The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-21
A coMPI. .ETR SUCCESS.

| Little Mrs. Jacobs takes home cater l ing very seriously. She has been at it only three months, but in that time she has tried all the recipes of four differ ent cookbooks, besides compiling a book
 of her own from newspaper clippings. l Mrs. Jacobs reads a, cook book as other
 women read novels. When she comes
 to description of a five-eourse lunch I con for four people for S213 she enters right into the spirit of the thing; she never sniffs when the clever author calls for the cup of oysters left over
 from the day before. or the pint of oil
 that you won't have to buy because you
 are sure to have it in the house, as well
 as the cup of wine for the pudding.
 She resolves forthwith to give that den-
 teal luncheon as soon as she can consis-
 tently manage to have the necessary
 leftover things in the house, so she will mot have to buy them.
 She delights in sending samples of her I skill to the neighbors, especially Mrs.
 Henderson next door, who says she hasn't time to fool with new-fangled, dishes.
 This belief of Mrs Henderson's that
 cook book dishes are expensive and
 complicated occurred to Mrs. Jacobs
 while she was getting supper on St. Valentines day. She was going to have lcurried hearts, which she had decided ' to be an appropriate and economical 1 dish for the occasion. She had, boiled ithe two calves hearts the day before llet them cool in liquor as per directions, land now she had only to make the cur- Try cauce, slice the hearts fine and beat lthe thin bits in the sauce. I When all was done the enthusiastic cook tasted the connection.
 This is simply fine!" she exclaimed. l And those hearts cost only five cents
 apiece. I wish Mrs. Henderson had
 some of this. She couldn't help saying
 that this dish was both simple and
 cheap. even if it did come out of a cook l book,
 1 Whether from benevolence or from
 pride in her own skill, she filled 8 little
 bowl with the yellow mixture, wrapped l it daintily, slipped through the gate di- ividing the two yards and knocked at
 Mrs. Henderson's back door. 1 Here's a valentine for your mother
 Bertie,'' she said to the small Hender-
 son who answered the knock. .'3e sure lyou give it to her, while it's hot she
 cautioned.
 1 Bertie said something about his moth- fer, but Mrs. Jacobs did not hear. what it
 was. The next day Mrs. Henderson icalled to thank Mrs. Jacobs for her
 kindness.
 My husband says these curried
 hearts were simply grand, said Mrs, Henderson. He wants me to get the recipe"
 Mrs Jacobs beamed with delight Just wait until I get paper and pencil 1 and I'll write down the recipe. Be sure to boil the hearts the day before and let 1 them cool in their own liquor" she cau- itioned "and don't get the curry too thick and don't use speck more flour than the recipe calls for" Finally Mrs Henderson rose to go. I'm so glad to know how to make this. I think I'll try 1t tomorrow she said. ''Oh, it's an easy dish to make: don't yVu tlilllh nO put III 4ufS. JhCOuSs H. Isinuatingly.
 Mrs. Henderson assented. And the hearts cost only ten c ents, |too." Then triumph obscured Mrs. Ja- |cobs' politeness, for she added, Now, don't you think you've been a little |prejudiced against cook book dishes?" Mrs. Henderson's face grew red to her |eyes. She stanmered moment before |she managed to say, Why, yes, Mrs. Jacobs. I don't know but I have" |She started out of the door and then paused There she exclaimed, T for got the bowl, I'll send Berte over with lit as soon as he comes from school
 Mrs. Jacobs was still smiling at the triumph of her culinary are over the Henderson family when Bertie came to the back door with the bowl.
 Here's your bowl, Mrs. Jacobs. Ma says she's very much obliged.'
 I'm glad you liked it. Bertie.
 Bertie hesitated 8 moment. "Oh, I didn't eat any of it, Mrs. Jacobs. Any way, pa used it all up before ma got home and ma was awful mad and she says, The next time anything comes. into this house you let it alone till I get here But pa says that it helped his back more than any mustard DIasfer ha