The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-17
Chapter q
Afraid To Go Home
NINA had urged her mother not
N hurry home

NINA had urged her mother not
to hurry home.
Richard would still be away,
she pointed out, and she herself
was plunging right into house
keeping. =.
She suggested that Honey carry
out her original plans with Horse
face, and then, when she returned,
the apartment would be settled
and they could have more time
together.
The truth of it was, Nina did not
want to see her mother just yet.
She wasn't ready.
She wanted to convince herself
that she could be perfectly happy
with David, before being reminded
that she had married him out of
loyalty to Honey.
Grudgingly, her mother con-
scented.
Button arrived one afternoon
in a frenzy of excitement.
To show his appreciation at
being reunited with the family, he
did his darnedest to wreck the
place; knocking things over with
his incredibly strong tail, leaving
wet nose marks on the day-bed
cushions, and generally doing his
poor best to express his Joy.
He even glanced longingly at
the synthetic dogwood, blooming
so temptingly beyond his reach.
Now, if those were only lower" "
he told Nina and David with his
eyes, I'D know how to leave my
mark on them, too" But they
weren't, and he could only look.
Hes going to be a great COM
panion for you, Nina" said David.
And Nina answered: 'sYe-e-es"
-. touch doubtfully.
But she really did love the en-
gaging young fellow.
After a honeymoon that was
strung out TO 10 days by virtue of
two weekends, David went back to
his salesroom in the Broadway au-
tomobile district, and Nina took
up the study of cooking and bed
4ndklHB III Dig way.
She knew how she liked bed
to feel, and food to taste, but she
had no idea how to produce re-
suits.
Burnt fingers, an aching track,
and frequent trips to the incinera-
tor with inedible dishes, seemed to
be the only reward of her labors.
And at that, she probably didn't
make as many stupid mistakes as
most inexperienced brides, because
she put her very good mind to it
:. and didn't bother with trying
to do deliberately amusing things,
that would make good telling but
bad eating afterWard. Her fault
lay in that she was too ambitious.
She spent long hours cleaning
the nickel gadgets on the stove
with silver polish, because she was
so strong for an immaculate kitch-
en-, and found that she had barely
time TO mop the floor, before Da-
vid came home.
She gave difficult and unneces-
sary personal-maid attention to
the appointments in the bedroom,
and then had to rush the essen
tials, like bed-making, and carpet
sweeping. The dishes she threw
away were souffles and biscuits
not hamburger and potatoes. But
she soon learned that there is in
variably a bakery around the cor
ner, from every love-neSt; and that
q smooth coverlet and a whiSk OF
the Vacuum cover a multitude of
sins,
The Fried Esq Situation
uER prondest moment was on
IA their third Sunday morning.
when she had forgotten the butter
Cor Che fried eggs that David had
asked for :. had no lard or grease
of any kind, and finally surInount-
ed the seemingly insurmountable
difficulty by using cold cream.
David said they were excellent,
and only turned mean and elutehed
his stomach afterwards when
they were eaten, and she con-
feSSed.
That she never set her nose out
of doors during the day except to
market and take Button for walks
:. did not disturb her. She would
work out q system presently, and
then there would be time for other
things.
That there was no money for
other things, she did not realize
until the system was worked out
-. and that was not for a very.
very long time.
How in the world did house
wives with big houses and families
manager When she was rushing
from early morn 10 dewy eve. with
only one tolerant man. aud three
rooms on her handS1 On, yes. and
the foyer =. she mustn't forget
that important chamber. This
problem Of management was a