The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24
the window or,inousiy without speaking.
Then came another cry from the kitchen.

the window oHinously. without s.pssakins'
Then came another cry from the Kitchen
a corkserew A corkscrew!"
The blonde few to the rescue.
You do not expect me TO open tnis
without n corkscrew'" said the signo!;
But we have no corkscrew. or II we
@Then how am 1 to open the nrtichokes1
How can I work without corkscrew?
Here have come TO get your dinner ana
you do everything TO embarrass me; how
DO you S expect an artist to work without "
I'VE can get one from the janitor perhaps,
They shrieked down the tube and soon
the corkecrew, can opener and various
other implements that the signor called for
In loud voice were sent up on the dumb
waiter. There was silence for space
and then the brunette said:
lam glad VIC GOETHE dishes all unpacked
yes answered the blonde, ut will save
q lot OF trouble"
Then the voice was heard
Somebody must stir the artichokes;
they are burning,
The blonde stirred and stirred and stirred
Once for mi, minute she stopPedd to to- change
IF the artichokes are not right It is
your fault" he said. You must stir with
out stopping. That is the secret OF cooking
with olive oil: you must stir all the time.
In few minutes he shrit ked 70 the pru-
nette: Il must have more plates'
But you have five already
But l must have more; ! must have
separate plate for everything You see l
put just one thing in each plate and ar,
range them along in row this way ahG
then know just where to put my hands.
The plates were produced and these were
followed by saucers, pans and other 40"
mt stic para phernalia.
-You may help Inc with the sauce, he
then announced, graciously. to- the bru-
nette. You stir it this way and he
showed her.
He left the two girls stirring vigorously
and went into the Sit,ing room, sat down
by the open window and famed himself,
while he kept watchful eye on his cooks
1T will lie fine" he announced after he he
salad ,
There were more plates on be found Z,
and at least 1--WE calls were made to the
janitor. by dint of coaxing and wheedllng
he even persuaded the blonde 70 make e..
trip IN, I corner store. About half-past
he said to the fainting girls:
you may now 20 Ia and set the table.
But we have no Dishes said the
YOU mean t.. to say that these are all the
4All? There are enough there for
standing army"
very well, we will wash them"
Wash them they did. the blonde stopping
every now and then TO sit down l ana rest rest,
one could feel. After this operation was
performed the girls sat down and waited;
The signor burst In upon them from the
ki!Ghen. ,, v,,, a,d vo,,
not cook the macaroni?" he demanded.
isn't the macaroni cooked, asked the
blonde languidly. thought that ia what
you made the sauce for.
'Of course it is" said the signor shrek
ingly. -of course IT is: We can W. have enc, no
have the maca roni! Gomez
He beckoned imperiously to the girls and
they followed him. in the pathy which
comes when mind and body alike refuse TO
protest longer. He directed them what
.You will all the saucepan and brea
the macaroni in II: Of course 1t should not
be broken, but it will cook quicker and we
must not be too long about getting the
dinner he i'd.
While the macaroni cooked the sauce
that they forgot to stir the artichokes,
which became leaden and black.
Il was half-past nine when the food wa
was only half cooked. the sauce like paste
and the artichokes impossible, only the
salad being In It's natural state, and the
chis nti revived their dropping spirits.
1T is fine dinner" vouchsa fed the
sienor, lifting the underdone nacaroni In
long perpendicular strings and waving 1t
with hia violin-bow motion to his mouth
.There In nothing like an Italian dinner
He looked about the fiat with its unshaven
and unshorn appearance, which might
have been In order II he had not been 80
kind.
sYou will feel better for your little lark: '
he said genially. 1T has taken your minds
OF and it(oas 4 good dinner?s
This was said interrogativelv
1T was the best dinner we have had in
the fat" said the brunette.
The sienor bowed with his hand on his
heart. At eleven he took his leave.
Il know a place. said the brunette.
glomily as they heard his steps in the dis
tance, snear here, where yom can get some
thing TO eat after eleven. Will you go?'
win Ro'. said the blonde. Il am starving
and tired to death. i,
II was the next day that they received
q note from the signor.
DEAR GIRLS. Don't bother to write and
thank me for the dinner and Thsteyer you
do don't work too hard; Il Is difhcult Trims
TO- move and settle Take care OF your
1T Is to laugh murmured he blonde.