The Washington herald., 1920-07-04

She hadn't Q cent OF capital. And she
had three small children. She slso had
plenty Of courage and considerable faith.
First she picked out the most healthful
spot she could find for a home for her chill
dren-plenty Of outdoors to play in, plenty
OF sea breeses, plenty of pure, fresh food,
easily procurable, aud all this sufficiently
close to the city for her husband to commute
to school in his divver. She found q hotel
for rent in addition to all the aforemen-
TONED commodities. To be sure, the food
supplies were not visible and the hotel was
quite dead. But there was an enormous
property with artesian wells, q windmill, .
water tank and prefusion Of roses, jasmine
and ferns. Where roses can grow Annie
l.. can grew anything; there Is something
really weird about the old saw, She can
plant . broom handle and it will bear fow-
ers and fruit" when applied to her. She
USED 70 grow head lettuce all year around
in her window box.
Ihe hotel didn't look any too attractive
Just at hrst--exeept for the flowers and the
marvellous expanse of beach in front of it
equal to Ostend," say those who before the
war blocked their road sped OF to Europe
every summer. She furnished II bit by bit,
the dining room nrst.
Then she announced chicken dinners at
81 the plate. From the first she has been
paying family Of colored boys to raise
chickens for her with the aid Of an Install
ment -pa1d-for incubator, and in the first
year their three BY six pen grew almost to
the dimensions of a small Petrluma farm.
Fish and shellnsh are abundant and free
for the catching Salads and vegetables
come from the hotel garden.
1t was past the middle Of July the. first
year before business was rushing, but from
that time Orwell, it now keeps one person
busy during the entire afternoon answering
phone calls from neighboring cities asking
for dinner reservations. The dining room,
built from blue prints Mrs. Langley herself
made, is a large open air structure, well
screened and divided.
From the ceiling In each dining room
hanging plants and ferns are suspended.
Mrs Langley has made her dining rooms
quite the most popular thing for meterists
who drive out from the city. taxa good
swim, eat good evening meal In q cool,
pleasant place and just before driving back
again have moonlight dip In the salt water
of Galveston bay. II they wish to spend
the week k-end, they find Accommodations in
the long, sayly striped tents close to the
hotel proper.
The life Of a hotel keeper doesn't appeal
to me particularly. and Of course my chill
dren need ell my time and personal atten-
ton. Yet DO feel that it Il right for me
TO be makins hay while the sun shines, and
in q few years we shall adjus- things as
they should be. In the meantime We are
paying for that home and good many per-
sons are eating better meals than they ever
had before in their lives" This sums up
Mrs. Lansley't philosophy.
Feeding people was always Mrs. Lang.
,ey's speciality. II AL began with one
cake--like Franklin's kite, q plaything with
4 big future. She waa seSsA whsa her col.
ored nanny permitted her to experiment.
The result is what Is still her chef d'oeuyre.
Just make one Of these and you'll zee Why
dinner reservations made long In advance
include the clause. with the special cake. !"