St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-12-27
Two ReSOlutiOnSD that
Failed.
BY ELIZA Observation-Disclosures.

Fall6Q.
BY ELIZA ARMSTRONG; DENGouGH.
''You were going to give your bus
band lovely surprise for New
Years; do tell me how it turned
Out!" Said the brides friend.
''Did you carry out your lnlen ton ?"
Il did, and l can safely say that
I will never give hmlano,her sur
prise as long as live. You see he
had resolved not TO loee his tenn.
per or complain about anything
about the house for the entire year.
l was So pleased that wanted to
do something awfulIy nice in return.
Finally, l decided 10 became a
model housekeeper, and, by way OF
showing the depth OF my resolve,
decided to cook his New Year. ,din-
ner myself"
Him. perhaps 1t was as we'll
that lie did resolve to keep his tenn
per for an entire year. Fudge and
angels food are not very filling
to a hungry man."
IF Judge and angels food the
idea! i decided on menu of six
courses, and spent ten days in
looking up the recipes for it and
studying them. Unfortunately, the
exertion made me so tired that l
became mentally upset and was apt
to confuse Il RECIPE for Italian
cream with one for cream lobster,
and they are very, very different.
However, when New Years really
came and Harry said that lie must
spend the greater part Of it at the
Office going over his accounts 1 felt
that success was sure.''
by tue way, haven't you good
cook! And didn't you let her help
and ADVISE you?"
"ohe wanted to, but l told her
that sue needed a holiday and must
lake 1t while got the dinner. She
then confessed that she didn't want
u % out because her beau was
cunning IT, see her and would be Of
tended II she was out. l tol0 her that
made no difference that what you
d'd on New Years day you dill til.
year round aud il she did not work
IN that day she would doubtless be
married to y millionaire aud living
= life Of luxurious ldleness within
six months"
'Huplnh. Did she 90 thcn?"
''She cid! Then Sc: to work,
and, oh, how l did work, but some-
how nothing awas-we!l. quite like
the pictures III the household maya
zines. The odor of things Ourn-
ing, too, became So strong that the
man next door-a perfect stranger
came over to see if the house was
on lire and II liz could be Of any
use."
!" Well, luckily you could air the
whole place thoroughly before
Harry came home"
Il did. BY noon had cooked
enough to feed whole regiment
dinner was to be at three but some
how it did not seernvery.,appelizing,
so l decided to have. only four
courses; that was all economical
dinner for young couple anyhow.
When Harry arrived, promptly at
three, l was all ready and trying to
look AS II l felt cool and hide the
two burned and one cut finger l
had decided |;thut three courses
were enough for anybody save a
glutton, by that tune"
swell, l ain sure that everything
was very nice"
"lt-well, il was not quite per-
feet; I had forgotten to stuff the
chickens, and l had put salt in the
cranberries instead Of sugar, but
that was mere detail, for tile table
looked lovely with all my best linen.
embroideries. silve=, glass and china
on it. As l wanted to surprise him
thoroughly, 1 did not tell him that
ha6 cooked it myself Il meant to
tell him that at the very last
"As sort Of postscript to the
desert. How NIGEL"
"A'hm. Well, though lie had
said lie was wildly hungry. lie did
not adjust played with things.
He kept starting to speak, too, aud
then ehuttlng his mouth tight with
out saying a word. Something was
wrong with the coffee, though l had
nut in twice as much as the cook
book said. As he sal down Ills cup,
we'll, rather more forcefully than
was quite necessary. he said: ''Well,
dear, it is New Years day, and l
have resolved not to lose my temper
for an entire year, but l must say
one thing: the girl who cooked that
dinner must be dismissed before TO-
morrOw's Sun is up. A wo,aan who
would give u hungry man underdone
chicken. overdone potatoes and
asbestos pie, would be capable OF
numbering us in our beds!'
'Oh, we'll, you need never tell
HIM that you cooked that dinn:I."
IL didn't tell him, but he under
took to discharge the cook, and she
did -
STARTLING, But TRUE.
"If every one knew what a grand
ax.,no ~ Kinr,, Nor ,ifa Pills ia -