The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-12-12
Thanksgiving
Surprise
By ESTHER vANDEvEER

compliments % NlE8 kNANtlNI AMA "NNt-
her services az cook Tor Mrs Chambers
coming Thanksgiving dinner. There viii
BE- no charge, Alias cbeffon desiripf 70 90
| The work Tor practice and 70 observe the
effect ~ her different Methods o. cooking
% those for whom che cooks.
This application came while the
Chandler family were az breakfast
Nrs. Chandler was a widow with q
grown son. Dick; q daughter, sixteen.
Alice. and two boys aged respectively
twelve and ten. Jim and Fred She
read the note aloud. then threw II down
as unworthy Of consideration
Mamma. Alice spoke Up. -let her
DO IL. You know. they're giving az a
cooking course At school. and I'm much
interested IN II. I should love to watch
her methods and see how they turn
out
AIRS. Chandler took up the note. read
IL again and wondered why Miss Chef
ton had made fhe application 70 her.
She had never heard Of Miss Cbefton
and did not know how Miss cheftOn
had heard Of Der. Alice kept poking
At her mother til that lady consented
that her daughter should write Miss
cbeffon telling Der what would be
provided for the dinner and that II she
chose 20 cook the yiands named she
was welcome to do 50 The Chambers
were poor. and their dinner was 70 be a
simple one.
Miss cheffon replied that the sim
pier the vlands the better opportunity
this would give her to show what she
could do with a small provision. She
added that she would bring a few In
gradients which she needed and might
not md at the Chandlers. but they
would occasion DO expense 70 those she
served.
When Miss Chefton appeared she
turned out to be 50 dark complexioned
that II was suspected b was a quad
room. Singularly enough. Der hair was
a Gerry red. She was ushered into the
kitchen. where she said she would
prefer 70 be left alone. but Alice asked
her II she might not watch her, and
permission was granted
OF course there was a turkey not
wlfhstanding the fact that the price
Of turkeys had risen 70 such a height
that the family had thought Of subsu-
tutIng some cheaper meat The Chan
diers had a little kitchen garden. and
there were vegetables in plenty. Alice
Chandler watched the professional
cook with intense interest noting the
way she put into q dish a bit Of iavor-
ing. q pinch Of salt OF some extract"
she had brought with her and what
delicious food she produced The
dishes seemed 70 grow savory under
her bands. and jet she did not appear
to take any trouble She was very
good 10 Alice. telling her what she
did this for. and why she did that.
and why she didn't let the other thing
come to a boil. Indeed. Alice learned
more in watching the preparation OF
that one Thanksgiving dinner than she
had learned about cooking up to that
time
Since Miss Cbefton had saved them
the trouble Of cooking their dinner
they kept 40 serrant-besides giving
them a delicious one. and since she was
equally refined with themselves there
was nothing 10 do but ask her TO sit
down to the table with them and par
take Of the meal. She accepted the
Invitation. but asked for a roo IN
which she might change her cooking
uniform for ordinary apparel This
was accorded her. and. taking a suit
case she had brought with Der. she
~.nt ..4.ofnf~r