Ilvo a small dinner l' l I shall speak t 19 the waiter who wh vh h has ha hasS S charge ge of or tho the servants ter who wait Walt 01 on onS S the queen Come Como and sec seo mo me tomor tomor- It v r row w night l V I The next night I 1 once more 11 went won S J 5 to the hotel where whet I found the heal head wall waller watter r. r together with a lanky fellow Cello S a walt waiter r with the tho manners of a gentle gentle- VI 0 man who asked me a a. number r c P Pu of t u S questions hf tr If I was wag as an anarchist what wim paper I 1 represented w which leh I to as well velL a as aM I could V t At last when I had told loM him in Ire S whole plan llan he said All MI right sen senU send end if U r the tho gentleman hero herc to me hut but h he heL L t must m shave sha off ott his u it thin which will probably cause him hini muc much I J i iI I sorrow for fOl It IH is a or very pretty mus mIStS i tache tacho In this case however however however- f r Oh never mind th the mustache I 1 S v replied I sacrifice It with the atI at- at j I i est elSt of or If It I 1 may he be Jt given a 5 chance chanco to get gel clo close e to th the tho queen j You will get set very cry close to ta her S tho gentleman waiter replied I paid 9 him tWo Ovo pounds and ancl two days lay later about t 5 o'clock In the afternoon I IS Ii S S S je i wont vont to the tho hotel In evening c suit m and andi i L without a mustache j i I wont vont upstairs Into a room jr It nr next door dool to tho the ono one In v f r tho tim queen lucan was wan to receive lec her gu tU i tS ij j l and met the thc head waiter waller V sSt J I Oh you ou are arc the new now walter waiter Now ow fc listen a minute there minute there rc arc are 7 t ty and aud servants I 1 am willing to S It t that you Ou are alO a n first clu class waiter walter bu hu v before I let you OU go JO near nar her you OU must first f prove provo to me that you OU I Its J understand your our hu business to t i v tion I understood wh why hy he said ald thU 1 t Tho The other waiters aiters were ignorant f r f fJ J 5 Zui m my usual calling and so o as not tc i rt h any tiny suspicions he hc treated mi mm 4 S lis as one of or the waiters waltel 5 How Ilo am I to prove pro it to you ou out our I I t said Id S By Dy serving me Please s set t thc thu thuS S table and wait walt on me just as ns yet yot O S 1 would woul do 10 If IC I were veru a 1 king ln r I felt Celt Ilk a Ii bo boy About bout to pass aS a'S ai a I S examination I spread the tablecloth tableclothS S smoothed It out nice nicely placed gla glass eo m S plates an and a hundred other L things thing around at the platen plute nn and brou brough 1 I tho head waiter one courso course after oCter tin time fl other Ho He ato ate nn and l drank with vi I viS It t. t S dent enjoyment When hen he hud bud finish S 'S pd d ho he said Its Hs all nil right you shall haJ bo be allowed to wait wal her but bu on majesty majest 5 uon i get got nervous After Arler a n. while awhile tho the musicians caineS came caine S Into tho the room where tho the waiters walters were wece standing and b began gan to tuno tune their In In- In The door was wan closed and nt at last wo we heard a n noise In tho the banquet hall ball and the music struck up UI a national nation al tong Bong and immediately after that S I I 0 t S. S i. i l J J A P L f 5 j h I 10 f S a waltz Th The head waiter waltel ly opened tho door and antI let some somo of or the tho he waiters enter You begin with tm time soup setup he hc said ald to me mc A waiter came placed a plate of or potage crania crome do de Castillo on oil m In my hand placed m my may other hand on my hip and looked at mo me admiringly b I ha had to stand this wa way for fOI some seine time You must walt wait tot for tho hell bell the tIme head hend waller raid t Behind m me- stood In a lon long row ow all aU tho the other servants carrying a plate In ono one hand while the 11 other rested on the tho hip The Tho door was thrown open Olen the head waiter walter came caine running toward us usand usand I and passing b by mo mt in his excitement he threw the plate of soup out of oC my hand so that tho the sticky liquid ran Ian down over oval m my black clothes clothe I was vas so furious that I should certainly certainly have boxed his ears cars If another I waiter walter ha had not held me The headwaiter head headwaiter waiter walter stood motionless for lor a moment mo mo- mo- mo ment lUent then ho hc mumbled something that sounded like a n beg your pardon and disappeared In the banquet hall followed b by the thc smiling waiters who had stood behind me I 1 stood there as asan asan asan an idiot with a spoiled evening suit hands bards full rull of or vermicelli an and stared at the tho broken plate on the tho floor noor Tho head waiter walter who was a good natured fellow came camo to me and helped helped help help- ed ad me mo wipe time the off otT as well velI as possible with a damp napkin The treatment lasted for Cor half halt an nn hour but bul tho spots would not disappear 1 My shirt was Impossible to show