The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-23

1 set of furs now that I've got them, but
 because I don't put them on and wear them in this kind of weather, John
 Henry thinks I don't like them. caught a dreadful cold when I tried I to wear them the other day just for his sake. Fall weather and furs-I just love them, and I take them out every day and look at them and pray for cold weather soon, so I can wear the pretty things. No I can't wear them now They are becoming, Miss Petu- mia You know they are" T suppose the primitive woman is strong in all of us," Miss Petunia ob- served, but in no case does it come out so strongly as in our love for furry things-the skins of animals and things | like that. How our ancestors must have loved them, and we resemble those amiable ladies in that respect wonder fully
 Do you think civilization has done anything for us?" asked the June bride curiously.
 Not much" was the reply. We love to deck ourselves out in fine trappings for the benefit of the other members of our sex, and go a-yisiting to hear the doings of our owr small world, just as they did.'
 But we still have to look after our men folk and feed and warm and sheer them,' the June bride supplemented. Miss Pe- lunia, how do you make hominy croquettes, so that they are creamy insides JofE Henry adores them.
 Miss Petunia laughed heartily at the sudden changes from clothes to croquettes. but she was rather pleased to see that despite the fact that the June bride was childishly foolish about clothes, her good common sense stood her in great stead in her first years experience in housekeeping.
 "Women are so vague" said the June bride. presently. "They either cook by instinct so that their directions are a bit incoherent or they calmly announce that they will do it out of a cook book and promise to copy the recipe-and never do."
 Are you making base insnuations?' asked Miss Petunia. Because if you are. I'm going home this very minute and get out my cook book and never stop until I've copied off all those recipes that I've promised you at one time or another
 You know,uI didn't mean that" said the June bride apologetieally. Just at that moment l was thinking of someone else. But please tell me about the hominy croquettes. Mine always fall to pieces and look so messy
 Cream sauce is the best thing to hold them together" said Miss Petunia. A famous French chef told me that once and it works like a charm which reminds me to tell you of my own discovery about spinach. The leaf is cut away from the stem and stalk and only the tender part is cooked, and it Is put on the stove per- fectly dry. But isn't this conversation really remarkable. We stayted out on the subject of personal adornfnent and here we are ending up with culinary secrets
 And I meant to ask you all about your recent trip to New York and the good plays you saw and the new fall bonnets, and the music and lot of other things" said the June bride, enumerating them. T fear we are not cultivating our minds suf- ficiently."
 Bring John Henry over to Sunday night supper" said Miss Petunia, 'and I'll tell you everything you want to know about my recent trip. But before I go,' added, making ready to take her departure, "l want to say that the way to make good hominy croquettes is really of more inn portance than anything I could possibly tell you of what I saw and heard. The inner man-you know the old story. You are a very fine little housekeeper trying to learn how to please your hus- band and tempt him with nice dishes