Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-11-09
mama,

nuts and walnuts," said Teddy,
"and it isn't nice party at. all.''
Aunt Mays eyes .Legan to dance.
Nonsense; said she. Then she
took off her wraps and taking up
the paper bags started for the
kitchen.
After one surprised minute Ted
dy followed with his little COM
pany. "she's go ng to make us
some candy" he whispered to
them, 'that'll lie some fun"
1t was good deal of fun. Be
fore five minutes the big pleasant
kitchen wss hummipg like bee
hive. Everyone of the little folks
could help, there We're so many
nuts to crack.
Teddy got out the corn-popper
and popped pan full of corn, be-
cause Aunt May told him to, and
l can't begin to tell you what
Aunt May did or how she did it.
Fist she put two cupfuls of
brown sugar, and half cupful of
molssses, and one and half cup
fuls of water, and a little piece
of Lutter in a saucepan and set
it on the stove.
While it was boiling she took
the whites of six eggs and two
thirds of a cupfu2 of water and a
teaspconful OF vanilla, and beat in
sugar until it was, hard enough to
shape with her fingers into little
flat cakes, one Of which she
pressed between every two halves
of walnut.
''There are your walnut creams,
Teddy" she laughed. Then she
tried a bit of the candy in the
saucepan bubbling ON the stove,
and because it hardened in the
cold water she stirred into it two
cupfu.s of peanut meats and turned
it out into a buttered platter.
There's your peanut taffy, Ted
dy," laughed she. Then she melt
ed some brown sugar, and when it
was boiled enough she let 1t cool
and worked it into crisp, yellow
sticks---fifty of them at least.
And then she took some cream
and sugar and vanilla and choco-
late, and before you could think,
hardly, there was whole china
platter full of delicious chocolate
creams.
"TheN lock just as nice as
bought ones; cried Teddy. Is that
all, Auntie?
.'Not quite" laughed Aunt May.
The saucepan was on the stove
again, half full OF bubblin'g white
syrup. This she turned over the
popped co.m, and it wasn't ten min
utss before there was another plat
ter OIL tie table, heaped with crisp,
white popcorn balls.
That's ALL" said she. Now,
dom YOU think this is pretty
nice car dy-party, after all?
A whisper ram round the little
circle, till it reached Teddy, and
Teddy spoke it right out loud.
Three hu rahs for my Aunt May;
Hurrah; Hu:rah; Hulrah.
Such a shout; And right in the
mid,t of the hubbub the door
opened, and there stood Teddy's
papa all covered with snow, and
in his aims he carried the box of
candy from Uncle Jack,---a big
box full of walnut creams and
chocolate drors, and a great many
other kinds of the incest candy.
So Teddy had his candy party
laft r. all, and they played games
and had the best time ever" he
told mama, afterwards.
But they couldn't eat all the
candy. In fact when they had had
supper and had eaten all the
candy they wanted and the party
was over, Teddy had more than
the box full of candy left.
Il wonder" said he thoughtful
py, Sit we couldn't"
Couldn't what?" asked papa.
why, Roly Beck has "a birth
day next week. He couldn't come
ito my party cause his ankle was
hurt. Couldn't we make him
s'prise one and take my candy box
to it? Couldn't we papa?"
Il wouldn't wonder bit" said
papa.
so there We're two candy par
ties and they both belonged to
Teddy, in "a way. II liked my real
birthday party" he said to mama,
'but l liked my Npther party best