Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1912 — An Accepted Invitation. [ARTICLE]

An Accepted Invitation.

The Austrian humorous writer of the nineteenth century, M. G. Saphir, was as ready with his tongue as with his pen, as the following anecdote will show: Among his friends was a Mme. Lammel, who was renowned for • her stinginess. Although she loved to have people of culture at her table, she would not open her purse enough to make that table attractive. Once, after a particularly poor and scanty dinner, Mme. Lammel asked her guest: ~ “And whenj my dear Saphlr, would you dine with me again?” Saphir heaved a hungry sigh. “At once.” —Youth’s Companion.