South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-01
Smile And Hubby
Smiles With You
So One Man Answered
When Asked What He Liked
Best About Wife's Cooking.

One Of the most interesting pages
of recent magazine literature is one
devoted to the reasons a number of
men--supposed to be representative
give in answer TO the question:
What do you value most in your
wife's cooking?"
They are, along with the men, 10 be
taken as representing, in the main,
the attitude Of the masculine mind
towards that cOnserver of the
strength of the nation-the cook.
There is a flavor of POPULARITY and
perhaps a suspicion of insincerity in
some OF the answers. One man likes
his cooks" punctuality. Another
appreciates abundance, one the fancy
dishes which he calls girl food.
the absent-minded man admires his
wife for allowing him an opportunity
TO appreciate her labor in his behalf
~ placing a verbal label on the par
ocular attention which he is to ad-,
mire. He seemed to think that an
unusual trait, but it is common to the
ordinary household. Sometimes it
works and sometimes it does not. An
other man enjoys the opportunity it
gives him to praise his wife three
times a day. He rather eXcites the
suspicious inquiry as to whether he
always takes advantage of the op-
pOrtunity. The art" department of
culinary service eXcites another in
dividual who is devoted to color
schemes" and one adrOit individual
processes to be delighted with his
wife's ability to disguise made
overs" This is a stroke of absolute
genius, which it is to be hoped is
duly appreciated.
The two men who strike a real
keynote of happiness are a lawyer
and coal dealer. The first said he
admired his wife's ability to rise
kitchen minded woman" and while
he likes a well-cooked meal, he ad-
mits that there are bigger, brighter
interests" The man who can admit
that is worth cooking for but to most
men the food problem is of prime
Importance from more than the
standpoint of the economist The
last mantle coal dealer-strikes a
higher note than any of the others
His reply is so full of truth and real
value that it is worth quoting The
greatest thing about his wife's cook
ing, he averred, was her jollity at
table. l maintain that eating is
mans chief amusement. Talk about
baseball being the national game:
why, eating is the international,
worldwide, universal game. Men
eat to live and live to eat They
don't want to take their pleasure
sadly. Certainly I don't. and I may
say right here and now that Dot is
the jolliest messmate 1 know Her
smile would put a halo around hash
So l say, the finest thing about Dots
cooking isn't the roaring good dishes
l married into-not by a joyful; it's
Dots smile"
This is a compliment worth living
a hard life to earn.
The ability TO look pleasant is not
an easy one to cultivate. There are
trying times in the administration of
household economies. But the wem-
an who can rise above it all and meet
her husband at the table with a smile,
may serve him with hash, undis-
guised, and still have merited her
place in the category of good house
keepers. Home-maker is better
word than hOusekeeper. Many a fine
hOusekeeper has not the slightest
ability as a home-maker. And it is
largely because of her inability to
meet her family with a smile
The man who appreciates the smile
and is not afraid to say so. is a fine
IOlAOW anu wager InaI MS parucu-
lar cook" thinks that there is no
one like him. Perhaps it is partly
due TO his ability to appreciate smiles
that the smiles always await him. He
is doubtless a good fellow himself
but 1T is worth trying on any kind of
a husband.
If it does not seem to work any
miracle with the man who reads his
newspaper and growls between bites.
at least you will make pleasant lines
with which to combat old age Save
your pleasantest story for meal time
Wear dainty gowns if possible. Neat
ones are obligatory upon the self
respecting woman. Smile and be
pleasant and you will be happfer-if
not happy. Don't be discouraged if
you get small results. The day of
miracles may not have passed. but
they don't seem to be as spontaneous
as OF yore, and you'll make it if you
don't give up.