The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-08
Tale of a
Coffee Mil

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AT any rate, I've learned one thing"
declared Mrs. Avery to the assembled
class in Irish crochet.
Pass 1t on" said the girl who was
struggling over some tiny crocheted
roses,
Never buy more than one pound OF
coffee at time" And the hostess
rolled down the sun screen with .
furry and settled her filmy skirts into
the west end of the hammock swing.
Talking of Irish crochet" began
the girl in pink linen. while smile
scattered throughout the group.
Buying in quantities is always
cheaper" declared the girl In the big
wicker chair. I'VE use three pounds
every month and that is never too
long to keep coffee on hand"
I'VE were taught at the school OF
domestic science to buy in quantities
and grind 1t ourselves" said the en-
gagged girl. timidly. For economy,
purity and convenience"
Did they tell you to get coffee
mill?" asked the hostess. They told
me; so after two years Of married life
! l decided to look into the matter"
What kind did you get?" asked the
engaged girl.
Il got the best-'Grinder's Glory
I
J root Of things and consulted everybody
could find Ned almost stopped eat
ing meals at home because l insisted
on telling him all that l found out
about coffee mills. Why don't you get
one and forget it?' he finally asked
SO told him that we had two pounds
of coffee-ground-and I had to wait
till 1t was used up. Why do you get
so much at once?' he asked. And
then told him that 1t was the only
way to buy-that mother always got
q lot at one time.
But at last all that coffee was used
up, so l went downtown and ordered
coffee mill. And. Of course. told
my coffee man to deliver my coffet
whole.
1.-THE mill has cylinder that holds
one pound. It screws into the wal
and grinds the coffee into a glass tina
sits on a tiny shelf underneath. 1t II
very unobtrusive and I was excited til
It came. 1t was two days late ant
since we had whole coffee we had be
gun using the meat grinder for 1t tenn
porarily. Did you ever try mea
grinder for coffee? 1t Is as hard II
grind as nails.
FINALLY the coffee mill came. W.
didn't unpack 1t until Ned had passed
harassing hour trying to find his screw
driver. Then we found that the cylin
At once l sent an order for anothe
and a call for the broken one. Tn
| boy came for 1t, but didn't bring tn
. other And every morning Ned woul
, say: why don't you get pound
, ground coffee and stop this laborer'
Job? l would reply that didn't bu
coffee that way. for 1t wasn't the wa
, to buy coffee.
Then I went downtown to see abou
that coffee mill and found they wer
all out of Grinders Glory but e1
/ pected them hourly. and they prom
I Used that I should receive mine whe
they came. That was two weeks age
( Yesterday Ned came home earl
and ground up all that coffee. He sal
! he couldn't sleep nights thinking G
! what he had to do before breakfast
Next time remember we are runnin
no hotel he said. Three pounds {
! coffee in a family Of two lasts . lif'
time
80, Of course, the coffee mill cam
4 out today, and as my coffee man cam'
7 too, I told him to send three pound
Of coffee-whole. He thought 1t owe
and decided that I had made mil
take, l suppose. The coffee came nv
+ minutes before you arrived. There ar
three pounds of 1t and It Is grount
And the stuff that Ned ground in tn
meat grinder last night added to tn
other makes four pounds Of groun
? coffee in the house! And my prett
! little mill is Just aching to show on
"But you can send back the groun
Coffee" said the girl In the blue linel
3 my coffee man calls but once
4 week. Next week shall send 1t bacl
? I had called Ned up when the mi
Z came and he seemed relieved. but b
T said again something about not &c
]: ting 80 much coffee. So. after du
T consideration, have phoned the Co
3 ner grocery to send over one poun
= of coffee-unground, whole berries
4 adding, I have my own mill. | war
+ to grind 1t myself So the grocer vi
/, derstood.
7 Ned will be pleased by my cap!tul'
4, ton and he needn't know the real VIII.
= nor about the three pounds OF groun
Z coffee Mother always bought th-e
hounds ~ ':-2a, but that Is reall
no reason why should. when my mi