Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

wonderfully. deliciously beautiful cake in
the whole world.
Without crossing her Threshold. without
advertising. almost undesired. one might
say, Mrs. Wilson has had greatness thrust
upon her. relates Human Life. Nature en-
dowed her with an artistic talent for
creating beautiful things. Added TO this
is a natural taste for cooking. which. as a
consequence. has brought presidents. kings,
millionaires and celebrities OF all sorts,
from everywhere, to be her patrons. Last
Christmas eleven OF these cakes we're sent
to Washington, all iced in holly with gay
red berries, or wreathed in mistletoe made
OF delicious frosting two inches thick. with
rich black fruitcake beneath.
Mrs. Wilson has gone TO nature to find
her models for decorations, not TO cooking
schools. With little tubes of stiff white
paper she creates. from great bowls Of
d~eliciously Favored iclngs colored from
fruit or vegetable juices, the most won
derful flowers. perfect in colorine and
shape. Great punches Of sweet peas, deli
eately tinted. a spray Of pale green leaves,
or an orchid. or rich-looking grapes in
clusters. IL Is In her Individual cakes,
though, that her great artistic work lies.
Ihesc VIII consist of a single La France
rose or a SNOWFALL, a chrysanthemum or a.
bunch OF jonquils set In leaves exuuisitely
formed.
MRS. Wilson was the first woman in
America to bring to perfection this form
or art, and while also a devoted wife and
mother and h~ome-maker. this energetic
little woman has found time 10 teach to
many dependent young girls and widows
her wonderful secret Of alternating.
She mas offers continually-which are re-
tused-from the foremost caterers of the
world. She has, on a few occasions. gone
TO Chicago or New York, when the offer
was quite too tempting to be turned down.
TO serve cakes and bonbons and lunch
favors all to match. which amazed the
guests Of some multi millionairess' lunch
con table.
Essentially a woman's work. without the
severing Of home ties. Mrs. Wilson has
gained a reputation through the original
lily of her work, ard its great artistic
beauty, which has spread into the further
most corners Of the globe.
This plueky woman's success is an in
spiration to every other woman who ia
Obliged to face the world as a bread-wjn-
ner.
Ten New Commandments.
A woman in Cairo, Ill, recently threat
ened to apply for a divorce. Her husband
promised to be good. He signed the fol-
lowing ten commandments OF his wice's
making, and which were filed with q no.
tary public:
l am thy love, thy wife; thou shalt have
no other love but me.
Thou shalt not a k unto thy heart any
stenographer, or any other love pirate.
Thou shalt not promise to love me In
vain.
Remember, thou come nome on the Sab
bath. Six days mayest thou wander, but
not at nights; nor the seventh day, which
is the day OF thy wife.
Honor thy mother-in-law that thy days
may be long in the land OF love.
Thou shalt not carry a latch key.
Thou shalt not return TO thy happy home
at 3 o'clock in the morning. The doors
will be bolted IL thou doest.
Thou shalt not grumble at thy lot.
Thou shalt not object to buttonIng my
gowns. nay, even IL they be ~5OO-button
dresses.
Thou shalt not covet the sweet temper
OF thy neighbours wife.
Mrs. Frederick L. Douglas of Macon Ga
recently attracted attention by the unusual
features of a c~onnubial contract existing
between her and her husband. She prom
ised to live within her husbands allow
ance, and not to want an automobiles: she
agreed to restrict her light reading to two
novels a week; she gave her word to pur-
sue serious study under her husbands d.
%rection; she consented not to CAD and shop
about every day in the week; not to play
bridge more than three times In seven
days; not to initiate actresses in attire or
manner, and not to threaten to go home to
mamma more than once a month.
For the Household Page.
my husband" says the woman with the
optimistic face, quoted in Judges library,
gives me 81 a week for keeping up the
table for our family. and 1t is simply won
derful how we do It,"
Il should think So" observes the woman
with the grim smile. How big a family
have your
my husband. myself. three boys and
one girl"
And you keep up your table with "a a
week? What do you have?"
For breakfast we have a cereal. fruit,
coffee and sometimes bacon and eggs; for
luncheon cold meats or croquettes or some
thing made Of the left overs from dinner
the night before, and a simple dessert;
for dinner we have a soup, chicken or
roast meat. two vegetables. a salad, coffee
anu ~ ucSScIls
my goodness! What prices do you pay
for groceries and meats?"
Mercy mel 1 never ask. I Just teIe-
phone to the grocer and meat man and
tell them what 1 want, and my husband
gets the bills the first of the month"
But l thought you said he allowed you
only 81 a week.
80 he does. and by charging nearly ev-
erything, do you know, 1 actually save s.
or $40 a month from thaH a~llowancev'
Corn Queen of Oklahoma.
Mrs. Joseph Conley of Anadarko is "the
corn queen OF Oklahoma.
Last year she supervised the planting.
tending and harvesting Of SO acres OF
corn, from which was gathered over 1900
bushels OF the finest corn raised in the
state. At a price OF from so cents to 90
cents per bushel. there was a small for
tune in one crop Of one Of Oklahoma's best
staples.
Mrs. Conley lives on the farm purchased
by her husband, near Anadarko, president
of the Conley Inclnerator company. The
business requires Mr.. Conley's absence
from home almost the entire year, ana
Mrs. Conley tends the farm. With her
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