The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-02-03
SAY II WITH FLOUR
owENDoLyn Q. ROBINSON

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The little town OF AIapIewood had al
most given up watching for Betty 70
40 something queer" and unexpected.
Not that Betty was ever given to act
Ing queer" There were the spofford
girls who. coming home from college,
inaulged In barefoot dances on the
dewy grass. As an eyewitness put II,
both them gals was out In the wet
grass a-chasin' each other round, and
neither Of them had much Of anything
on but some muskeeter nettin'; and
that was hangn' all In tatters. All OF
sudden Nance ut on broken bottle,
and the way she screechedl You'd
thought Il was the Ore department
comm down Main street I"
Then there was Julia Arbuck. The
Arbuck residence was one OF those
solid substantial homes. furnished &C.
cording TO the best ideas In the mail
order catalogues.
Betty Ross kept busy and happy on
: tsff ffsssssis1's ranch. getting RH insight
into his business. Farmer Ross was n
grower OF wheat. and had 160 acres
under cultivation.
Betty drove out TO the mill with q
load OF wheat with her father one
brisk autumn day.
Il want 20 see the boss" she said,
after the wheat had been nnloaded
and weighed. A tall. dusty-looking
young man came forward shyly.
- .s.Fsi.;; ~. this ean,. be :ny old scleal-
mate jim" cried Betty.
Jim was very shy where women
were concerned. He fumbled awk.
wardly with her hand.
Il wanted to ask you some questions
about the -four we've been getting
Wasn't that last lot different from the
restT'
'Yes'm. Il was. Thnfs my new
brand. slfied I'VE times moro than any
other brand. Do you like itf' querled
Jim. anxiously.
Il do noticed right away It was
different Jim frightened up az
once. and lost half his shyness. DEITY
perceived it, ut mikes so much
better bread and cake that want to
be sure to get Il right along" said
Betty.
do you-make breadi' asked Jim,
tnking In the dainty figure before him.
ave made on an average OF n
dozen ioayes n week for the pnst year.
I've kept the Burns fnmily supplied
with bread since their mother died
and twelye-yenr-old Anna tries to do
their cooking. Come over some
night"
"Oh. I COULDN'T began Jim. In an
agony OF embarrassment.
I'D show you loaf Of bread made
with the old -four, and one with the
new" said Betty, taking no notice Of
HIS refusal. "You ought to advertise
TINT new brand OF heur."
III i only could said Jim. Father
never did any advertising, and that's
why we never get ahead"
"A good. mappy nd and some testi-
monials from users. ought TO be In
every sack Of -four you send out.
That way II doesn't cost anything TO
bring II before Just the right people"
aI,l come m tomorrow night. II
you'll let me. and talk II over" said
Jim. And so II was arranged.
The following day was busy one
for Betty. She got up quite early.
Parker house rolls, 10 be right, must
be nodded and raised twice, then the
crust ought to be on the ice several
hours before II Is used II you want TO
make q peach pie with really crisp
crust. A chocolate layer cake, and
surprise cookies, with flg filling. also
take time when one follows the
recipes exactly. Betty looked at the
array on the pantry shelves. SAY
It with four said Betty to herself.
Jim arrived promptly at six, very
red about the collar. and almost
speechless with embarrassment. Betty
paid no attention to this, but led him
right out Into the kitchen 10 show him
the relative merits OF the two loaves
Of bread. They looked exactly alike,
but Betty claimed that she used
whole cup Of flour with the new brand
lonf. Jim forgot to be shy, talking OF
his precious new flour.
Then Betty served supper tthey
stiii call II supper On Mnplewood). and
Betty's cooking spoke for her elo-
quently. Jim got In the habit OF drop
ping In quite regularly, much to the
chngrin OF the other nineteen young
ladies' in town (for they considered
Jim the hardest Of the eligible Ave to
land, and they didn't know Betty's
system).
Betty had the local photographer
snap her as she was lifting two NAM
moth loaves Of bread from the oven.
Jim had cut OF 1t made up into an
ad, and Il took with the trade.
Whether II was the. testimonials from
the eight Burnses. all works of art,
and signed by various mons de plume
(Pa Burns had an active imagination),
or whether It was the real home at
mosphere of the picture In which Bet
ty smiled over the mammoth loaves,
there was such demand for Jlm's
new -four that an addition to the flour
mills had to be built and new ma
chinery Installed.
One momentous evening Jim told
Betty he had saved out two barrels Of
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