El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-06
Married Life the Second Year
Mabel Herbert Urner On DiscipEning Della

something TO make Della feel less sui
len and resentful-
AS she was trying TO formulate Just
what to say. the telephone rang. Helen
dropped the potatoes and hurried TO
answer it. II was Warren Uncle Joe
and Aunt Sarah were in town and were
coming up for dinner.
oh, Warren. with this new girl
and she's so sullen and obstinate. We
CAN'T have them today"
We'll, you know Aunt Sarah-she
won't go TO a restaurant You'll have
TO get up some kind of dinner. They
have some shopping to do. and won't
be there much before -
Helen hung up the receiver indig-
nantly. She was perfectly willing to
have Uncle Joe and Aunt Sarah to din
ner if they would only notify her. but
they never did And this time IL was
most inconvenient She wished. now,
that she had postponed the washing of
the baby's dresses. Della would be
more than ever unwilling 10 prepare
a company dinner now
Della Washes the Jacket
When she returned to the kitchen to
her amazement she found Della again
peelilg the potatoes. The little jacket
had been washed and hung up behind
the range-but the dresses were still
untouched. Helen wavered between
anger and an inclination to laugh She
was beginning TO realize that the dis
ciplining OF Della was a task more
difficult and Elusive than she mad
thought
In flash, she decided for the pres
ent to completely ignore the dresses.
Delft, Mr.. Curtis has just telephOned
that we are to have two guests for
dinner. Wen have TO have something
extra-some other kind of meat. Thtre
will not be enough Of those veal cut
let's
Il can make them into a veal pie"
I suggested Della. promptly and with
surprisingly cheerfulness: and there's
enough tomatoes for some cream to-
mato soup"
"Oh. that will do nicely" said Helen,
gratefully Now, if we only had some
thing else for salad; there's only one
head of lettuce"
7 can make an egg salad" said
Della; there's enough lettuce for that.
And I'll stir up a sponge cake-and
make some wine jelly
But will we have time to do all
that2" asked Helen.
'-Oh. yes If you'll fix the table I'll
tend to the rest"
1t was plainly a hint that she want
ed 20 be left in undisturbed possession
Of the kitchen, and Helen was only
LOO SAdQ ~ Cpllpll- 81 she gave neE
attention to the dining room. She put
another leaf in the table and set Il
with the best linen and china Only
once did she glance into the kitchen.
Della. with her face radiant. was beat
ing up the sponge cake. while the
other things were in various stages OF
preparation. Helen went in to dress
herself, confident that the dinner
would be a good one.
A Marvellous Dinner.
And II was. Uncle Joe was en-
thusiastic over the meat pc. Aunt
Sarah was eloquent in her praise OF
the sponge cake. Everything was de-
ncious. And Della served IL perfectly
with a beaming. instead Of a sullen
face
Plainly she was in her element. The
preparing and serving Of a company
dinner was evidently q thing she really
enjoyed
And Helen decided TO discipline her
no more If she could so excellently
prepare a hurried company dinner. the
wearing OF a cap and the washing OF
a few baby dresses was, after all, not
so important
And. possibly. the realization that
no amount OF disciplining would ever
make Della do either of these things
helped her TO this decision