The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-08-04

leverage by way of rim or edge. The Kid
tried to push it. He failed. He tried to lift
it it might have weighed a ton
the Kid could get no hold upon it
- Out in the kitchen a little housewife was
frying Hamburger steak with her hands,
and helping the stove along with her voice:
run and tell Aunt Betsy,
Run and tell Aunt Betsy,
Run and tell Aunt Betsy,
Her old grey goose is dead
The one she'd been a-saving,
The one she'd been a-saving,
The one she'd been a-saving,
To make feather bed"
"Mind," cried a startled voice from the
direction of the dining-room. Nina dropped
the Hamburger steak, the goose, and Aunt
Betsy, and dashed into the area of disturb
ance.
at isn't another plate, Jim, is it7" she
queried.
The disappointment had fed from the
face of Barnes, inventor. The glow of the
discoverer was once more upon him. His
eyes beamed.
Nina" he yelled ecstatically, "have
you got any more porridge for the Kid?
She nodded. Bring it in" he said. She
obeyed-
"Now, pour some of it on his plate, he
commanded. She held the saucepan in her
hand. GO on" he directed, 'FWhat are
you waiting for?"
"Ninny," she returned, I'm waiting for
you to turn the plate right side up" For
the plate still chung to the friendly table,
face down. Barnes shook his head.
"You see that rim around the bottom,
don't your" he exclaimed, "the rim it
stands on when it's right side up. Well,
pour some oatmeal into that" ..
"What for?" she asked.
"I'm going to show you" he returned
eagerly.
She poured some upon the bottom of the
plate The rim retained it. Barnes gave
the Kid his spoon, and the boy scooped up
the supplemental meal enjoyably. Barnes
looked on in admiration.
Now, Nina" exclaimed the inNuentor,
"hsten. Suppose that bottom rim were
just bit higher . take the bottom rim
\ on any plate. Suppose it were just bit
J higher, what would you have7 Eli? Why,
when the plate was right side up, you'd
have good-sized plate. When it was bot
tom up you'd have small-sized plate
formed by the bottom rim. You see"
81 see," she returned, "and what of it?'
She darted forward. Look out!" she
screamed, "he'l smash that plate"
Her husband held her by the arms. "Yor
, leave him alone. See what he can dc" h,
said. The Kid could do nothing. The angle:
were all against him. The plate resisted al
his efforts. Barnes released his wife.
"Now, Nina" he exclaimed, his voict
rising, 'you don't suppose oar kid is thu
only kid who breaks plates, do your"
"No," she wonderingly replied, 81 con
slider him Just as well behaved as any otbe
, child of his age. Pm sure Lille Manning
: boy is little beast compared to ours.
l But they're all terribly destructive. ,
"And they all eat, don't they7" he wen
on.
t "Yes-s," she faltered, 81 suppose the.
do"
= every WELL" he said, "now go out int
:. the kitchen, please, and make me about hal
e a pint or so of sticky dough"
o "But," she protested, the steak j
: ready, and I've already made the bis
G cults"
"Never mind the steak or biscuits" h
e returned, "I want the dough"
n She made it, glutinous, sticky mas:
t Jimmy Barnes took it into the dining-roon
p and seized the plate.
, "Now, Nina" he went on, watch mi
I'm going to turn this plate face MP, face W
you understand, and I'm going to I'll th
lie plate full of dough, full to the rim, GOVERN
re up all of Aunt Caroline's miniatures an
lie gilt and green. You see, it's full to the gun
e, vale Now I'm going to take this piece
e, newspaper and paste across the mass, s
IS that when turn it over the dough won
S, stick to the tablecloth. You seer"
He turned it over, fat upon the tabl
"Now, push it, " he exclaimed. She pushe
le it
#, sits heavy. 1 can hardly mo-
Ut il" she returned
10 "Ah," he smiled, "now suppose instea
it of being dough, that was all porcelain, soil
e. like the rest. See? In other words, su
Id pose the top of the plate were the botto
IN Of the plate, what them"
C "What them" she went on, puzzled.
n, "Now," he continued, well take t
balance Of the dough, and we'l build up Il
O. bottom rim, so that the bottom rim. viii he
more oatmeal, you see.
tie see :" faltered Wilhelnina.
'What you see" retorted her husbar
:, lis the Barnes Baby Plate a 81:
do built like plate turned upside down;
al plate not only heavy, but, mark you, vi