Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1893 — Of No Consequence. [ARTICLE]

Of No Consequence.

Lady Holland was a social autocrat who nad no hesitation in ordering about tho most dignified and celebrated mon, when they happened to bo guests at hor house. It was not often that ono had the courage to withstand hor, but if a man gathered the hardihood to do it, ho became forthwith hor chosen favor! to. Another such ruthless hostess was one connected with a story of Monsieur Renan, though, unhappily, wo are not told whether she profited by tho lesson taught her that evening. At a dinner-party before Renan had risen to fame, he was about to speak on a current topic, when Jules Simon signified his intention of talking, and tho hostess asked Renan to wait. When the greater lion had done roaring, the lady said: “Now, Monsieur Renan, it is your turn. You were going to say something.” “I merely want to ask for some peas, ” he with gravity, and he was silent during tho rest of tho evening. —Youth’s Companion.