If you were not invited to the spread, naturally you wouldn't eat, and if you didn't eat, then you wouldn't have to worry about that extra pound.

It is all very simple." "Very!" agreed Elfreda, with such scathing emphasis that the exchange of words ended in a general giggle at Emma's expense.
"Now that you've all finished laughing at me," she declared good-naturedly, "I hereby invite all of you, even Elfreda, to Martell's for the salad, which is my part of the ceremony." "Oh, goody, it's Waldorf!" exclaimed Elfreda delightedly, as, seated about the big corner table at Martell's, perhaps twenty minutes later, they saw the salad brought on.

"You knew what we liked, didn't you, Emma ?" "I did, in spite of my simple tendencies," murmured Emma.
"That was a well merited thrust," laughed Elfreda, laying her hand lightly over her heart.
"And now Wayne Hall and our humble apartment await you," proclaimed Grace when the last vestige of salad had disappeared.

"Anne and I extend you a pressing invitation to dessert and conversation.

Although this is to be a strictly informal session of the club, we may wish to discuss certain club business.