Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-02-23
Feminine
Snapshots
A Man and His Break
fast Rolls.

house. She suddenly began to have a
suffering time with her cooks. One
would stay few days: then away she
would fit. Tho gap could not be filled
at once. and my friend herself on an
occasion of this kind descended to her
kitchen each morning and made the
breakfast rolls Her rolls were tiptop.
the best ever. Among the people in my
friends house was an aged bachelor
whom / shall call Smith because that
was his name. With him was his sis
ter, an elderly single woman who gave
her life. to waiting on Smith and hui
moring his whims, One of his whims
was fondness for my friends own
special breakfast rolls. At length the
third cook in a month was taking her
departure from the kitchen. This time
my friend cornered her and insisted on
knowing why she went. Cook said
Miss Smith had told her the boarding
house mistress never paid the servants
II she could help II and the best thing
cook could do was TO get out quick. In
wrath my friend demanded to know Of
Miss Smith what she meant by such
conduct. Miss Smith confessed her
self guilty. saying she did It on her
brothers account because he liked my
friends make of rolls so well he did
not wish to eat any others. Then Miss
Smith said her brother wanted to mar
ry my friend because he liked her cook
ing so well. The sister urged her to do
so, saying she would be left at his
death a very rich widow and that the
sisters own fortune would be added to
that of Smith when she, too, passed
from the realm Of outward manifesto
ton. Shortly after that the old man
himself nabbed my friend and propos-
ed to her on the spot. He declared, he
could not let those breakfast rolls get
away from tim. but wished to cage
them for permanency. My friend
felt obliged TO decline the honor.
observe some of the newspapers are
making an ado over the fact that a men,
ber of the New York and Boston non
working class has married "shopglrl.7 -
and those kindly persons who are always
anxious concerning other peoples bust
ness are specializing whether society
will receive this ex-shopgirl. Why
not? Thousands of saleswomen in this
land are handsomer than any member
OF the so called society set, and many
of them are more refined and better
educated. when 1t comes to that.
This world is /" hard enough place to
live in even when we try to help one
another all we can.
In order to have a harmonious
healthy development of both body and
mind it Is necessary for us all to dc
physical labor. at least part of the
[ time Working with the hands is an
essential part of working out ones
salvation.
Rev. DIR. John L. Scudder, pastor OF
the First Congregational church in Jer
sey City, in connection with various
other enterprises for his flock is estab
fishing a shooting gallery, to which ht
invites women to come and learn the
use of firearms. "Every woman SHOULD
know how to handle firearms" says DIR
Scudder. "It Is her business to know
how to shoot so she can protect hel
home"
Mrs. Bertha L. Grimm of Mansfield
o., has shown her sex the way in a very
important movement. She has solved
the problem of serving hot, dalntily
cooked meals to families in their owl
homes for less than 1t would cost t
cook them at home. Mrs. Grimm in
vented a heat retaining device wkicl
maintains the warmth of the foods
perfectly so long as 1t is needed. Mrs
Grimm is able both to make profit 70
herself and save money for her custom
ers under her system She says tina
twelve families In town might easll!
have cooperative kitchen where. witt
one cook, two helpers and boy. the.
could not only have their meals cooke'
In the best manner but could have al
their fruit canned in summer and au
tuiun. nne DeleVeS any competent VIC
man who understands marketing ant
cooking can make good thing b,
starting such kitchen.
NH
Lady Warwick, called the democrati
countess OF England. was busy cam
paigning for the Labor party during tn
exciting political contest In England
She made great impression with he
eloquence, addressing dock laborers a
comrades and friends" She spoke q
outdoor meetings anywhere and every
where. standing up In tradesmen's was
ons to talk to workingmen. The doc
laborers Of London gave her great r.
ception and went without their Dime
to hear her. When shall we have
:. America society woman doing wha
Lady Warwick doeaf
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I The British government is making II
young army officers learn to cool
0ooAi Men are the born cooks Of II