The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-02
THE SUI MER MAN AT HOME.
LEARNS A o ABOUT COOKING
WHILE the FANNY ~ AWAY
Mr.. sinElrtary's Experiments with EERs ana
Salt nackerei for Breakfast lie Has MIR.
Doubieday's Assistance At supper and In a
New Game on Poker Lines That Follows.

from hers MINER no nc. Inc ldra had come 70
her suddenly. and knowing that she would nnd
her husband keeping bachelors hall she mad
taken the steamboat without ,cuding word
ahead 10 expect her. As the boat reached the
= wharf bright ard early he wa, all" To- yet oy,r
home just about brcabfa,l time aud lou before
Mir Singletary had set out for the office A.
| The parl1r windows and tn front door wnrH
boarded up she rang the bell at the la cement
door. Her husband let her In AID, at the
same time. let out a strong smell Of cooking.
which seemed 10 cling about his c'o'hing.
Just In time" he said. "Fm just cooking
! breakfast. Nv, got som" salt mackerel on 10
broil. best ia NJ H. h world for a summer
breakfast when you don't feel ov rlv much Ike
nilnR II you don't care for that the 'e's eggs.
They have beea here ono time, but | guess
they're all right yet, / can fry YOU a couple II
you prefer I've ra her gwen them up myself,
there's a placr on The frying pan about rs big
around as dollar where they stick every ma
ard | have TO peel them On with the blade Of n
knife. Perhaps you'd bette have them boiled
there's no danger Of their burning thin WN.
how are you? Aud what's brought ,o1 in now
Excus, me n mDnent. there's the o,hee boiling
over and that does make such q moss on a gas
range Take on your things. and III have some
br 'akfast for you In just about thrc' shake~.
But Mrs. SinGletary "a- not 10 he pu' on 50.
DraRiug her finger once down tho table aud
finding that il left the streak which she roba-
bly, expected a. q witoess to her husbands
hou. excepting, she spread out n Iapar and on
that laid her hat and wraps 10 rrotcct them
against the dust Then sh' follow q Mr. Sim
gletarv ont into the kitchen In time 10 see him
POURING cold water into tn coffee pot to stop
It from boiling over, That this had been no
unusual occurrence was made manifest by the
IL. .t1, - III 1n.,ttaHaI TO-, ~ tia
gas range and n wide brown stain on The oil
Goth Of the floor.
Vow. you don't have 10 do q thing, " said III"
busy head Of the household 1T viii b. n
pleasure 10 get YOU your breakfast After all,
| guess Won had better have those eggs boil d
There's III place on the pan where they site
md a fried eggs no coed al all II you can't get
II on the pan whole
"Jnhn Henry " said Mrs. Singletnrv, holding
the frying pan ly The very tip end OF the handle
and gazing ruefully al it, "wh1t on earth do
YOU DO with the Rrsa>e after YOU have fried
thing in 4 Is pam DO you never clean IT,
Glenn ~" replied the chef Il should say !
did. every time ! Use IL Just pour N all the
lard down the sink and hen | put the pan over
III, nr. upside down and burn II n. That's the
only way to cloan n messy pot He that the fire
takes or all the grelSe. you know, and all the
impur tics. H. tho Vav We 90 NJ camp. and
theoretically there isn't any better way"
'Why. you absurd man. replied his wife.
