The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-12
AN EXPERIMENT
BY FANNY GRAY.

I.itCi lNO NeehS VI DllSSlul ho1iCs
moon in his modest new home, Harry
Carr firmly believed that all newspa-
per jokes about newlyweds, including
wife's biscuits, cranky cook stoves,
burned steak and the like, were just
newspaper jokes and nothing more.
OF course, there was q maid in the
kitchen, but Harry never doubted for
q moment that it was his bride, Molly,
who really made it possible for these
wonders to be evolved.
Now, Molly had about as much con-
fidence in her own ability in the kitch-
en- as Harry had, although she had
never been put severely to the test.
where everything depended upon her
alone. SO, when Bridgets first day out
arrived, she and Harry both looked for
ward to 1t as q sort of lark. AS they
We're drinking their coffee that morn
ing, the following conversation took
| place:
''Now don't go and try to get up a
regular dinner tonight, honey. I'm eat
| ing too much, anyway. And 1 won't
have you getting all hot and tired
working over stove"
That's very sweet of you, Harry,
but don't imagine that we can't have
! dinner just because Bridget is out. l
shall enjoy getting it. And l don't
think much of wives who set out cold
| bites because they're lazy. You'll seer'
''All right. pet, suit yourself. but be
ready on time, and if the dinner is very
/ r ;ry,t In
,pocfet. 1t might be tickets for the
HiEpodrome!
s'Oh, how lovely! OF course I'll be
on time. Don't miss the early train!"
In the middle of the afternoon, Mol
| ly descended to the kitchen, clad in a
neat blue linen dress, and tackled the
| dinner.
About half-past five, Mrs. Webster,
q near neighbor, who had made friends
at once with Molly, rang the bell OF
the Cars house Molly answered, sat
down with her caller, and apologized
for her dress. But she was so evident
IL nervous and left the .oom so many
times on one excuse or another that
her experienced friend began to realize
that something must be wrong with the
kitchen arrangements.
At last the truth came out and Mol
" explained her predicament, between
tears and laughter.
"Why, Mrs Webster" she cried, ut
never occurred to me / couldn't get
whole dinner alone! I've done lots
of cOOking!"
Come on out and let's see now bad
it is" suggested Mrs. Webster.
It did seem rather hopeless. On the
tables lay a fierce-looking collection of
cooking utensils and dishes, all soiled.
Mrs. Webster peered into everything,
while Molly explained. Mock bisque
soup being Harry's favorite, she had
decided upon that, and had made it
early to have it out of the way. There
it stood on the back of the stove,
fine curdled mess, keeping hot"
The roast beef she had put on good
and early In the new double rooster,
laboring under the delusion that the
invention abSOlyed one from giving any
further attention to the meat. A glance
at it, just before her neighbours arriv-
al, had revealed little, dried-up. hard
piece of beef, utterly unfit to serve.
Molly and Mrs. Webster looked at
each other moment and then cleared
the atmosphere by laughing immod-
erately When Molly could get her
breath, she said:
"What shall l do? OF course. my
pride is hurt. and l hate to tell Harry.
but l suppose l must"
'Why tell him that you tried to get
a dinner at all? He has suggested the
theater you say. 1t would be most
natural for you to have light supper
to save trouble, as you may be going
out"
But I told him this morning
didn't mind the trouble, and that /
was going to get dinner"
"Never mind. People sometimes
change their minds. / don't want to
corrupt your morals, but I advise you
to do as l say. If you will, can help
you OUT
Molly nodded assent.
"Good! Now, what salad have you
gct?"
Lettuce and tomato"
Couldn't be better. Any canned
: soup In the house?"
!. "Only ready-made tomato"
,, "The very thing Haven't you
learned the secret of putting hot milk
and bit of butter to that just before
serving2 Very likely it will be mis-
taken for your own brand of bisque.'
:, Great! You're wonder, Mrs. Web
ster"
mo, just an old housekeeper. Now,
I've got cold ham and cream cheese
| can spare, and I'm going TO send
; them over. If by any chance you have
:. your dessert, don't you see that with
a pot of coffee you'll have delicious
and hearty supper, after all?"
: At $50 Harry was met at the door
= by a smiling bride. He held up an en-
:. velope teasingly, high above her head
do | get some food or do we stay