The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11

body nkes 70 know where sAess &c. Iat1
- pictures. Sanne ~ .e0 naked. but thea
rich people ean have mixed ssaxnes srouad
and poo girls can't say aoshin.. With
wax RICH 8ay-have you cst any cid
six pessicoas ron want 70 sfye aways
know . girl wants oae awful Say. What
time Do you give o.. hov many eveninas9
In ssranss here sos . place srom n
intelligence Once day oeso yesterday.
Daisy place. you bet Say-I re han
knock woman down with . empty bottle
the nighs I got there Say-you ought -
seen her SOP. Say. che Wan . suse. IN Q
pink silk pettscoai- wish had . PINK
SIX petficoat. Ny, bar II rot too funny
sor me always w. 'frasd O. the peTssce
20 skipped The gtri looked starved TO
DEATH I gave her some food and having
discovered that she was absolutely incapa-
bic dismissed her. Number i've had many
children and a husband with carnuncles
Theee carbuncies 10: being OF the kind
handed by jewelers.. the woman desired
place. She wanted Two Of her casliren
with her during the day. TIE girls were
two and four years old. and she wanted
20 90 home nights TO nurse the old man.
she aid she was pastry cook and wanted
IS month
Number six appeared on the scene a Wis
Ion OF rafKses and pufFs. began. what's
9Vak uA2l7<s InAt& nome QE yuux SESi-
Mesa. she said II - needless 20 say that
this snterview there Terminated.
Number seven was q portiy dame who
was conveying a lassie Of seven Tn .
IRE cook. Ne husband II in Aiasky. but
only want SIS . month. and this guri 10
esay with me. Oh ia never take q place
away from Narse' (which she pronounced
with the accent on the ree.) she don't
eat noshln' TO speak Of. Bananas and q
few cakes. little Jam. and such Ike.
Never potato. or bit OF butcher meat
Maybe a little chicken or such ike. In
fact. she's no trouble whatever
II got away from the lady by telling her
that as / had few children myself did
not believe 1t altogether wise to have two
sets Of kids in one harm. and without hurt
ing her feelings We parted sriends
"A few minutes elapsed and number eight
came In. She told me her tale. She was
very religious and repeniant Nagdalen-
She was well acquainted with an. but
her acquaintance. from the way she put II.
had been lately terminated and she only
desired 10 live under the roof OF y Chris
sian. She had been thinking Of joining the
army to tell the world Of her experiences
and OF the light she had found. She was
pining. nay bursting. to tell the whole
earth Of her sin. OF her fall. OF her rise.
! asked her n she could bake bread. She
said she knew nothing about cooking.
said. Ny good girl. you say you have
conquered sin. Conquer the cook stove.
for OF ouch II the Kingdom OF saints. just
az present I'm not searching FOR repentant
Magdalens, but for plain cook II there
Is among your friends q good cook. repent
Ant or unrepeniant. send her IN me. A
good cook sooner or later must be good
woman
The repentant ~ tried to argue with
me. I remembered how her prototype had
used up all the ointment In the Bible. I've
keen eye for drippings. and 20 could not
be persuaded.
Mex, came an English woman. who be-
gan ey dropping her h's with terrible speed
and disorder. felt that II would con-
sumo all my time sweeping up her dropped
he from the kitchen floor that nay infants
might not add them TO their parts Of
speech And. then. as 1t was twilight and
a moments iuii had taken place. feh
asleep and dreamed . heaiifc Thing
81 dreamed that from cur late conpuests
IN Cuba and among the beautiful islands.
troops Of willing and able servants came
marching on for peace to these United
States I saw companies Of cooks. male
and female. ewarihy and qualified, with
the white cap and apron. regiments Of
house maids. pretty and willing: bastaiions
Of farm hands. able and alert. all adj
vancing 10 help the United States out Of
her troubles az she had helped them
II saw rice. each grain separate. yet
perfectly cooked I saw the flesh OF the OF
rare, yet not raw. I saw bread that made
my mouth water. and buildings naky and
tasty I saw edihies that would nourfsh
and not misuse. saw food that God had
made. prepared for men and not for pigs
We may I'VE without love. we may live
without books. bat where - the man thar
can live without cooksT On. on. i saw
that noble army OF saviers marching TO
the tune of A Hot Time In the Old Town
Tonight and then for the first time felt
assured as TO the wisdom OF annexation
and conquest.
.I awoke. II was a dream. bat perhaps
this may prove some day 20 be q reality"
Heaven speed the day. 30 said my friend
and so also says
NANCY LEE