The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-12-16
Introducing
Mr.. Crandage
BY JANE OSBORN

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I'VE might ns well ask Miss Wynn,
commented the elder Of the Emmett
sisters. 1t isn't rs II II was regu-
lar party, ana she'll understand. of
course, that our asking her 10 an af-
ir Of this sort doesn't put her or us
under any sort of future social oblixa-
ton
We'll. all right" quotb the other
Emmett. And she'll probably be SO
battered to be asked that she'll buy
lot Of the pans and kettles. Imagine
she has quite little money"
SO that is why Miss Emmett No. l
telephoned to injury Wynn TINT night,
something unprecedented In the Six
months that Mary Wynn had come to
live IN Farnhum.
Il thought perhaps you'd be inter
ested in coming around to our house
Wednesday," said she. taking pains
not To let her voice carry too much
cOrdiaIity. There Is a young man
who Ia agent for the Gold Star kitch-
en- Wear who is coming for demon
stration. lie asked me To get together
some of the ladies In the ueighborhood.
And he says" emphasized Miss Emmett.
that II 1t will be any inducement
there will be refreshments and that
you're not to bring your purse. He
doesn't want to sell anything now. lie
came to me naturally as president OF
the Farnham Woman's club and. wish
ing to help any young man working
his way through college, ! told him he
could have his demonstration ut our
| house"
| Miss Emmett did not add that she
had consented most willingly as the
young man in question had agreed TO
give Miss Emmett 3 per cent of any
sales TINT resulted from her demon
stration party. and that he was. more
over, going TO prepare and provide ma
terials for the refreshments served.
Miss Wynn tried to hide her excite
ment and happiness from Miss En-
NETT on the telephone. She had come
to Farnhnm six months ago to live III
Il house that had been wllled to her
by nm uncle who had lately died. But
SO far Farnhnm had not received her
very warmly. They eyed her with sus
picion. Old Mr.. Wynn WAS something
OF an eccentric. There were tales OF
Mary Wynn's high-flown notions she
had lived abroad, she could talk Frencf
az well as she could English and sht
came to Fnrnham with rather shabby
clothes. Therefore Farnham eyed he'
with suspicion.
Now It seemed to Mary Wynn as L
the Ice was broken, as If ut last Farm
ham were opening Its arms.
II was an odd enough party at thu
Emmetts' that Wednesday afternoon
Twenty chairs or more had been car
ried into the kitchen to accommodate
the guests and late corners sat u
open doorways to the dining room o
perched upon the drain board Of tn
kitchen sink. Mary Wynn. who hat
arrived early In crisp summer frock
sat close to the stove. where nothin'
that the young man from Hilton col
lege said or did could escape her. T.
the others seated farther back he ma,
have seemed self-possessed and per
fectly at ease, but to Mary Wynn
was obvious that at times he felt tn
awkwartlness Of his position-he
novice In the art Of cooking. n green
horn In the kitchen. Telling these sea
soned housewives how to make bette
omelets than they had ever made bt
fore. assuring them that coffee MS the
had made Il before could never equG
coffee as he was making II IN one 9
the new Gold Star coffee pots, an
Mary Wynn thought once or twice a
he stirred TIE eggs for the omelet q
measured the coffee to put In the co
fee pot that the boyish hands tren
bled with confusion.
Apparently he was not entirely fl
miliar with his sales talk for he col
suited from time to time the note
that he had before him neatly wri
ten on pages from university not
book. Once or twice when there wa
an awkward pause In his snles Talk h
eyes inadvertently met those Of Mar
Wynn and then boyish smile cam
into his eyes and Mary Wynn flashe
back a look Of encouragement tht
cleared the air.
Mary was thinking that It would |
a very great thing for any woman
have a son so bent on getting his ed
cation that he was willing to spen
his summers us an agent demonstra
ing In women's kitchens. For MAJ
Wynn, though not more than twent
FIVE. usually thought Of herself no vel
much older. Her own youth SCENE
very far away.
Then an end came To the demonstr
ton and the amber-clear coffee W,
poured In Miss Emmetts second be
tea cups and the feather-light omel
was cut in sample pieces and passt
around. Assurance came into the IN
Of the demonstrators when he saw M
heard the praise Of the women. "Now