Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-12-12
"COkD VlCTUl.lS."

In tho Summing Up Of n Lifetime Hash
aud Stale Drea0 Arc Not Important
Tho representative man breads cold vict
Ho drsy.ls PICKED up dinners. He groans
ct the thought Of yesterdays cabbage ana
cor,psi beef served up for today's entertain
,nent He sees no reason why the women
folks should not be able to get up freshly
c.,>L dinners every day; no cannot under
stand how 1t Is that washing day must inev
i.at.ly Lring to the dinner table miscellan-
ccus collection Of odds and ends, which he is
expected To cat In silence and gratitude.
i,o fools wronged lie feels that it was
intake that he was born. lie wishes lie had
the wealth OF Rothschild, so that no could
beard at tho Fifth Avenue hotel, and never
b, obliged TO eat picked up dinncrs-
Perhaps no grumbles. Good men often do
under such circumstances It relieves their
feelings, and their wives expect 1t aud are
not disappointed
A woman, OH the contrary, has a sort OF
lurking fonhness for cold victua's. She likes
TO warm things over, and rehHst them, and
dress them up anew. and she takes pride IN
doing it.
II she succeeds in making something out Of
nothing sho is happy. And when sho has
stewod tho rosst turkey up into soup. and
baked the fricas5eed chickens into pie, and
1nnIic the roast beef into u rasout, she feels
like the embodiment Of economy, and sho be-
lioves that nothing short OF now silk dress
would be sufficient recomponso for her skill
ful management.
Cold victuas are sure to bring company to
dinner When there is nothing but ycstcr
days dinner for today, look out for hungry
visitors Did you over notice that the less
Won havo cooked the more likely you arc TO
have somebody come for whom you care,
md who il, blessed with good appctite'
When such thing happens, bcur it with
eauanimity Life is not nl eating. There Is
something else besides. Don't make apologies
FOR tho cold pudding Don't fret if the bread
is stale People have eaten cold pudding and
stale bread and survived it. There are many
we'll authenticated cases on record where
men have eaten picked up, washing day din
nars once u week for years, and lived to be
reckoncd az among the Oldest inhabitants,
Living to eat is not the highest kind OF ell
joymcnt. When dyspepsia takes hold Of your
stomach, and tho demon indigestion gets n
good grip on you, you will realize the truth
of this assertion. When you feel as If there
wae u kerosene lamp turned on at full blast
LII your cllnaStTlc TcslHH, nini "i'i ti'c Huii'
herlc.l. aches and pains that arise from do
fc2tive digestion rack your brain and send
needle pricks all over your body, you will not
care whether tho dinners are old or now,
fresh or otherwise, and you will wonder that
ever you rnntle such fuss over your wife's
economies, Of cold virtuns warmed over.
Take it with philosophy. 1t stands to rca-
son TINT a woman cannot always be cooking.
4 f,,l ~, 70 ArI =,
every family there must necessarily be cold
yictuns. They must be worked up some
how.
Come brnvcly to the front and accept the
situation Eat tho cold ham with relish.
30 thankful FOR the bread pudding and happy
over the hash. Console yourgclt with the
thought that you are doing your duty in eat
ing tho soup concoctcd from yesterdays
roast
Smile over the cold victuals, and be glad
to greet them Ike old friends in new gulsc.
You Will be happier than you will be II you
grumble over the unavoidable, and your wife
will TIL her less fortunate female friends how
good you are, and all the women in town
will wish they had husband like you. Don't
you seeT'-kato Thorn in New York Weekly.