The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-02
THE HUSBANDS GOT DINNER.

An Effort That Succeeded in Convincing
Two Men That Cooking Means Work.
"There is absolutely no need of having q
bad cook, said the master Of the house,
somewhat dictatorially, with a good ma,
tured albeit lofty pity for feminine incom-
petence He and his friend had been lis
tening with languid interest to a converse.
ton between their respective wives on the
ever fertile theme Of servants. NOW, / dc
not pretend to know anything" he went
on, "but am sure could train any Biddy,
and I venture TO say that Tom here and I
could serve up a perfectly well cooked
palatable dinner, with no other aid than
our common sense and general knowledge
of cooking, which was obtained during our
camping out expeditions. think you
women make altogether too much fuss
over such matters; the whole affair is So
simple and easy"
81 have often thought the same thing
Joined in the graceless Tom, lit ought Il
be easy enough to teach a woman to be 9
good cook" His wife turned upon hin
with a stare of amazement. EFT tn BruteP.
she exclaimed. laughing. "But | tell yo1
what it is, Amy" She said suddenly to hei
friend, 'let US challenge these men TO pro
an easy matter to concoct, and prove then
assertions"
The husbands, nothing 10th, consented
to the trial, and it WAS finally agreed that
the next evenings dinner shonld be the
proof of the argument. Cook was made
happy by couple OF theater tickets and 9
holiday, and the two men took possession
of the kitchen early in the afternoon, and
. L. II
lent little repast was served.
Neither of the cooks. however, made bib
appearance, so the ladies sat down 10
gether TO discuss the following menu: a
delicious, clear clam soup; smelt, done C
turn with "A sauce tartare; chicken dis
osse. with a cream sauce, with very young
green peas and new potatoes; and some
delightful little birds bisnketed with thin
slices of pork, accompanied by salad witt /
nayonnaise dressing tine sauce fartare 4
by the way. for the fish, was the SAME /
dressing. with capers and cut up cucum 4
Der pickles.. There is no dessert, ma am /
said the giggling waitress. the gentle 4
men say they are all done up.
The dinner, however. had been a dis 4
tinct success, and, quite ready 20 confes.
themselves vanquished, the young wives
h-AaDA tbat tAElE LAS1flif4- A+4tA u|A FAk ~ A
an appearance, descended 20 the lower re- +
gions In search Of them. There they found 4
the conquer0rs each extended on a couple
OF kitchen chairs, perfectly limp and to-
utterly played out even 70 boast Of their
victory Il never had a 5acksche befors
in my life. " Groaned one. and how ~ does
hurt" Our trinmpa has cost US dear
whimpered The other. II feel ike goina
STA ght TO bed " No. we could no, touch
a bit Of dinner, they protested IN chorus
Amy what do y0a pay your COOK
asked the now BUNDLED master Of TIE
house. "Oo!y twenty dollars Make &
thirty forty. fifty, anything ! CONSIDER
her cheap az any pr5oe. We have con
cludsd tEat q serve Up three good sub
stautiai meals a day woman must net
only . genius bat a. angel will
never say ann Ger WORT sssias1 a cock a.
long as / live" "Amen." Added Ton
solsrnnlT
The above bsiug an exact accouut Of q
dinner cooked ~ IRE Aforesaid ETgmbIer=.
mag interest our youu- k0usekeeper.. a.
though the victory gained seemed 4 vsry
doubtful one TIE result. however. wa
em!uently satisfactory. iaasmuch a. II.
ladies' frankly s1snos EDGED thzt al la
teiiigent krOwledgs % what should b
could create wonders. and The masculine
mind was maze % realize sons q Tia
l2oors and 6IScoursEsmeats % the cook
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