Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-12

E HOUSEHOLD FOR WOMEN READERS
MY MARRIED LIFE
A Breakfast DelaVed
BIZ ADELE GARRISON

IL ANYBODY wishes an infallible recip'
II TOT taking the romance out OF life, car
recommend washing n pile OF dishes whIci
have been left over from the day before
especially II there be among them n numbe:
OF greasy pots and pans. Restoring order
20 badly ciuttered room IL another glamour
| destroyer, but the first prize I atotitiy AZ
firm, goes 70 the dishes
An especially aggravating collection Of
| romance shatterers awaited me one morn
ING after our visit 20 the theater. and my
hrst encounter with Lillian Gale.
The night before. whom Diciy had gone
| away from the apartment In anger after
our quarrel over the Angora, 1 had sat
broodinE instead OF doing up my dinner
work. Then when no had rushed in with
the theater tickets there had been no time
70 90 more than hastily cover the food.
"READY7" oh nor
The dining table stlll held the uneaten
dessert, while the kitchen was unspeai-
ably dreary with it's pIiea OF solled dishes
~ we rented a furnished apartment. the
Kitchen equipment was the rather -ecanty
one that goes with such places. / had not
yet added 20 e. and I found myself unable
10 get breakfast until 1 had washed the
cooking utensils from the night before.
Dicky likes a hearty breakfast, too. I
cannot give him coffee and fruit my MORN
Ing meal the year round. He Is a healthy
animal, for which am thankful. but /
could have wished him less ravenous upon
this particular morning.
1 slipped out OF bed early, mindful Of
Dickys wish to get 20 the studio as coon
as possible. tubbed and dressed rapidly, ana
had Just put the teakettle on the gas stove
when Dichy appeared at the door.
Isn't breakfast ready9" His tone was
injured
"Readyr' My intonation matched his
OF course It's not ready went 20 the
theater last night, you may remember In
stead OF doing the dinner work, and then
you Insisted upon n chaflng dish lunch after
we got home. which added to the confusion
here. Just look at this kitchenl II can
get breakfast ready in less than an hour
III be lucky"
"An houri" Dicity.s tone was tragic
with my head all full OF that cover. and
my hands Itching to get at those sketches
before l forget how these people looked,
you ask me to cool my heels for an houri
J can't do IL, that's all. Never mind break.
tast FOR me. I'll get something at that hash
house next the studio. Stun isn't half had
u you don't have TO go against II more than
once n MONTH"
i suppose I ought to have been properly
impressed by this speech, and have evinced
deep sympathy for the prospective victim OF
hRsh-house food. Dicly's tone was pIain.
tive and resigned, as II, determined to be a
martyr. he would do the Job thoroughly.
But knew that the hash house was not
MS only resource. On his way to the studio
he had to pass a very excellent little restau.
rant which made a speciality OF breakfasts
There really was no reason in the world
why he should not get a meal there when
things were so upset at the apartment 1
saw Dioky was a spoiled child and that
he expected his wife TO do a flying lean
every time he happened to be In a hurry.
regardless OF whether II was convenient or