Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-28
THE BRIDES
OWN STORY
The Family's Day Of Rest.


Many Of Aunt Juliette's arrange
msnts seem topsy-turvy at first De-
fore you've asked the why or where
fore, or taken the trouble to think
II out. Once you fnd out why" you
| begin to wonder why you, yourself
were so stupid In not thinking of 1t.
! For example: Sunday dinner, In
stead of being an occasion for polite
and festive gorging, is the Simplest
meal OF tho week. Sometimes Its
| bouillon, sandwiches, cake and fruit,
or q nutritious egg and vegetable
salad is the basis OF the meal; or.
| perhaps, some combination dish OF
| spaghetti and tomatoes, or rice ana
| Clipped beef, or some other oisl
baked in the f1reless over night, Is
the staple Of the Sunday midday
meal.
l frankly asked aunt about 1t. Al
| home we usually had several guests
TO our very generous and elaborate
| Sunday noon dinner.
Eyes, that's Just what my mother
did, too" agreed aunt, and when
l was a sweet young bride the holy
aim I set for myself on Sundays
was to prepare a sumptuous and va
ried meal that would give your Uncle
Dick great Joy on the one day of the
week we dined together In the mid
die of the day. Sometimes we had
friends, and then l fairly doubled up
In my effort to be magnificent within
our means.
1--WE had no maid, OF course, and ]
was busy as a beaver In the kitchen
from early morn to the last minute
before noon. Uncle Dick wouldn't
go to church without me, and so he
read the morning newspapers In the
living room while l fused by my
self in the kitchen Wed dine at
O'Clock in comfortable leisurely fash
ion, and sometimes it was almost :
before l had the dishes washed and
everything Strengthened up and
could devote, two whole hours to my
husband before IL was time to pre-
pare Sunday night supper, and !
never realized how much of q strain
II was until Uncle Dick said to me
one day: Don't you think u would
be nice II on the one day that I'm
home We would really have the
whole day together-every single
minute7'
"Of course, wanted that above all
things. but didn't see how I could
possibly manage to prepare our big
Sunday dinner more quickly. Hang
a big Sunday dinner was Uncle
Dicks suggestion We can have big
dinners any night In the week. but
there's only one day OF the week we
can both be together all day, and l
don't see why we should have only
two hours together instead.
But what did you do about
guests?" I INTERRUPTED zone has to
have guests for Sunday so often be-
cause that's the only time you have
leisure"
I'VE tried an experiment, and we
stick to that plan TO this day. Our
intimate friends who can only visit
US Sunday know our custom Of hav-
ing most simple meals More formal
visitors I manage to invite
for Saturday evening. II real
" IL simple to prepare an
elaborate Saturday evening din
nor, because we do all our weekly
bakjne on Saturday. and it's the day
sc feel like devoting to all kinds OF
heavy and light cooking"
7 have a suspicion that this plan
s responsible for aunt's famous ab!l-
ity to keep servants. Nobody ever
works very much on Sunday. and
r.ucy has the entire day to herself
otter she cleans breakfast things
away. Sundays midday meal has
been prepared Saturday. and Is all
ready to serve from the hreless or
refrigerator Aunt Juliette and Uncle
Dick go to church or out walking
or play games with the children, or
perhaps. just sit quietly reading IN
the porch But whatever II is, they
are together that whole day, and the
whole household rests.
Come to think of II. II really is un-
Just for one or two people-whether
it's the wife who does II out of affec-
ton or the servant because It's her
job--to do lot Of extra work on
Sunday In order that the rest OF the
family may have the doubtful pleas
ure OF overeating And the truth Is,
the family doesn't prefer It. They
prefer mothers society to tho best
dinner she ever made.