The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-25
MARRIED LIFE.
HeIen's Thanksgiving and the Criti-
ra1 Attitude 0f His Family.

Helen stepped back and gave last
anxious glance at the table. The
pinkSLaded candles, the shining sill
yer, the glistening cut glass and
dainty chfna-yes, it was an attract
lively set table.
She moved the dish of shimmering
blackberry jam an inch nearer the
celery and changed the sailed al
monds to where the olives had been.
Then she remembered that Roy, Car
rie's little boy, was to sit there. Per-
haps she had better not leave the
almonds so near his plate.
At last there were not further
touches to be given, every dish and
piece of silver was placed to the best
advantage.
"Now, Della, be sure and not put
the whipped cream on the soup until
Just the moment before you bring it
i'm
eyes, miss"
"And, don't forget, when you serve
the turkey to put them on the plat
ter so the feet will be toward Mr..
Curtis-then he won't have to turn
them around to carve. And, you know
the gravy dish is to be placed here
and the dressing over here"
A Good Dinner-If!
There was an awkward moment in
seating them all. Warren, who had
been previously posted as to where
each one was 20 be. made a mistake
of putting his b-other Frank in Car
1ie's place.
"oh, no, Frsrk," laughed Helen.
you're to sit next to me. Carries
ic sit there-so Roy can be beside
her. And Ed:'h. that's your place
by your father"
At last they were all properly
.. his mother, father, Edith and Frank
on one side; his sister Carrie, her
husband and two children on the
other with Helen of course at the
end
f, The first of the dinner went very
| we'll. 1t was while Helen was anx-
/ iously watching Warren carve the
| turkey, afraid lest he was slicing the
breast too thick for every one to have
| some, that she was suddenly con-
scious of Carrie asking:
| "Don't you think so, Helen ?"
| Helen turned with start and MUIR
INJURED vaguely "Oh, yes" ashamed
to admit that she had not heard.
"But do you think it's good policy
for a store to do that?" asked Law
renee. Carries husband.
"Helen doesn't know what you're
talking about" said Warren with an
unpleasant laugh. as he disjointed
the wing. "she's too busy criticizing
NV carving. Now if you think you
can do it any better-you can come
up here and trv."
ooh Warren" said Helen flushing
at this needlessly rude speech be-
| fore his people.
Helen is Hurt.
! "Then if I'm to carve-Ill do it my
way And I don't need any mental
suggestions, either"
Helen flsuhed deeper, dropped her
eyes to her plate, and did not again
look toward him while he was carv-
ing. In her heart she felt more bit
ter at this discourteous remark be-
fore his family than at almost any
thing he could have said to hen
alone.
"Want the pulley bone. Want the
pulley bone!" demanded Roy.
81 can't get at it now" said War
rem. who always thought Carrie:
children badlv SPOILED. you'll have
to wait while
Row set up howl of protest.
Flush, dear, hush! Uncle Warner
will give it to you as soon as he can
He isn't through CARVING yet"
Here Rov seeing dish of bonbon
pointed at ttem with shrill
"Candy, Candyw
; No no, you must have YOUR din
ner first, and candy afterward,
said his mother.
!. "Candy!" demanded Roy.
We'll, ] suppose one piece won
hurt him. and Carrie reached owe
for the dish. "Now which one do yo
| want? ?"
5 "That one"
He pulled the cherry off the tor
t then broke open the pink coate
5 bonbon and let the syrup inside dro
!, on Helen's best tablecloth. When h
5 had eaten this he PROMPTLY helpe
himself to another. as Carrie ha
thoughtlesslv left the dish within nj
reach. And she was busy talkin
and did not notice and he took an
other and still another.
Helen was watching him nervously
She had bought only a pound and a
this rate there would not be enoug
left to go around. And now as Ro
reached over to take still anothe
she asked:
Carrie, aren't you afraid Roy wi
I be sick, eating candy before his dir
ner? ?"
ooh, are you eating that candy
Now you mustn't have any more,
:. pushing the dish back a little. nc
enough, Helen thought, - be out {
i his reach "You must eat your din
. ner and then you can have tn
candy"
That's very pretty centerpiece,
said Mrs. Curtis to distract the al
tention from Roy, who began I
wiiimper you had so many give
you when you were married-bt
that isn't one of them, is it?