The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-05-09
LIE HATEFULNEss OF MAN.

Rish wretches on thE planet, give
me man every time. They, re
they're-oh, they're just meR!' Then
the Warrington girl vindictively stab
bed her needle into tne table cover
shat she was embroidering.
"But think of the exceDtions,' sug-
gested the man who had taken the
seat beside her on the diVan with an
Rir o. proprietorship.
The exceptions are the worst part
Of the rule" snapped the Warning
ION girl.
why, what have I done?" asked
7he man in alarm.
II didn't happen 10 be you. this
time. admitted the girl 1T was
father You remember. George, that
one evening you told me how much
Won loved ereamed lobster served
with fried prunes and ideviled kid
ney, and homemade potato chips, with
asparagus in ambush. and for dessert
Dutch flummery with Spanish cream =
81 remember" confessed the man.
you said you could live on dnem
six nights out of every seven, didn
you?"
II said seven out of every sever"
corrected the man.
well, you see, l wanted so much
TO be a good cook by tbs time we
were married that 1 thought I'd start
in on father and brother sgd. Thurs
day after Title had done the break
fast dishes and had gone out for the
DAY. / set to work on dinner Or
course we don't have it till z, but
wanted plenty of time, so that If any
thing went wrong [ should nave
chance to try it over again
I've read IN housekeeping maya
zines that gloves save the hands.
ind
lie and mother don't use any, but |
got out my oldest pair of party gloves.
They were nice and long, and would
save my arms as well. Thus equip
ned. / set to work on a peck of new
potatoes. Mother said not TO use so
mary, but think every young house
keeLer should be allowed to exercise
her own judgment, and I hate to do
things by halves.
Il washed all the potatoes with
my pure white soap and scrubbed
them with my hand brush before [
gee1ed them. I am so afraid of germs.
Ny fingers we're all crippled. by the
time l had finished, but 1 bore up
like q Spartan, even when mother IN
feefingly remarked that | wasted half
the potatoes. / think it's a shame
that a woman with my mothers in
tellect should be small about potato
pee.ings.
q was so weak by this time that
mother had to mix little fruit salad
for me to eat. She was quite short
with me about it, because she was
preparing a club paper, and when
asked her 10 help me slice the pota-
does she put on a hurt look.
when it was time 10 fry the chips
Abe spider acted like a seething cal
dron. The lard spattered all over me.
Still, by 4 o'clock the chips were
done, and though l do say it myself,
theV we're a sUccess-sO crisp, golden
brown and faky. Mother complained
that she was on the verge of ex-
piring, though all she did was to
reach me a fork occasionally, or re-
tieve me at the stove when | thought
/ was about to wilt.
! ''The fried prunes-Well, l think
now that should have put some but
ter in the pan. but in my excitement.
forgot, so the foolish things stuck
to the pan. and had to scratch them
off. cut them into little pieces with
the scissors, and spTinkled them on
the lobster. When mother went out |
sneaked away to the deLcatesseu
shop and bought two dozen deviled
kidneys. had no idea how large they
were or what they cost. The delica
lessen woman looked rather stagger-
ed, and / was glad that I had lit
tie extra money of my own that
mother knew nothing about.
''Then | had the most awful luck
with the asparagus. | couldn't ind
the can opener, and was almost dis
Hracted till / thought of Syd's saw II
was hard work using the old thing,
and the noise gave me fits, and then
the Juice started to run out, and II
/ eeT no
of lockjaw. After all that trouble tina
s.ringy stun cooked IN such a queer
way and was so bitter.
Dessert was out Of the question,
SO / bribed sgd to go and buy pie
by promising to arrange for him to
meet Sue Burton. 1t was a tough old
pie. but I spruced it UP bit with
a covering of whipped cream, which
/ Drowned beautifully in the oven.
Next l brought my beautiful roses
down from my room and put them
on the table.
ut was out of the question for me
to try to eat anything myself. | was
so tagged out that l was just able to
throw myself on the couch in the
den, where l listened for words of
praise from the dining room.
al don't know what was the mat
ter. but the family acted like fun
eral except Tor an occasional SuSpl-
cious cough from father or sgd. L
guess / must have fallen asleep.
at may have been two hours later
thai | heard father tiptOe across the
room to mother and ask in a hOarse
whisper if there was anything fit to
eat in the house!
Think of that After the way l
had shaved, tOoi George, promise me