American inventions and inventors . increasing, and the world is looking moreand more to the United States to furnish a large part of thefood necessary for all mankind. CHAPTER VI. A MODERN DINNER. George Baxter and his wife returned to New York, aftera winter spent in California just a week before Mrs. Baxterssister and her husband were preparing to start for a secondsummer in Europe. A third sister, Alice Smith, decided to give the travelers a 7^!]l!I/iillllllillHill small dinner, towhich only thefamily should be in-vited, When the even-ing arrived, elevenmembers of the At-wood familygathere
American inventions and inventors . increasing, and the world is looking moreand more to the United States to furnish a large part of thefood necessary for all mankind. CHAPTER VI. A MODERN DINNER. George Baxter and his wife returned to New York, aftera winter spent in California just a week before Mrs. Baxterssister and her husband were preparing to start for a secondsummer in Europe. A third sister, Alice Smith, decided to give the travelers a 7^!]l!I/iillllllillHill small dinner, towhich only thefamily should be in-vited, When the even-ing arrived, elevenmembers of the At-wood familygatheredabout the table inMr. Smiths capa-cious dining room,the seat of honorbeing given to themother, Mrs. Atwood. Besides the three married couples,Frank and Alice Smith, Albert and Mary Fremont, and Georgeand Lucy Baxter, there were the four unmarried , the oldest son, was a banker in the city; Walter,next younger than Lucy, was a student fitting for ColumbiaUniversity; Fred and Mabel were still classed as A DINNER PARTY. 132 AMERICAN INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS. After the trim waiter had brought on the soup, the mo-ments quiet was broken by George Baxter, who said to thehostess: How good to get back to New York once more, ifonly to get a soup that one can eat without burning themouth w^ith the sharp condiments. You have no seasoningat all in the soup, have you, Alice? Oh, yes, replied the hostess, it is a very simple soup,but there is the usual pepper and salt. What have you beenin the habit of having? I am sure that I could tell what we did not have in someof our Mexican soups much easier than what we did have. Ishould think that there must have been both kinds of pepper,ginger, garlic, mustard, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce,and everything else. I cannot understand why people livingin the tropics want to season their food with such hot stuff. What do you mean by two kinds of pepper, brotherGeorge? asked Mabel. Cayenne pepper and black pepper, was t
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