In de decent decent decent de- de cent society After a while when whon I had come to tho the conclusion that it was hopeless for or me to 10 sta stay I asked ono one of or tile other other oth oth- er cv walters waiters to t toll loll ll the chief that I must have hax-c a talk tall with sith him L He let lot me walt wall very ver or long Jong and camo Caine only at fit tho time dessert rt Sir I said Sall In as friendly a tone lone as I possibly could you OU U know that I am no waiter I hiVo haVo paid five 1 pounds sterling to get Into he ho dining lining room 1 where the Iho queen eats cats Now for I Gods God's sake let me In for fOl I shall be he c I without a 0 J job b If you ou do 10 not I have already Informed IT m my paper of oC m my plan llan and anti told them to look for fOl an exceedingly Interesting article lIe Ho looked at m my appearance shook his head and said I 1 understand under under- stand your posit position 1011 exceedingly ly well and I feel hearth heartily sorry for Cor you OU but hut butas butas as you yuu look you can not bo be allowed ed to go o near nelll her majesty Look at your shirt and your trousers r I replied quickly Lot Let ono one of or theother the tho other waiters sell ell me a pair of oC trousers trousers trous trous- ers en and a shirt then everything will willbo ho bo all light t After a n. short while a short fat tat waiter alter cane came from Crom tho the dining room and said in a co confidential whisper My ly dear deal friend the tho chef has told lold me everything What hat do 10 you OU offer olTer for fOI formy m my fly trousers anti and sh shirt r 5 WAIl 11 th ho I of r t the l little i man al would ou ici never lit fit t me but iUt as he was the time only one ono who could be C spared I bou bought hl them anyway Wo We soon oon agreed on ott the price I had to pay two pounds for the goods be besides be- be sides one more poun pound for fot tips the ho waiter would lo lose by going homo earl carl early When I was dressed I must have looked look look- ed ad exceedingly l comical All the waiters wait ait aiters ers and nd the musicians laughed till they could hardly breathe as did also aiso tho time head heat walter waiter My ly su suspenders prevented prevent ed ei me 1110 from losing the trousers l which were far too room roomy for COl mo me mound around the time waist but at bottom the ttO thc they did not reach the top of or my shoes shoe and m my black an and red striped socks were plainly i visible I 1 know kno CI very ory well how I looked but it did not matter to me and I Isaid Isaid Isaid said to the head hea walter waiter who vho tried tiled to persuade mo me not to 10 go in I must get in there thero It is absolutely nece necessary sary and it makes no difference e how I look The whole affair has already cost mo mc eight pounds and antI If you do 10 not nol let Jet me mo In there now I will mal make e such a racket that the queen will come Conic In inhere here Just wait walt a moment the chef chief said When the last course so has Imas been sene served you rou ma may go In place in n a corner where nobody sees ce you I 1 will give you the time signal when the theline time line comes It H was past half 10 when he Ito rod ered to me mime Now Nervously I I went Into the hall ball ml i 1 had bad reached reachel m my goal To be sure everything e had not turned out as I Imd had md hoped It would and I had not icard hearl an any part parl of oC the iho conversation luring during the first part of oC the tho meal but hut I consoled console myself with the thought that hut conversation runs more freely O it flirt th lii nr 1 f ef nf tl fl 1 1 lh I n i 1 1 t that hat 1 I would ld i probably ol get of r material for Cor my article artcle A terrible disappointment awaited mo for hardly hardly hard hard- ly had I reached m my corner hidden m my feel behind a largo silver siver champagne cham chant cooler when tho queen stood UI up Everybody g stood up U and amI a cham- cham throw thre tho the door wide ide op open n and they thoy all nh ni disappeared All Al that I 1 had Imad seen cen was ivas that tho timo queen was wt wearing a L lisle color colm silk I gown trimmed with costly CORly lace luce There was not nol much to tomake tomake make out of or this his Is for m my paper As s a good newspaper man I I. I of or course did not acknowledge m my failure failure fail fail- fai- fai ure but wrote about two columns In rather a jolting Joking manner mannel about the thc dinner hinner but only to be told h by the tho editor that he ho ha had hoped hopel for Cor an nn article ar ar- containing containing- more facts especially U as another paper pIer In London had pub pub- a mo most article on the thc same subject One morning morning- morning several days after afler aCer my adv adventure I received from rein an aim unknown un un- known a money order for COl eight pounds Later I went to lH the EI English club and anti in the time reading room I taw sa sitting Inan inan In Inan an armchair Intensely Interested In a L London paper the chief walerI waiter waler n I asked ct a |