"That pan viii be good FOR nothing mt II has
been thoroughly secured with ia'h. brick. No
wonder the eggs stick, It's MI caked with SCOT
When did Won get the egg
TIE eggs nov Ier me see, I can tell you in a
Moment replied the nous 'keana-. When yol
went away there were six OF eight etGs left and
sort Of lost the hang Of re,linR an egg SOS TO
get the yolk ont whole, and II you don DO NAT
must have used them up the frst day. ANY
way. ] went around to several grocers and
priced egEs When ! got re bee, GTice J CoG d
You see when you buy eggs, by the doz'n YOU
have to pay TOP rat = But ] got a eroSs and
fnd a whole lot Of Thorn vet In the pantry. Now,
rem ,mber. ! bought those EGGS the second
You NEEDN'T bother to cook me any eggs"
was Mrs. Bin %gletarv's only comment. There's
enough Of that msctsrel for both Of us. and
really ! Do not care for much more Than a cup
Al, right" said her husband Just rum
mage IN the br ,ad tin and see Il there are any
don't beiiey, the re oil gone. While yop are
about that III set the ia7ls. Asa general thing
eat m on the tubs. It's closer 10 the . owe and no
bother 10 clear MP. There we are, breakfasts
ready and ! hope you've brought your appetite
Isn't that mackorel 100 salt7' asked Mrs.
SinCletary wh'n she had found enough clean
UleNFN w lF WV hllI ltN AblN ~
G dedly picnic meal.
That. nothing e what il was until the grocer
riied the amateur housekeepar ''He told me
10 let il soak over night In fresh water, that's
what he said when ] went around and kicked
because IL was too salt and ] wanted him to
N - the whole XII back. But soaking over
night doesn't seem quite long enough, 20 every
!. orning | nut II into the dishoan and let it soak
for twenty four rours straight. You look In
that nan there aud worm find tomorrow morn
inR'shreakfast getting ready
~ ..a,AnR NHA alb - anlN - uaiA htE ntfA
You've set II To soak upside down and all the
brine settles down against &c skin where II
macKerel skin side up il you want to make it
"SSever mind, . said Mr. sineletarv. ~ tho
the ice chest. ThaI'swh1ts made ne so thiIstv
these mornings that ] couldn't reach the office
You poor man. / cannot feel content tina, l
have been in comfort while YOU have had toput
up with all these hardship, Next summer I
with YOU until you can take your two. weeks for
vacation. 1t is fortunate that breakfast Is the
only neal you have had 70 get for yourself
"le@, that's all" replied Mr., singletary.
"ogly breakfast. Except s.pper. but, ! didn't
and dinner I get wherever ] happen 10 be down
at the Irestenrnnt. YOU know; any old, res
taurant which hapDenei to be nearest. and I've
those. suppers that ] started 70 tell YOU OF.
Doubleday is keeping bachelor hall. too, ana
&c We Dpfl ulhll ApHVNh'l bl'NA' - .
One night It's my treat. you know, md the next
ltis on him. But he can make a Welsh rabbit
70 beat the band, and every night after we'd
had our dinner and just walked around a little
we get into my kitchen and old Doubleday
messes up aa fine a rabbit as YOU ever did see.
Some folks say that they're not a good thing IN
go TO sleep on, but his are all right once You getin
DE habi Of taking them. Why. We haven't
missed a night this summer except at the week
end when we've been of in the country with
our respective families"
John Henry SinRlstary!". exclaimed. his
wife, you don mean TO say that you've been
PLAYING such tricks with. Yourself No wonder
you look thin and peaked.
"But I don't" he chuckled In glee. II weigh
nine pounds more than | did In June AMI feel
rs At ms \ fiddle, You just want 20 nut II down
Ia your domestic medicine hook. For that tired
feeling take Doubledey's Welsh rabbits and
take am often.
But what is that ring marked ont with red
paint IN the middle OF the kitchen floor? And
In the ring and all nrou9dit the oncloth is fairly
rlddled with ho'"s; its completely DESTROYED.
How did that hsppen?"
''Oh, that's the greatest scheme YOU ever
heard o'. said Mr.. Singletary. There wont he
a mouse in the house when the sumEer ends II
only zoe to show that II n man has got the
sporting instinct In hi nature he does not have
10 look far for anne, Old Doubleday and I
have had no end OF fun out OF that ring on the
floor. and mors than Cnce We have practically
lost all sense Of time and almost sat up all night
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