The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-15

'oh, bother" said his wife amicably.
L believe you are afraid to. You're a
scared cat" and paid not the slightest
heed to his earnest protestations that her
accusations were not true
Then one day presently Mandy got huffy
and left all in furry, and the Perkins
family was high and dry without a cook
lady"
Immediately thereafter a man servant
appeared who designated himself as an
excellent chef, and he was at once en-
gagged.
The very next day after his installation
| in the kitchen, when dinner was served,
Mrs Perkins observed that the cream
| of tomato soup she had ordered for din
| ner came up-missing,
Where is the soup. Alexander?'' she
! questioned as the new man servant an
swered her summons to appear in the
| dining room and give an account of HIM
self.
'Mstah Perkins he done changed that
! ordah. Mistus,' said Alexander with ches-
! terfieldan pollteness. 'He say he didn't
| like cream of tomato soup and he wanted
| asparagus soup instead
| When the lady of the house turned her
/ celestial orbs on her better half that
| person was entirely conscious of the ef-
| feet, yet remained perfectly composed
| throughout the scene. with his eyes fixed
steadfastly and firmly upon his plate.
| Il thought you didn't care to be con-
! sidered Miss Nancy" said his spouse a 5
she lifted her eyebrows and gave him Il
look that most husbands are used to in
| the privacy of their own family menage.
4 just happened TO be in the kitchen
when Alexander was preparing dinner"
said Pompey in defense of himself.
What were you doing in the lxitchea?"
said his wife ifrtably. you certainly
had no business in there
Il was just looking round" replied the
man of the house, cheerfully.
-9 Suppose / had been down to the office
just looking aXound; how would you have
felt about it?' she inquired bandly
But nary an answer came,
Frequently thereafter Mrs. Perkins
found that her menus were undergoing a
change even in spite of her curtain lee
ture,'' which the deleetabie Mrs Claude
so in despair she decided to let Alexander,
the man servant, go, and at once engaged
another person. large and buxom and fe-
male which she thought would straighten
matters out once more to her satisfaction,
for she had fully decided that her hus-
band was afraid of the women cooks she
had. and was not in the least apprehen-
sive of the males.
(Which only goes to explain" said she,
to a party of her women friends a few
days atterWard, VINO were discussing such
matters, that men, many of them, and
the best at that, would interfere with
household matters if they were not AFRAID.
Men on general principles are afraid OF
women
Like the Chinese say. interrupted une
of the party, that men fear women and
women fear mice, and
well, at any rate replied Mrs. Per-
kins, IT shall always have a feminine
cook installed in my kitchen, and then
L shall feel sure that my household affairs
will not be interfered with. Men will al
ways stand together-and Alexander, who
was my first and only venture with a man
cook, evidently preferred to take orders
from Mr.. Perkins than from me, and even
If he was the best cook / ever had | was
forced to let him go on account of his
partiality to the head of the house, for
that is one thing ! dislike--to see great,
big, full grown man dabbling in dornes-
tic affairs and piddling around the house!'
ner Miss Matte Brodie. Miss Belle Cam
terberry, Mr.. Ernest Ebbade, Mr.. Neil
Young, Mr.. Ruffin Eubank, Mr.. John
Young. Mr.. Miller Wheeler, Mr.. Tom
Glasgow, Mr.. Bruce Hamilton, Mr.. Jonas
Clay, Mr.. Joe Wood, Mr.. Willie Lasseter.
Mr.. Norris Foernier, Mr.. Amos McCreary.