Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-06
SUBSTITUTE PASTRY.

drew the line when he had to eat the
kind manufactured by his wife. He had
been married three months and prided
himself that he possessed The best wife
on earth-if she would only not persist
in trying to cook pastry.
If Palmer did manage to eat it his
wife would be happy and satisfied that
| her cooking was a success, end Palmer
would be sick. Every time he ate a pie
or cake of hers it gave him a headache
and threw his stomach out of balance.
That meant trip to the doctor the next
day. The Gortor meant money, and the
time Palmer lost from his business had
been the means of making him lose a
number of good customers who went
across the street to his rival, who was
fortunate enough not to he married
| Picking up a newspaper Palmer
glanced absent -mindedly over the adver-
tisements, and suddenly sat up in his
chair and gave whistle of surprise, for
his eyes had fallen upon an advertise
ment which read in the following pc
culiar manner:
"Pies and cakes made by young and
inexperienced wives, disposed of with
out suspicion Satisfaction guaranteed.
|
| lars address The Newly Wed Pastry
company, incorporated, No. 9 John
| street"
| The next day Palmer went down to
the address given in the advertisement,
which proved to be luxurious set of
offices in a large building At his re-
quest to see the manager he was ush.
| cred into the presence of short, fat
4 10 1.Fbp bo efa fa1
ness.
"Why, yes, we can help you out of
your trouble" confidently asserted the
manager with smile "Your case is
no different from the thousands of
others we have handled successfully
How do we manage it? Say, for in
stance, your wife announces at the
breakfast table that she is going to
make an apple pie for your dinner that
| night, which you secretly know will
not be fit to eat. You call us up on the
phone and make us aware of the fact,
and about 5 o'clock our man calls at
the house with an apple pie made by
our expert cooks, and takes away the
| pie which your wife made. The trans
| formation is effected by your servant,
who is put wise to the game and paid
| to keep her mouth shut, or by yourself,
when the opportunity affords itself"
/ 1T certainly sounds good,' admitted
| Palmer, but just imagine whatll hap
pen if my wife catches on to the trick"
! There is no need that she should"
exclaimed the manager. IF the change
! is made carefully when she is not
around, there is not the least danger of
| detection and everything works like a
charm You eat the pie and declare
that it is the best you have ever tasted,
and your wife is perfectly happy and
satisfied in the belief that she is a good
cook"
| Have you ever experienced any
trouble?' asked Palmer, thinking that
it was the most unique idea he ever
heard of.
yes, once" admitted the manager
"A man phoned us that his wife was
going to make custard pie, and we
misunderstood him and sent around an
apple pie His wife caught on to the
game and got divorce from him and
then the man sued us for breaking up
his home, but we won the case. How
ever, that was the only time we ever
had any trouble, out of the thousands
of customers we have been serving
daily"
well, if you have accomplished so
much for Others you can certainly help
me out of my dilemma exclaimed Pal
mer, thinking that he saw way to
please his wife and his stomach at the
same time. What are your terms? /
want to try your service for about a
month"
Twenty five dollars month" re-
piled the manager This means the
daily furnishing by us of as many pies
and cakes as your wife turns out. If
you follow out instructions, there is no
danger of detection and all parties will
be satisfed-you, because You don't
have to eat your wife's stuff, and she.
because she imagines you like her cook
ing"
Palmer found out by experience that
the Newlyweds' Pastry company, Inc.
was one of the greatest blessings he had
ever encountered Any time he or the
servant discovered that his wife con-
templated making any pastry he would
call up the company and arrange to
have them send up to the house, Just
before dinner, and leave a similar pie
or cake, and take away the one made
by his wife. Several times his wife
came near catching them in the act of
making the transformation. but so far
everything had gone along all right.
DO you know, DEAR" his wife said
to him one day, "it seems strange not
to hear you complain about my cooking
any more, and say that ii is against the
doctors orders for you to eat any pas
try Now you'll eat anything / make
and actually seem to enjoy it, NY cook
ing has improved?" hopefully.
ut certainly has, my dear" Palmer
assured her. 1T proves that when a
woman really sets her mind upon ac-
eomplishing thing she does wonders"
winking at the cook. "The pies and
| cakes are splendid now" This was no