The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-01
ReVeldtioilS,of
Beng he Confessions d an
Average Married Woman


ucdIrhIs ro the Kitchen. where found
him standing over blg saucepan
,Immeriug on the "a, stove from which
came the aroma oi coffee, TO me- one
oi the most alluring odor, ON earth
May help" asked mcckb
Dicky's Coffee Recipe.
Dlcky whlrlcd n a,lonl,hment
what do you mean by getting up
hc demanded # was gong to BRING
your grub INTO the bedroom Go back
there ,m, instant, he finished com
mandugb
ron, Dlcky please. ! don't want 10
Let, have d comfy time u the dining
room or better still, BRING the stuff
into the living room and put it on that
reading table ln front OF the gas CRATE ="
'Now you're talking Dlsky turned
hl' attention 70 the coffee you run
along and III bring the stuff IN
J was too curious, however as 10
Me method b, which he made hrs coffee
10 go immcdialclN
II see you don't Use the coffee ma
chine ! SAID How do you manage
900 that thing
'ta,," rcroucd Dckcy 81 pat two
hcaplng tcaSpooniul, OF coffee and an
egg shell into 'Ihs, and poured over j,
1850 cups OF boiling water. covered II
tight and lc' u boil for i've minutes
he time IS luN up 900 now you may
watch the rest ~ 'hc process
NE took of the cover Of the sauce
pan .'lrod MS content, added cup
of cold wafer and then. again covering
ll lighted the small warming burner
Of the gas stove and 'et th- saucepan
upon %
There" he ,a1 with a grandilo.
qucnl flourish, 'in ten minute, tha,
wiII be nectar for the goddess tie
bowed 10 me cxfayagan'ly
hut one thing troubled me Did
YOU say you put an egg shell into the
coffee ! asked
Sure" Dloky replied There's the
egg IN that dish Don't know much
about cooking except chatnq dish
stunts hu' .an manage an egg
"No ] don't want anything bu' IN,
coffee and the toast which We can fl,
ON the clcc'ri. ruaucr rn the living
room Fui
"Br' what Dlcky looked a, m,
ke'u. Nome'hugs ou your mind
Bcncr get II of /"
"ud did YOU wash the ,gg bci0r,
YOU put 'hc she'll ln
over Dlckys lace flashed a 'ar'leC
look, a guilty look 70 appeared 20 ms
But II was gone IN an instant, an,
he burst into roar Of Laughter
The Saving Recollection.
80 tha,'' troubling YOU, j., ~ Well
don't WORRY ans longer That egg va,
scrubbed and rlnsci and uerlll,ed an,
iumga'ei II wi, the most ,anitar,
object YOU know when n wem INTO IN,
.o'icc
y little uufeas0N'ng feeling oi an
ger rose IN my heart against Dick,
. knew from the look ON HI, iace whe'
] asked him about the egg that he va
not telling the truth when hc said tina
he had washed u could no, tei
HIM that he wa, rtieriug iilSehoo,
and on The Other hand the mer
thought oi the unva,hed cgg ,hel
made me iecl thar 1t would be- impu,
,Ihlc luf me tu taste the coffee
] II he had 0ul, told 'hr truth. "a
could hllS made fresh coffee Vow
dii NOT know what 10 DO mechan
i0all, todf some cups and plate, an
silver from ms kitchen cabinet an
placed them ON iray Carving iher
into the living room. | arranged 'her
on 'hc reading table Then hrnugf
the electric ioaVef from ihc dinin
room and alta ned II to one pi Nh
hight socket, was about IN star
back ~ the kitchen ior more thing
when ! met Dick, hcaung q 'ra, pile
with bread butter. the ,audvi,hc, an
ale which he Nphcd for himself
small pitcher ui cream. q dish Wit
Loaf sugar and a larger pitcher con
tanning the coffee
There he said as he put down m
tray ] guc,, hr'c', every ht,lc thin
YOU need WHY didn't YOU le, me at
'ach that 'o1Ncf suppose I've mad
d mes, iu the N'ehs hu, hattie "a
clear ~ mp that is. ~ ,ou don't I'm
her for mrdiling with ynuf Ayalhctc
\, Il the mention oi kaiy's name hi
hecn the KEY To- unlock my problem
had an in,iani's vision o, Katie a
'hc appeared one morning when wer
10 The kitchen ,n give her an ofdc
She was standing before the ,,n
inlutfiou,N ,r.uhh,np the ccg, whic
had iu,l come from the dealer
y mo- like usc cgg, unlc,, the
wash ,hc 0id n explanation
So the egg had hcsu washed ar,
an
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