St. Landry democrat., 1892-01-02
MRS. DRYDEN's COOKBOOK.
And How 1t Helped One Woman to
Obtain Revenge.

| There rnInrs - time in the life at every
wcl}-rcon]atcd woman when she feels a
stronr desiro tn write a cook book
TsuaIlv She is dis-uadcd bv friends. and
her mind turned into another chunncI,
| hut oftcntimcs the desire j. irresistible.
and friends and relatives can only stand
bv and watch the peculiar mania run its
coursc. 1t is this that makes the cook
hooks issued in the 'nited states exceed
in numbers that of all other books com
hinrI We have not time to-day to spccu-
late as to whether or NOT there il any con-
ncction between this immense npmhcrot
cook books and the general prcyaIrnccoI
dvsncpsia among Americans it must
suffice on ,hi, occasion TO Give short
but exact account of tn" experience Of
Mrs. Wolcott DRYDEN, Of Ithaca, this
State. with cook-bnok, rs made public
in the curious suit Of Dryden -. k"Itil,
now interesting the IomF<ins County
courts
About a year a@r Mrs. Dryden was
slnittcn with desire to write cook
book. Kind friends dlu ait they co''Io
for her, but to II" purpose. 1t was
thought that q change Of scene might O."
her good, and she was sent t" visit ret
atives in Rome and ltiCa, and ntt"rWard
her husband took her for long rides III
the country. frequently driving as far as
Marathon, Venice, or Delphi, OF t. II
gil, Scipio, or Romulus, but when she r.
turned home she invariably retircd to the
kitchen and taking out her pen, INK ana
paper, tcacup, three sizes ct spoons
and a quart measure. she would begin
work on her book. The upsh"t OF II
was that the book was finished in March
and issued from the press III May. II
was called :" Mrs. Dryden fAmliN
Cook Book. Before we 60 further W"
should say that Mrs. Dryden Is an OK
cellent cook, probably the best III Ithaca
Her book waS neatly bound III green OIL
cloth and was about an inch tMck' III
it were recipes, all OF which, MIS-:
Dryden explained i'll the preface, She hao
tested personally, tor hr"hd-pu'ls' pop
overs, angels food, pound cake, hoat-
ing island. gooscberry catsHp, putt paste,
minute pudding, banana PIE. cltron pre-
serves, orange marma!ad". lhantlIIy Gus
tarl. mock turtle soup. hI1lic-inanee'
wheat gems, French wAtiirs. soda DIS
cult. caper sauce, Goldfish balls an"nd
macaroon-, Martha Washington "ncIet,
tcn-minute buns. whipped cream and
many other things which il would tax
our space too heavily I" name. | he
price OF the book was 81, and it lmmedl-
utrfy began to have a large sale. Not on
" in Ithaca and Tompkius County. but
in Palmyra Athens Carthage, Ph"rsaI'a'
Corinth, .Attica. Memphis, Maccdon,
Phpnica and other nr.Ghboring towns
distributed by the educated hand OF q
forgotten classical scholar. Mrs Dry
den was elated and planned on the best
scul,kin cloak in Ithaca fer this winter.
The trouble comes at the moment OF
greatest prosperity. There lives III tn
aca a certain Mrs, Bale>tcr Keith. Sov-
cral years ago this lady had disagree
ment with Mrs, Dryden about the proper
! color for tbs new church carpet. Mrs. Dry
| den tri,unphed in the matter. but Mrs.
| Keith had not forgotten. She saw her
| chance for revenge. \"W,It happens mat
| Mr.. Dryden is remarkably thin man, bad
| " troublcd with dyspepsia though it can
not, Of course. be in any way traced to
his wifc's admirable cooking. But it
looks suspicious. He is six feet tall and
weighs 115 pounds. He also looks
sickIv. Now what did the vlndlctlye
Mrs. Keith do bat have an engraving
made from Mr.. Drydcns most recent
! photograph, get 10000 pictures printed
from it and scatter them broadcast all
over that classical reighborhood, with
this printing on the back Of each: MI
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