The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-31

wonderful easseroles and salads out of
 mere leavings' and gave them aston
 ishing names. which greatly interested
 my family but did not deceive them Of
 course. They're a very knowing lot
 The devious. strange. mysterious do- lings that went in my kitchen when l
 was cook lady will never be divulged by me No, indeedl One week our gro
 cery biil was Sl.9S, reduced from"
 Reckless woman,' shouted Mrs. Tit
 ter. And If a body had asked you what yon lived on that week you'd probably say guinea hen and cavier-the most expensive luxuries."
 1 Not at all,' Mrs. Giggle said in the
 most dignihed manner. T made some- thing on Monday that was a wonder. I dont know what 1t was. It started out to 1 be a stew but by the time I had added l a lot of various leavings the conglomera- l ton began to take on very strange and ] weird look. l bore up bravelv under the ordeal. nothing daunted. having in mind
 all the time the fact that had the high cost of living by the throat and was about to throw it down on it's back as it cried for mercy. while I sang aloud with courage, the courage of those who know
 they are right and go ahead, l knew l would be winner in the end. The dinner 1 on that especial Monday evening was very large, and I thought choice. but
 much was not partaken of. especially the I stew. The next evening it was done over and garnished with green things. disguised by different names but there was still large leftover squad. so Wednesday night the same procession en- tered again. this time with a lot of spunlS added to other things that l had thrown
 in with it. Tuesday night 1t looked rather frayed and frazzled about the edges, and the family turned white at the sight of it, but the will of a fierce wild eat nature took hold of me and I determined to make them eat that Mon- day night dinner. Friday night saw 1t marshalled forth for the flfth time. tOf course, regarnished and rehashed). Could l you think of such fuss being made over
 poor little old harmless dish that started l out to he simple, innocent little stew. | It reminded me of vaudeville act where | the girl keeps coming out in a different ! frock each time and always looking worse 1 and. making the audience. tred-er and 1 tired-er every minute.'' g-r ..at l Mrs. litter hlinlSed and put her hands
 before her eyes and then said 1 Mrs. Giggle, See myself some of these
 days losing confidence in you and I hate
 the thought. Sometimes I believe you
 don't always tell the truth"
 "lndeed I do," defended Mrs Giggle. l But I have to garnish 1t oeca asionally,
 as did that stew. It was the only thing l that made it possible, don't you see? I l forgot to tell you that one evening put
 a crown upon it's brow Uhe stew, not the l truth, of noble. hearty. strong minded l onions and the family bounced upon the dish with a relish the like of which I've never seen. That was Friday night So you see. perseverance, and the ,try, try
 seain motto holds good with your family
 in the matter of eating as we'll as any l thing else. The dog is the only member l of our household that I've had a difficult
 lime with. He's always been used to nice 1 fat chops and steaks. and now that we
 are staying the high cost of living. chops and steaks are no longer households nets l with us. hence the dogs attitude, I l hs nded him piece Of toast the other day which he slxilfullv balanced on the end
 of his nose. juet to show me what he ] thought of it. Then he pitched it on the
 kitchen floor and buried 1t under the rug But the canary bird is a great heln to mo l He contributes to the system hy eating I up all the hard hoilec eggs. Isn't that l swoetlv cute of hm?'
 1 "Verv kind" said Mrs. litter with an
 ironical smile. And the laundry bills ?