Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-17
Their Married Life
By MABEL HERBERT URNER


I lines of new corset, and it was fully
half haur before they thought Of
returning to the kitchen.
This time they were allowed to
enter. for both Warren and Mr..
Stevens were busy trying to fasten
the meat chopper to the table.
They were both in their shirt
sleeves. Warren, with a long roller
towel pinned up on his shoulders and
hanging almost to his feet, while Mr..
Stevens had white cloth pinned
around his generous waist line.
! Why, Henry" Indignantly, that's
the bread cloth"
But Mr.. Stevens was absorbed in
an inspection of the three blades that
went with the meat chopper.
Use finest CUTTER read Warren,
from the receipt. How in thunder
can you tell which Is the finest? Here,
this must be it,"
Then they opened the packages the
hall boy had just brought. There was
boiled ham. cheese, eggs and box of
crackers.
With gleeful chuckle, Warren cut
up the cheese and began grinding it
through the chopper in eloquent imi-
tation of the hand organ man.
! Hold on there!" eXpostulated Mr..
Stevens. THAT stuff's got to be
weighed. You can't guess at this
thing. we want to have it right
But, Henry, we haven's any scales.
Lizzie broke ours last month"
A Way Out
How about the postage scales?"
suggested Warren Didn't l see some
on your desk? They'll weigh quar-
ter of pound"
Mrs. Stevens brought out the post
age scales, and while they weighed
the ham and cheese Helen read the
receipt.
WILSON'S HOT STUFF
| u ID. cheese.
/ a lb. boiled ham.
3 eggs.
Il box (six ordinary square soda
! crackers).
| 1a pint milk.
/ teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce.
! y teaspoon baking powder
Use finest cutter of any meat
chopper. Run cheese through
first, then the ham and then the
crackers. Empty all in mixing
bowl, add Worcestershire Sauce,
| red pepper and salt. Salt freely.
Then add milk and mix thorough
| ly. Should be the consistency of
thick batter-if not, add more
milk. Beat the eggs until very
light, then mix in with batter.
Sprinkle baking powder over the
top and stir in lightly. Bake
slowly in buttered earthen baking
dish until brown.
'Phew, this things getting all
stuck up" complained Warren, for
! the chopper was now clogged with
the ham and cheese.
Run couple Of crackers through
l-that'l clean 1t out"
There, don't that look fine?n when
1t was all run through the chopper,
cleaned with final cracker Now
what's the next thing?"
Half pint of milk
Just about that much here" pro-
ducing bottle from the icebox.
That's all the milk we've got for
breakfast" demurred Mrs Stevens.
I Unheeding this protest Mr.. Stevens
poured the milk. while Warren stirred
1t in vigorously with a long wooden
spoon.
4 Helen, who had always doubted the
tidiness of Mrs. Stevens much -lauded
maid, could not resist critical glance
about the kitchen. The stove was
not clean The burners and dripping
pan were coated with grease, and a
I
warming pan.
The shelves were not over-orderly
and the top OF the icebox was piled
with bags and boxes. And yet she
had every convenience. There was an
expensive kitchen cabinet, with its
blue and white cereal and spice jars
the kind Helen had always wanted
Those heaten enough?" demanded
Warren, who was frothing the eggs
with patent beater.
Last Touches
"Fine. Pitch 'em In. Now, Emily
where's your baking bowder?"
The eggs and baking powder were
, stirred in and the batter poured into
baking dish.
''Oh, turn off some of those foo
lights" as Warren opened the over
and found that Mr. Stevens had IL
| up both rows of burners.
mo, We'll want the whole show OF
; in the beginning-need a good no
}, oven to start her off"
'All right, here she goes" ant
: Warren slipped the dish in, slammed
r to the oven door. and wiped his hands
on his roller-towel bib. You're go
ing to have real treat Thatll b,
r the best stuff you ever tasted. Nov
you two hurry and set the table,"
But what'll we have with it?" ask
i ed Mrs. Stevens.
Nothing. It's a whole meal in 1t
/ self. Got a few bottles of beer
haven't you?" glancing In the Ice
/ box. well, that's all We'll want"
: When Helen and Mrs. Stevens ha,
t finished setting the table. Warren ap
5 peared with fork in one hand an,
dish towel in the other.
lust come in here and have
sniff"
"If it'll only taste as good as 1
'smells." laughed Mrs Stevens sniff
ling the delicious odor that came from
: the oven.
Take a look at that. Emily" an,
. Mr.. Stevens opened the oven door
See If you don't think that's done.
why, yes, should think So" sal
Mrs Stevens.
/. Lets take it out. Everything /,