The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-25
mrs " iinR NiN EIrORIS 4 SCiNDAL
Ph!;nir'piia'- smart set Amazed ny the
IN,OM lrM.r ut AZ ';I..Ii.atlNc Parrot.


Mrs. Mas was mahtn: 'her sunday morning
coffee. That - 81 little convention. It may al
mos. br called a function. that Mrs. Max never
fails 70 o'~erN" On Sunday morning.
unp'im. soon after they were married. tho
N&.Nr t.,I SAID TO hcr. and POSSIBLY forgot the
SAVING tHe rcN, minute. that lie had fallen In
lose with her FIRST Wien ho hal seen her max
ing her fathers Sunday morning coffee.
Wives remember those sayings, and husbands
are : 'nl";!ules surprised by having them re-
calle. years after they have forgotten them.
T!at ono o.! the differences in the sexes.
Any way. tho excellent coffee that ths cook
! mak"s !: never ser$eu on Sunday morning.
The 'In lor was watching the operation as he
has wat he'd i some hundreds Of Sunday morn
iu-;S EImot GGitc under standing lust why Mrs.
Man did all the various little things she does
with that tin French coffee pot she uses. Al
though thu coffee got is scNldel EACH Sunday
/ IeIolc il is pat away Tor its weeks rest. Mrs.
Man always rinses it with scalding water
/ again hrfor. using it. 1t Is one OF the kind
that has an inner cylinder with perforated
bottom, and in that cylinder a piston with
perforated dix on its lower end. Mrs. Max
does not lUt the coffee on top OF this disk. but
: uigectl. IN the bottom o: the cylinder. and
! uses the disk like u ramrod to pack the coffee
! down hard.
/ "DcoaNse' Mrs. Max explained. the
! harder yuN PACK tlIa coffee the longer 1t takes
til" water to se"r through: and the slower the
wnirr Is Il sceprg through the stronger the
! Having tho coffee nicely packed. Mrs. Max
/ lifts he! kettle of boiling water from the spirit
| lamp. and His up tho cvlinder. watching tho
T h"n ~: ~1SS i NE s down sf again and
! more boiling water poured over It. and tho
i proceedings IS So strong that YOU must have Il
! proportion Of one-uualter coffee and three
/" -ice;, at Ill That week. And. by the way.
IN" c'it' OF coff"o -he serves Is 50 hot that it
| will stand u l!tto cream without being too
much Jepr"sscu in temperature.
was ,er ohe had adde ID the cream to the
| ton ut the result that she remarked:
The trouble with Ms. Jack Daring is that
That : the remark the parrot made about
himself after hs bri%t cnsage,m m. At with the
iS %vr ,s You s hat ns M9 BY the way did
| 'lou tot! mo one story about parrot. and
no! d"s ! thaS. but m2nscy ": Il shis is
.'"Weli: ~ail til. MAJOR thousht,ully., wh.e
element in common which may DO your very
| roiH' OF objection; VIII give you the benefit
TO Mrs Jack Daring, most recent offence in
com.pFrronisinG lp4uncTityi, v,;ou.yuo v
SAID deGiIre!y. wonder that You have mover
nIhs 'G r'e .t on th I"s PIsiy at hiys
." ,MSdaH." cNsIataleI tho Major can you
| Jest upon % serious "a subject my literary
Ambitions: Tell me. what has Mrs Jack BAR
,"Wh;, sho has been telling all over town
NrJa9 tea. began Mrs. Max. You Know she
wa, down there last week. and-
at III" c!" ' last Week ,n,errnpted the Mayor.
M2E MsX. YOU You s are Ifa "a e1.
herself and allowed the Major TO help her to
some moro t!nnnn haddie htchamel before
| she went on with her story;
| - W ell. IL that OF tho ladies in
quite the smartest set in Philadelphia de-
tar"mont, yon know They ' picked d out a
Place which !, pretty enough nut II turned
% Ms @ pS Mar w ff m ssys w tSst a the
put Of town at night with w%men no one ever
Il the e dare 10 s t IsG a %ass
who were, getting it w what sort of q resort
,ij% vas DIZZY were going to. because Of course
! prove that they knew, amt how in ever were
inry gongt to "Xr;nin how they knew; SO the
were nall afraid "a 20. tut they did not dare to
,tay nwHy because they were afraid the women
cHt in. Either an more stupid than usual
S SEQ Se III yo ,'' sons
i.a !.!, lis lai,r- witn .aaable ambtion
lh'a men. aeruainte! with tho real facts. res
wo thc THey s also 6R snsw
Dire wout! J." '' sorie % Ear uneXpiained-
| "!n"er!n their going. ani were afraid that II
i',y sinysd n"ny i,.y WIn'i ri ndmit their
-" I'm sure, Wy IT,, r"uted Mrs. Max.
py"Si : S1 ~ ID i5".lia ana 50 only have
, Mrs, Jack par!naS ""lc for il. and. besides. T
said ~ tne e'.I, llIat he talks too much. We'll.
they a! vent - t." tot, and Whit in ever do
yout ui,.> '.',"Ir " - Il iIUrr,I parrot there.
, and i kI.ew "a Yhu.r ~. ~ those mems names.
| and. will Nvt Ur.i".r -, that Iarrot called out
{" rN"r - many ~ them. AMI asked them
! whrIr,t ,u' II WOMEN were. don't you know.
. IA. 1riIt-r IIle ladies' had
l,~n,r, 'ii- 'nr. -ays.'
""..', ,oi. u" 9"Hr alter thoughtful
| AN. not H.,. t..'", after all. WHO talked too
"oa..pa' INTERRUPTED Mrs Max. let me fill
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