Evening star., 1924-08-31

r band is a pretty good man. AT
least ! certainly haven't give him
much chance 10 be anything else
since we been married. But Just
SUPPOSE George, that's my hus-
the same there are times when feel
the only Golden Gate he will ever enter
is the one out in San Francisco on
account he commits u certain unfor-
gvable sin, He will not learn TO
answer when spoke to while reading
the evening paper
For sample. the other evening |
asked him a civil, not to say perfectly
legal question. says say George.
why do they call il Labor day eh-
what is the meaning of Labor day?
Well as per usual. George give me,
not the information ! had asked for
but something just as good.
Say listen. he says. here's inter-
csting article Remember how last
week you was asking me about why
We didn't hear no more Irish queS-
| tions? Well here is a piece in the
paper about where il seems the an
cient Irish people used to talk an old
antique language called Garlic. and
now they never even breathe word
| of it.
Well | says what has that to do
with Labor day? And he says oh that
reminds me did you ask Joe Bush OF
| the Hawthorne Club and his wife and
kid out for Labor day?
| And ] says yes, ! didn't do it until
Yesterday on account ! hoped by then
they might have another engagement,
but no such luck, they are coming. And
George says fine, Wen all stay right
here and have "A good rest!
Well ! decided that so long as the
Joe Bushes was determinedly coming
out | might as well ask old Gen.
Buster. too, and get them all enter
| tained off at what the papers calls one
fun scoop.
In fact, the minute l got this idea
| commenced making up picture OF
how good a real old fashioned holiday
dinner would go. and what treat 1t
would be to them poor restaurant fed
folks to cat down on this farm where
I and George had been spending the
Summer and pretty nearly everything
else had.
/ made up the sweetest picture of
me getting the dinner in crisp gins-
ham apron which | could easy crisp up
for the occasion with white rufdes ana
Joe Bush would think ] dressed that
way in my kitchen all the time, see.
, and make remarks to her over it to
the effect for heaven sake Mabel why
do YOU wear that old dressing-Sack
lokkit Mrs. George Jules, she's no
slouch-and Mrs. Bush would be sore
but unable to convince him to the con-
trary.
7 don't know why. but crazy mo-
ments like this comes over almost
every woman at times, and she gets
a craving to cook for her friends.
Whether or not they remain friends
after it's done, why that is another
subject.
But like washing her hair, once
the idea to cook a big dinner strikes
her. nothing in the world can stop
her. not even sudden debt. She may
of tried out these friendly gatherings
before, and swore off of them for
life. But the old craving will come
back strong, and she will get all set
for big jag OF domesticity.
WELL, Labor day come on sched-
w ule time and I was all full of
enthusiasm even yet.
OF course. 7 had to get up real
early that morning on account |
wanted the house to be perfect and
what with the enormous dinner L had
planned, why I had a heavy day
ahead, beginning with washing out
few napkins, sewing the crisp ruff
f1es into the spotless working gown
and hanging it on a handy nail In
the kitchen closet where ] could rush
in and slip it on when I heard them
coming and get spotlessly to work
in my kitchen, see, by the time they
drove up.
Then 1 had to sweep the porch,
brush up and dust the. house, clip
Juniors hair and get QUO his clothes,
and go out into the garden and fill
the house with fresh flowers. | al
ways think fresh flowers add so to
room. But wait until you sub
tract 'em! Have you ever thought
how they are flowers when you bring
'em in, but garbage when you cart
them out?
Well anyways, by the time 1 had
the vases fed up for the day, I was
commencing to feel slightly fed up