Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-11-22

heari DetCIe.
In giving a dinner every possible
contretemps has to be thought out
and provided against to make the din
ner a success, and we found it was
foolhardy to their memories or com
mon sense.
out there, however, If things went
wrong on such occasions they were
| treated as a joke Everyone was in
| the same boat, and If dinner was a
aGseo it was possible to be amustd
although certainly the situation was
sometimes trying.
Our entertaining, on the whole, usei
/ to be fairly successful. owing to the
! fact that Ali could cook If he liked,
and that one took trouble to super
/ intend any of his preparations about
the result of which one had doubts.
Still. enc or two ridiculous incidents
/ did occur.
! The first occasion on which visitors
| broke bread In our house was when
two friends turned up rather unex'
pectedly one day to luncheon.
slipped down to the kitchen to have q
look round and to make sure that All
served up the food in an appetizing
way There were some excellent lit
tie chicken patties as a first course,
but that morning had had no time to
enter into details as to how these
should be served. It was Airs way to
throw things into dish without any
attempt at arrangement or neatness,
! so | instructed him to ask A5dool for
clean fish napkin, fold it neatly,
place it in the dish, and arrange the
patties upon It. Ali was willing, but
anxious as to how he should fold the
napkin.
Like this, | said and Selling
kitchen rlbber which lay near,
folded it up In the approved way.
Of course | should have sought
Abdool obtained a napkin. and given
a demonstration with that, as I learn
ed to my cost when, few minutes
/ later, up came the chicken patties.
They wele lying neatly placed on the
i coarse. rather dirty kitchen rubber,
| just as had left it folded.
| one Christmas day we determined
on luncheon party The menu. of
course. had TO include roast turkey
and plum pudding. ana mutton cutie
| we're ordered az an alternative to the
/ turkey. All asked which should be
served first, and | instructed him 70
send both up at the same time. He
not only did thar. but he put them on
/ the same DISH
| had a dreadful moment once to
wards the end of dinner. Orange
ices came round Notwithstanding on
hot evening, cased in orange peel,
and snowy with a covering of whip
ped cream. AS they came to my end
Of the table | noticed that people
seemed to hesitate after the first
mouthful, and 10 be toying" with
their forks in q manner rather omin-
GUS Conversation seemed to be
Juggling, and it was with a sinking
heart | helped myself. Ii was
simply nauseous concoction. There
was nothing to dc but face the situa
tion, so turned to my neighbor and
said.
Don't attempt it; he's put straw
berry Ice and sour cream into orange
peel, and aavored it with onions"
Forks were laid down at once with
alacrity, and conversation-than
heaveni proceeded.
In short. Ais cooking, though at
times excellent, could never be de-
pended on, But he always did his
best, and his gratitude IL one praised
anything was unbounded. not to say
seville
Abdcol, the head suffragi, was the
real household prop. He worked well
and cheertully For a Berberi he was
reliable aud we really felt we could
place quite fair amount of trust in
him without having 1t betrayed. He
used to look very picturesque in his
spotless white galabieh and eolored
SASH the usual red tarbcosh on his
head, and red leather slippers com
pieting his costume. He moved
quickly and quietly. and always looked
neat and smart, though his best friend
could not call him handsome.
Sull, there were several failings of
which we could never cure him, such
as a tendency to leave important af-
ternoon visit rs-Egyptian ministers
and the lilSe---on the doormRt while he
came up 70 inform us they were there.
Also he never told the truth, but that
would have been too much to expect
from any of them. If thing was
found broken every soul In the house
was sure to deny knowledge Of It,
tried to impgess on them that If the
broken article was brought to me at
once aud | was told who had done it,
Il smaller portion of my anger would
fan on their heads than If ! found II
tout myself The day after this was
given out my husband knocked tum-
bier OF the table and broke It. | did
not see the accident, but an hour later
Abdoo, with a proud air Of virtue,
brought me the broken pieces, and on
lmy inquiring who was the culprit. Ie-
piled triumphantly The Pasha"
think this was the only breakage that
was ever brought spontaneously to
light
Ii IS comparatively seldom that
Berberi servant proves dishonest
We lever had to take any particular
precautj ols as to locking up money.