The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-23

his mother had promised 20 spend the
utXt tao weeks with as.
The news was about ~ welcome as
a blizzard IN Spring. ! would then and
there have liked 20 treat my husband TO
a nne display OF conjueal fireworks,
which he seemed so instinetively 20 ex-
pet but I desisted. Instead. I told
real useful no and said. How lovely,
aud remarked Just what / was thinking
myself. dear Tor bless YOU. Miss Emily
y hat Is the use % an this Wanted ferni-
min, sweetness and intuition and diplo-
macy q ours unless we use x In the
hours % darkest need
II don't see how you did Il. Mrs Bliss
calculated Miss Emny
Naturally. John could hardly believe
his ears but when mother-iu-law arrived
my plot was fully matured She came.
with clumsy oid-fashioncd trunks that
choked up my second story hall. with
canary bird which owned a voice like
penny whistle. with bags and band boxes
galore. and ] gave her rousing welcome
could see that her manner was rather
ike that Of a man-of-war when the decks
are cleared for action, and she was walt
lnE for my first broadside before she
nrod She had been visiting Fred and
Henry with whose wives she has never
got along. and she felt herself in the
pink OF lighting condition I simply beam
cd. had the best front bedroom ready
the guslogs merrily blazing. and th.
maids apron strings stood out like
couple OF comet tails, so lively aid
make her step around IN my guests
behalf
Il insisted on hanging Dicky-bird in
the parlor's bay window. ana ] made
John hand his mother IN on his arm 70
the dinner table. where her place was
set on his right Having heard % nv
es four-in-hand driving goihug, giddy
girl before my marriage she was plainly
prepared for me 20 smoke cigarettes.
talk slang feed the dog at the table.
give my husband sloppy coffee and other
wise AFFORD her a wide field for inop-
perfume oommiserafion of the injured
John. with much misdirected reformatorS
work in my behalf
4 set her righteous fears and ripe
experience az naught by whisk'ug down
10 early breakfast without a curl paper.
hy stundily trimming my hats and darn
ing my stocking. while ! begged 60 hear
81 Johns baby days or cNtolled his manl-
fold virtues learned her crochet stitch.
was careful 70 have al the messy odious
food she liked. and asked her advice
about everything. ] praised her pickle
receipt: never quoted my own mother
once. and I was an prmei and waiting
when she and John began recalling the
dear dead days when hot biscuit were
biscuit and well worth the butter and
maple syrlp Is thrown away on Jumps
Of dough that masquerade as the real
thing.
~ tell YOU. Miss Emily Il cut deep
10 hear my biscuits impugned. Never
fheless. apologized humbly for the
aaky feathery. snowy puffs. with gold
en- brown tops. that appeared on my
table. ana or the manufacture of which
/ I pride myself: and right hero began a
bit OF strategem ] natter myself was
worthy OF Pete Crouie-I subtly begged
thar my motiaar-in-law would render
] dear John happy by making some Of the
I Incompatible biscuits of haliowet
memory.
"she was plainly fattered. and he was
/ pleased. so the next morning John guessed
/ that be- would not have any OF his
I fsyorite egg dish. nor chops and bacon.
I hut devoted tho whole vigor 81 his manly
appetite 20 the thorough appreciation Or
az least four Of mothers grand old bis
/ cult II seems that be had always eaten
/ four every morning in his bachelor DAYS.
! i've never uttered word 81 criticism
/ Of those biscuits. and I am not going TO
/ pick them TO pieces now; because ! am
under immediate obligations 10 them for
! having fUeEtNaliN 74l'i'fH "l lNriui"a7
/ COMPARISONS % my cookery with tho pies.
whites. sauces etc. OF my husband s
Youth The biscuit incident is closed ana
\ is never referred 20 iu our family ] nceH
I rulv say that my mothcr-tn-law had evil
/ IDENTIFY not been practically interested in
cookery for a number Of years. she for
got that her hand had lost some Of SIS
| cunning and she looked very humble
while John. after struggling dutfuily
with one of the massive creations. sur
missed II was late ana hurried away Tor
business. ] might add that my poor man
came home early in the afternoon from
his Office and secretly impored some
potent draught from my medicine cabi-
net. 20 alay a large burning lump in his
chest
After the biscuit episode my mother
in-iaw broke right down ana began 10