El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-17
4 Serial Of Intimate Appeal

I task OF eating the same dessert 70,
I two meals in succession
She remained TO supper with US
I Truth compels me TO say that hel
( spanish cream was exceuent-and
I told her so.
TT is much better than mine"
Z acknowledged Don't you think so
! jack
To the Rescue.
] Ny poor husband glanced from one
TO the other. I saw that he was at &
2 loss what 10 reply. T did wish that
he would confess that he preferred my
dessert TO his mothers. and yet
would have been sorry to have him
hurt her I loved him so much that
came to his rescue with:
What a mans mother makes al
ways tastes better than anything any
BODY else makes"
He gazed at me gratefully. etc
tell the truth" ne said. while con-
slider my wife q wonderful cook. moth
er, agree with her that this Spanish
cream is the best I ever ate. That we
had this noon was delicious-but not
equal TO this But, Louise. dear. Il
you had mothers recipe YOU could
make some exactly like this-couldn'i
"Of course she couIdr' Mrs Hamp-
ton affirmed. before I could answer.
and. no doubt it would taste even
better"
Indeed, It would not" contra
dicted- Jack was very polite in prais-
ing my cooking this noon; but the re-
suits OF my efforts fade into insig-
nificance when there IS something Of
Tered hin that was made by his own
mother. And I admire his taste.
4 smiled and flattered myself that
my husband detected no disappoint-
ment in my tone Ny motherinIaw.
with her feminine intuition did not
did
Il am sure that most OF the things
you make are better than those I used
20 make" she insisted. New fash
ions. in cooking are vastly superior
10 the old ones-and 7 belong TO an
older school than you. dear Louise"
Asks for Recipe.
she did not offer 10 give me her
recipe for the much discussed dessert.
but, as wished TO show Jack that ]
was not petty. L spoke 10 her OF it as
she was leaving. She promised TO
send it to me very soon
I am glad you liked mothers cook
ing, darling" Jack said that night.
st was much smaller than the dish
ful you made, so we ate IL all Up. But
there must have been a good deal left
from lhar we had this noon. 7 hope
s0-for 1t was very nice, and we can
have IL tomorrow.
was he trying TO soothe my feel
ings2 wondered
~Yes-there was a good deal Of my
Indifferent dessert left" 7 informed
him But gave it 10 Jennie 20 take
home 10 her mother this evening
oh" he exclaimed regretfullv.
why did you do that2
Because I was ashamed OF IL when
[ saw how much better your mother
cream was" I confessed. My dear
husband. may not be wise in most
things. but 7 do know enough not 20
attempt to compete in the culinary
line with q mans mother. When any
lne IS away ahead Of me in certain {
lines 7 DO not put myself entirely in I
he wrong by entering the contest I
with her"
You are just as good a cook as
n0ther;' Jack declared. although. of I
course, there are some things she 4
makes that you have never made
md equally, Of course. there are many /
hat you know how to make that 4
he has never attempted"
IF she did attempt them they
would be better than mine" L re-
oined-
He looked puzzled. and said no
nore- I was glad I had been able
o conceal at least a part Of my
haErin-
Airs. Hampton did not send me the
ecipe for Spanish cream. and / never
.sked her for IL again.
(TO Be Continued-l