The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-29
BRIDCE'I'S
TROUBLES
Told 10 a Star Reporter
BY a Tramp.


vocation. called last evening at the
editorial rooms Of the Star.
We've nothing 10 eat here" einc-
ulatcd the telegraph editor. ~ he
poised his io-inch shears aioft 20
diHneet dispatch from Manila.
Sorry for YOU. responded the
tramp. as he seated himself in
chair i've got a marrow tickling
sensation for the kitchen editors Of
the Star"
Hold on. old man. th.le i2nt.Aalt
---~--7s.n cffIlu6ry scrihca on this pa
per It's kitchen hualnenn il all In
the hands u one capable man
Scotland ons man tryin 60 eS-
peae to.eoo Kitchens on Puget sound
lie can't DO " property"
Nobody wants to expose 10000
Kitchens We think that 1000 is
amply sufficient. The other $4,000
are probably all right. Most 81
them belong 90 subscribers Of the
star"
An Eo7 Hereafter I'll follow
your carriers about town 60 md
where the best meals are waitin' for
me"
See heref Have you come 90
discuss restaurants. boarding houses.
or something eiss9 Jump right into
the middle Of things II you've any
thing 90 say"
liens ana w'hifnglRn' should
think I dii have something 10 say
I've sot "A mine 81 valuable lnfarmh-
ton. You see. yesterday was
standing ON Harrison street. Queen
Anne hill. haEgiin' with raRman
az 10 the price he'd give me for a
sob lot 81 old hats. pants. boiled
shirts an drrHs coats. when I heard
female voice oiimhin' up in she air
IN way that suggested trouble.
cid Rags and ! neurcd round the
corner an saw a peach-colorsd tltch-
en- maiden. oRulh' tomato.coiorcd
hair an a polka sdei dress. h9iain' a
Newspaper over the back fence an
hotrifJtn' another E'rl with a. SEE
thof. will yer The houls buddy
rscnips H. printed there IN black. Nid
the edithurH name a, IN bot am.
lie niver tried "a cook tho; recaips
or he'd 5e dead and buried new. Md
no way o Esttin' cut o. pursEtory.
We Hee the uisthress she TUX me fer
n cook from the kilirm Kitchen
AEincy aiveFai wakes ago. Ms
copkin' eEphsrfsnce was somewhat
ahmRil. ar the aginry give me
Newspaper Md recaipta In u. sayln'
twas all thot a Queen Anne hill cock
wanted 10 know. The MISTRESS che
waa doubtful ike vhiu come. an
sho ncE; Bridget can ys rally
L - - n
Thin gis dinner" seq she. AN make
n fnine pie. fricasrse tn chicken. an
HthuT IN rtas, lamb Wild dhreHsln."
= viii. man" esE I. an she ut
"a kaitchin.' sSow fer yer paper.
bridget" ser % meseif. an I got
the decaitin' thing out o. me pocket
an' turned ca Tn cookin' rccaipts.
There was one fer pole. an ~ said.
Take haihratus an mix via cream
o. tartar, thin buttsr yer -four an
wet IA houl mass wii milk. Thot
will make n folnc crust Thin take
a half doxsn eggs an break tn yeika
In q saucer. Mix wid taiaponnful
ov cinnamon an thra cupfulls ~
SUGAR. Bate th' eggs we'll an thin
add a little eornH,arch an pour yhsr
sthun In IN cruHfs. Bake wid n
hof Gre. an do not burn
e Faith an tried H. We see
tho, recaipt don't say whether or
not 20 put in handful ov tn diner
enf nthuffa. an 80 to make sure ov
a Rui Job I put IN pllnty ov all.
Three cups II aainratus an a blg
lot av crRim q tartar wlnt into tn
dough. Thin fixed IN insiicH Of
tn polr an stuck u In tn oven an
stirred NJ tn foire. whin I was
done I went 10 the door 60 cool on
an was gone about tin minutes.
Thin I heard "a loud noise hehoiud
me. an turnin about. saw tn stove
covers rinin' up 20 tn calm MID
four columns ov dough climhin' up
through m Hthove hola loikc church
columns. saiTed the sthovc poker
an made a run at tn legs ov theo
pole. whin suddenly the houl top
ov IN athove blew on an whit
craHhln' into tn eaiiln' Thin tn
pole ria right out % the oven an
nued the kai,ehen' Jist thin tn
miHthress COON n runnin' out o. IN
parlor an YOU should hurd her
vaii' 'Eapc bach" Ecraimed.
IN NHAs Is fNA VI UNIV tN9Nlh - y
a new kind O. pole anu last all sum
mer' Bw tn misthrcss didn't hear.
She'd tainted. Win she came too
we got a man and Ind tn pole taken
down in palccs an piled M out o.
doors.
what ala " put In that poie7'
asked the missua. Thin tould her
an showed IN Newspaper. She
kei at me a minute, an thin she
says. bridget. rye been at sea on
a burnin' ship: I've had tn schmnll-
pax an IN yellow faiver but I nlver,
no niver. came 80 close TO death rs
have today s'pose Ia eaten thot
nswannper pole1 Te'd n been
hanged. ahure' Ycx can have an
hours notice 10 laive. an I'll cit a
cook today
wei. what do YOU think ov my
story =" demanded the tramp.
Think of a." roared the Kitchen
editor. IT'S an outrageous lie
Newspaper cooking receipts never
injure Kitchen stovcs' Get out OF
here"
careful. careful. sir" replied the
tramp. 'I'vc been a newspaper man
mvecIf. and know what truth II.
I've almost forgotten how TO tell
STORY to Interest the public bat I'll
try and do better next time | call.
ood-dayt"
The Indiana Stick Man.