The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-05
MAUD'S COOKING


friend sympatheucallr.
on you needn't said the victim.
'Ira not 80 bad ~ IT might he "
"ln all the ms 81 lite We can always
4 take thai sweet consolation to heart
commented the friend
"And we can always fan back upon
tine can opener asd the sanitary pack
age Of crackers. That's the way look
at it, but there's no occasion for You
to mention it. There are some men
/ who are a good deal given to suggest
/ ing things of that sort and when they
get a polite assent repeating Them as
the other fellows original declaration,
think I've noticed that In you once
or twice Forgive me II | do YOU an
injustice
I'm forgive You then" said tho old
friend
There's no telling how the thing
may not come out. continued the
youngish-lookng man hopefully. ~
year on two from now may be dis
satisfied ii ! cant get her cooking
/ may even beg to have q lunch pat
up for me to take to the Office with
me. You never can tell Say, did
you ever watch anybody who was try
ing TO cooke"
4 used to take a keen interest in
the manufacture of ginger cookies and
doughnuts in the happy days OF my
youth. said the friend
Il know used 10 when / was g
kid, but my mother didn't go the
same way about 1t that Maud does
She slapped some -four and things into
. bowl and put In pinch Of this and
a handful of that and a dipper Of
water and a cup Of milk, stirred her
up and rolled her out ana showed her
into the oven and that's all there was
to it. It's different with Maud"
"Yes?"
You bet You. When Maud starts
to cook it puts me in mind Of my old
chemistry lessons The trouble with
the old style of cooking is that it isn't
scientific When Maud concocts come
thing, there isn't any guess work about
IT. Everything goes according to imln1
table laws and prescribed formulate
TO begin with, she takes a preliminary
course of study on the subject on
hand You don't want 10 speak t.
her, either. when she's doing that
1t calls for concentration of mind apa
wrinkles between the eyes.
When she's got her authorities
pretty well mastered she isn't quite
satisfied. She brings half of the cul-
mary library into the kitchen and re
fers to il at intervals through the
composition. She loads the table with
dishes neyt-measuring glasses with
ounces and kilometers and things
etched on them. Then there's a pair
Of scales No handful business. Moth
Ing haphazard, you understand. She
weighs her eggs, even Flour into
one dish, lard into another. water
measured and ready to pour. Then
there's a reference to authorities
again. Muttering under her breath
in case she might forget them, she
proceeds to mix, with one eye on the
clock. You don't want to mix too
long or not long enough when you're
making pie crust You've got 70 have
it Just So Then there's no chance
for bad luck You put sulphureted
hydrogen and dioxide of manganese
together and You must know exactly
what chemical changes are going 10
take place.
NO, | don't" said the friend. Docs
it explode?"
81 couldn't say myself" replied the
youngish-looking man. I've forgot
ten a good deal of my chemistry, bur
a chemist could tell YOU if he knows
his business. Anyway, something hap
pens. and it happens the same way
every time. Same way with MauA's
pie dough. It's too bad. too
How do you explain it?' asked the
friend
she saws it's because | talk to her
But she's tried il By herself with the
same general results, so ] know it
cant be that. 1t isn't the oven, be-
cause there's a thermometer on the
oven door. and Maud sees that it is
registering right before she puts any
thing in"
Perhaps tn, authorities are mis-,
leading
Maybe that's it. Still, the girl feels
a good deal encouraged, and really
I didn't have half SO bad a spell OF
indigestion after the last pie that she
made as some EN- have given me"
do you actually eat the output"
Great goodness" exclaimed the
voungish-looking man. You don't
suppose I'd turn anything down after
she went to all that trouble, do you:
OF course, ! eat l., and | enjoy it,
/ cry for more of il But I'm praying
that the cook who promised to come
next week. if she didn't change her
mind. will fin the bill Not on my
account. you know. but l hate to see
Maud work so hard. Chicago Daily
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