The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-21
TIE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Rahoned.
by DOROTHY DoUSLAS.
EdpyIIght 1913. by the AIcClr.
bSeWsDaner Sud;cafeO

possessed balcony. And per.
haps Nan was only American among
tenets, an earned their daily rations by
nleapS. OF ONE of the arts. Nan Moore
herself was writer and sent back
stories TO America and conducted a
column on how to prepare food in war
tines Mans small typewriter clicked
u almost any hour OF the day or night.
Tor. q few weeks past Mans alert
eyes had noticed the verious quaint
( chaEacteFsst that came and went into the
other studios IN the building on the
Thames. Tor the most party they lived
ajcne each pursuing his craft in his
n way;
10 you know" she said to Charlotte
Manor, FTllo at that moment was help
ing herself 20 second cup of fragrant
co6ee from Mans percclator that stood
8fEgyS on the wicker tea cart, this
Eatfoutng business IS the limit. All
these por artists who live alone Ike
{ ms can hardly get up decent meal
moro than once week. About twelve,
ounces OF meat for good husky per
son IS NOT enough to stretch over sew
en- days: I honestly think some OF
these men get their weekly -ations and
eat IL an Rp In one meal and go with
ont the other six days.
It's bad enough to get meal for
fN0 With such q tiny bit Of Joint" add
q Charlotte. who had a husband, eve
50 tired Of beef. and that's the only
shg Il pays to get. think we could
get about & chop and half II we took
mutton Fancy! But manage to get
up pretty fair meals
Oh, so do it!' exclaimed Nan, but
rs these artists feel sorry for They
M begin to look half fed. Artists al
ways do have soul hunger radiating
from them, but Just can't stand see
ing theB7 look really hungry" Her big
Z human eyes gazed down at a fellow
artist who was even then making his
: way along the embanIment carrying
llis violin Bobby bruce is positively
White today" she lamented. 81 wish I
ouid cook great big steak and
lions and invite the whole building
|. - share &c
Then an idea came to her so sudden
u that with the expression OF it she
nearly dumped Charlotte, coffee and all
from the great hammock that swung
across the balcony.
eGharlottei" she cried happily. I
am going to get every artist in the
building to pool his ratfons and we can
IN have dandy meals. II there are
twelve OF us we shall be able to get a
me big Joint of the best cut every
.week-perhaps about twelve pounds
And you know he could make that go
50 much further and taste so much bet
ter than twelve Individual bits Of meat
cut firm most any part OF the COW. Isn't
s g create" She jumped up, wanting then
andsthere to go to each studio door and
unfold the plan which was secondar1ly
5 deyevoping in her fertile brain.
Charlotte had good manVdrops Of
ecoId water to poor on Mans enthusi-
asm. but fortunately for Nan she knew
what she wanted and went straight
for 6, water or no water.
Her plan was unfo1ded at each stu
do Almost without exception It was
met with Joy. It had been difficult
throughout the building where so
many lived alone, to get up appetizing
meals.
'sThis way" ended Nan, zone OF us
WHO likes to do the buying can do It all
ind I love to cook, as It is In my line
We can use that old room on the
grnund floor for our dining room and
: get little char girl to wash our
dishes. I think Il viii be a perfectly
heavenly and secfable time"
So the Billy Wright, Bobby DTuce,
Helen Mclean, little Sammy Twain
ana all the Chelso buildings artists
had meeting In Mans studio to plan
and pool ration cards. Little Sammy,
Who though he was a poster artist
know something about figures and
weights and measures, added up and
made the grand discovery that, pooled
their meat rations would allow Of
nearly fifteen pounds Of meat a week
5Whieh win go beautifully through
seven days II 1ud1cfously carved, and
wish fish to break the motony," put
IN Nan. whoever can cut the thin
nest slices Of meat to look like big
ones win be the official carver"
so the sugar and butter, bacon and
meat rationS cards were all handed
over to Nan. Fortunately they, one
ana an had taken out their cards with
thenearast grocer and butcher so that
the trouble Of various stores was done
sway with.
erhaps Il was because Nan was
I4mertean and one OF Baitafn's allies,
Or perhaps e was because she chatted
N6ith her trades people and asked
06out their babies and what they fed
Slleln and told them about America
and the great army in khaki over there
--Snyway, whatever the reason. Nan
Always found the best Of Joints, the
dlest bacon and the best English
ttsr for the art1sts. She was q
.Fs5sir nrst. family dinner was 7:sae
6ueeess. There had not been 30 pleas :
ant On evening IN Chelsa buiAEnS
since the last raid and there was Ea3
1875 excitement. On that night, arrase
q VARIOUS quaint Earbs hastily eat
On. hey met IN the big attic ChG4 ;
splendid view OF the air fight VA ~
SEtle, ana when the raiders were or (
ei or ana the 'aII-clear" S1g~Gz AR3 /
sounded. Nan had invited them al In
- her stndio for a cup OF co6~s Go4
apple pie. IE was 2 O'clock in the morn
3nR. 5ut that vas . Smau matter in !
5gtldi6 lie.
that dinner table. Brains long used to
sparkling thoughts, vivid bits OF grim !