Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-02
MY MARRIED LIFE
BY ADELE GARRISON
anoNr Aoreet the lemon juice. Dicty
~ Ynn hnvnnt nut u m yot"


~ You haven't put " IN yet"
Arc YOU sure you haven't too much but
ter for that number of oystera7'
net me put IN the rcd pepper. You -
too much ln the last time"
plcHy looked around at his tormentor
In evaporation.
'rr you say another word IIl pitch thcT
oysters into tho sink"
We were ucaied around my table In III
| dining room which Lillian Galo and ] hn
/ arranged .u tho afternoon. The Hpring luN
/ era in the old oarihcu Jar which Dlcky ma
brought from the Kitchen in spite OF my pr.
tcgt really were very pretty In the cente
| on tho table The piles of aandwichcH whic
| had made looked extremely appeti7lnR
| QanErd nH thcy were with dishes of olive
! aup ~ the qpltrd almonds LILLIAN and hal
| prepared with an much pains
- rI.y stood nj The head of the table. th
/ chatting dish before him II was conncoio'
/ 10 one NJ the electric iighi sockets. and th
| water beneath the blazer was huhhllni
| mcrrlly ITc hold iu his hnnd larg" spoon
| with which ho was stirring some butte
| which ho had uut into the blnzor
| At hin right little Mrs Lester wntchc,
| the uruDwfdiuRE with much lui'r".t N"NI
| tu her Harry Underwood lUllrd ind0lcutA
against tho table came ucNt not havlnf
ItNN auto f #fNIiN Iif1IW IIlIN 'I ffNN'iti''l
uf apIlg amy more than ! had from hf
unupuuIonehip during The evening Mr.
Lester sat upon my other side, while Mrs
Underwood between Mr. Lester ana plcky
completed the circle
"Huah" Harry Underwood l'ncd ha
hand 1--WE forgot that bicky can only
cook these oysters properly when there i3
complete harmony n the circle Who VIII
lead Zoe uraycry
aupposc my face reflected the dH'ast'
/ folt for his romarh Anything approach
Ing Ifr,gurpucr diaplrnarH mo intensely hut
Lillian Gulo quickly came io the rrHour
"shut up Harry" she said forcibly u
indignantly "Mrs Graham isn't used 10
that barroom brand of conversation YOU are
handing out"
AN right. swcctic. hor husband FrInned
provoknglv at her across the table.
"Madgo." pchyH voice waH quick, I'M
patient where's the oyster jnicc''
KATrEs FINE ENTRANCE
looked at the dishes thanking the chatting
diah,
Dlcly had the butter IN the chatting dish
stirring II Tho lemon juice was ready
To- his hand IN pet cut glass ot Wlnc. Ih'
oyptcrs drained nud ready for cooking,
were iu O large dish nt his right but IN"
bowl Of oyster Juice. which had seen Katie
drain with much care under biohyS dlr'r'
ton was nowhere to DC seen
touched the bell with n feeling Of ncrv
uugurng ! could not conquer. ! was afraid
something might have happened to the
oyster juice, but more than anything else
I feared what Katie might do or say when
she came into the room and saw Frnnk
Lester She had promised to control her
self but knew her lmpulaivo temperament
and ! tromblod Hs / hourd her Footsteps
Az Ehc came into 'hc room, Mrs. Underwood
asked Mrs. Lester something about her
baby thus diyoriiuE her attention ] stole
q glnncc at Frank Lester He was banter
ing DiClyy seemingly ohlivioug to Kutlc'a
presence, but I noticed that his face was
red.
"Wil you bring tho oyster juice plcnac,
Katlc'' / said quietly
was proud NJ Katie In that moment Not
q flicker OF an "yclush, not a glance be.
trnycd anything but the correct attitude
of a well trained maid She vanished with.
out word ana returned In q moment
bearing the bowl of oyster Juice
"Ahh" Harry Underwood hcavcd deep
sigh. "The country iu saved Dlcky, /
warn you that II you don't pun that oyster
stunt pretty soon shall begin on Mrs
Lester
Nobody paid any attention TO him. how
ever for bicky had added the lemon Juice
to the butter ana was stirring II with the
air Of Druid performing one Of his rites
lie finished the blending and thcn pclycd |
up the bowl Of oyster juice ana poured It's !
contents slowly into the miNturc already Ina
the chatting dish. stirring carefully as hc
did 80
when he had stirred 1t and It was bub.
bling, he relaxed his intent look and turn
lug tO us, said
who was kicking about the red peppcra !
DO YOU really think had too much in the |
last tnme?'
That was only Harry. Dlckv." Lillian |
Gale said soothngly. Fix II up the way |
you always do, only hurry, for we are |
an starving"
them" ''''
No. Dlclyblrd," Lillian returned with
an affected air OF martyrdom Not a NOR.
sci shall pass our parched lips untn you ar,
ready 10 eat too Perhaps that viii hurry
him up bit" she added with wink To-
the rest Of us
Ready IN minute now" said Dlcky en-
'onraEinEly' putting In the oysters after
ne hah carefully seasoned the mixture i'm
HE chailng dish with salt, black pepper
laprik', and just dash OF cayenne. "Arc
ne not dishes ready, Madge?'
MADGEs RABBIT MARTYRDoM
touched the hell again for Katie and
At signal from me she brought the hot
loup plates. the only suitable dishes had
n the apartment and placed them before
lioky. /.
pcty put liberal portion on each plote
nd katie passed them 10 the guests. Then
he passed around tho crackers and we mi
we're valiant trenchcr men" for several
minutes.
| had never eaten oysters prcpared In
hat manner. and had to admit that Dicl,,,
vas justified In his boasts Ia me ON bis
ulnary prowess. They were delicious ana
he plates were quickly cmptlcd ,
More said Harry Underwood. Incont-
ally holding up his plate
Down In front, Oliver Twist" returned
i!cky Don't you know my rule veto
'nly one helping OF oysters or otherwise
on wouldn't enjoy tho rabbit You win
hserye that the chatting dish ls gone. nm
viii be returned again presently and vou
an put IN your time az those sandwicbes
( anybody takes too many of 'em. I'm taEe
he plates away
'stngy. stingy mocled little Mrs Les
ar "Still the rabbit is worth H. never
sed 10 Ike Il until ate Mr. Graham's d,
Katie hhd removed the Chuhng dish and |
ow she brought II back again ana con
cctcd II with the electric Hight socket while
he water was coming 10 "a boil Diekv took
u cup into which tho yolks OF two eggs
ad been placed and stirred slowly into n
yo teaspoonfuls of dry mustard two OF
worcestershire sauce, two sCant ones of
utter, q few drops OF tabasco a dash ~ |