The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-27

n, could not throw away the parts
they REUSED To- buy. Sh" said her hus-
band was trying to sell out to- man
he did not like. he could not wish HIM
wore lu.K than To- dcd with the kind
Of Gus .omeIs We had become.
And as to Mrs Short.ngs cooking
lessons must say Sh. knew her SUBJ
ject. She was especially strong on con-
diments and sauces. but especially OPP
posed to hot bread. | should think a
strong tabasco flavor or a hot East In
dian curry would be no better for the
stomach than hot bread, but perhaps
Inconsistency has now become scientific
ana hygienic. At any rate the ladies
followed Mrs. Shorting's lead like sheep.
and the grocer had To keep sending for
al sorts of exotic spices We and he had
never heard Of His stock became 50
enlarged that h. had to move the par
t.tion a the back Of his shop to give
himself more ROOM and three new trav-
cling men for Who'll, sale groceries came
down To solicit orders. Mrs. Shorting
seemed surprised at our ignorance now
and then. one day she had been talk.
Hg Of havor.us something with pine
Ids. "" l,t h.r go ON for a time, and
't'H 'bIlI' blIt sd4Nf llIll.t4E
Mrs Shor;lnr. I reckon don't just
hn'w VIA. l... s.'us a'.. and ! am
sure the grocer hasn't AMY.
pine seeds" sad Mrs Shor,'nC, her
chest expanding and her VOICE rising
Use tragedy queens, mot k.uW pine
-o"ds? Any ON" who dos not know
ana cannot use pine seeds has not even
rudlmcntary ideas of cooking
y bit superior just a little hit SUI
per.or--was Mrs. Shortiug, think now
that those pine seeds were the begin
ming of the end. For from that dry
ON She bore harder and harder on the
hot bread.
She said that you could not COM
promise about hot bread. You simply
had to eliminate il from your mll Of
fare. She pictured to the ladies what
they would gain in beauty and health
II they gave it up, ana how their
husbands would improve in physique
and temper.
I reckon they all intended to begin
slowly with their men, but maybe Mrs.
Shorting had imbucd them with North
crn ideas of speed. At any rate, within
n month after their reform | dOn't
suppose there were three happy house
| holds in our community. Tho men
were sulky or savage, according To
their moods; they did not know what
was the matter with them exactly, only
they acted like they wished they were
dead or bachcl'rs. Mamie and knew
what was wrong, Of course, and |
pointed it out To Mr.. Durgan. lie
seemed right disappointed in the way
they were taking the indigestion cure,
but said it was only a question of time
| when they would feel hearty and good
| naturcd again. and that the crops would
| look up, ana the South would flourish,
! Poor Mamie uuairelled with Micajah
| because he tried to defend Mrs. Short
! ing's ideas, ana she wouldn't speak tC
| him. and while she was unhappy, il
/ was right much comfort to her that hC
went around looking wrctchcd al
| though he kept on going to Charlottes-
willie to see Mrs. Shorting.
Mamie went on feeding scientific
food to her father, and the more the
| Major ate the croSscr he got and the
: more violent in his attitude towarl
| Micajah. who now in his desire e
make up with Mamie had taken e
driving up and down the chicken rOat
between the Majors place and his, Tn,
| Major had heard some of MiCajah's di
gcstion theories, and he pretended t,
| think that MCajah was insane On,
day when Mr.. Durgan and | We're there
not knowing Mr. DurEan was rcspon
sblc for the general misery of the com
munity, the Major said bitterly that
man with Micajah Carriers wild idea.
would either wind up at the back doc
of a restaurant or in a lunatic asylum
Finally. everything seemed to com,
To- a head at once, and the second Cuurs
Of hyGicnC lectures which Mrs. Short
iug had proposed for herself and n
never materiali2ed. 1t was the day @
her weekly lecture, ana ! had seen Mr.
nurgan take her off in his ear and Ia,
assumed, of course, that he had re
turned from Char'utt, sVillc long ago
t. confess the truth. WAS cNpectin,
him, for white | had been slow to max
up my mind about accepting him, some
how "A summer evening never seem
complete without him, ! sit ON m
porch and hear the sleepy birds AM
watch the shadows under the trees I'm
the beauty OF IT all IL suspended amt
that great figure looms up at the gate
and that deep voice says: "Salle Rive'