Evening star., 1942-08-14

Henry McLemere. seriously, and
recommend that any husband look
ing for a new type of vacation this
summer spend it right at home and
watch the internal workings of his
own nest or castle He won't haVe
dull moment during his two weeks,
and furthermore. he'll be darn glad
to get back TO the peace and quiet
of his Office.
One of the high moments in our
home each day is The arrival OF the,
man from the grocery store to take
the order. He always comes prompt-
lv at II. He has been coming
promptly at IL for months on end,
but his arrival each day is the oe~
casion for tremendous surprises,
Every day 1t is as If man from
Mars had come svooping down.
Hes here" cries the cook from
the kitchen when the bell rings.
The dog takes up the cry. -
Who's here7" Asks the lady In
charge.
"'Tne grocer. He wants to know
what re want" -
| what do we vant?~
:. L. :. w
They all go into conference. 4
what have you'" the grocer Is
asked. 90
He represents a fairly large store,
but he runs through his inventory
from Bon Ami to Zuehinni. Often
he makes suggestions. having
learned the family's tastes, 3"
| For some reason the lady In
charge feels that she must make
an explanation for everything or.
dered.
THE lamb chops are for Mr. Me-
Lemore," she explains. He doesn't
like them very much, but he Is on
a diet and they are thinning. He
likes pork much better, but they
are 80 fattening, and he has put
on so much weight the last two
or three months that I just won't
let him have pork chops" :
"Pick me out some nice corn.
Now, If 1t isn't nice you'll have to
take it back. Mrs. Moore from
Washington is coming to stay with
us a few days, and the corn Is for
her. She Is crazy about It, Once
I saw her eat eight ears. She'll be
here tonight to stay week or So"
We're quite sure the grocer doesn't
care, but through his morning calls
he could write q book on us. He
knows how much money we have
in the bank, how many bonds
we've bought, the scholastic records
of our nieces and nephews, how
much 1t cost to get the dining room
furniture done over, and where we
plan to live In our old age If we
ever reach 1t.
| Recently, the household went
through cook trouble. The old
standby having answered the cali
Of patriotism (and $32 a week. had
gone into defense work. :
We had five cooks in four days,
including Dora, who had only two
weaknesses-she wrote down every
thing she was told to do, and then
didn't do it. She was never with
out a pencil and pad. The lady in
charge would say to her, will you
clean the dining room, now?" Dora
would stop in her tracks, take out
her pencil and pad and carefully
write down: Mrs. McLemore says
to clean the dining room now" =
We asked her to sharpen q pencil
for us. Out came the pencil and
pad: Mr.. McLeinore wants us 10
sharpen a pencil for him" ,
She labeled everything In the ice
box. A head of lettuce would have
tag dangling from it saying, Head
OF lettuce" Nine eggs in dish
would be labeled, Nine eggs" When
one was used she would switch the
label to read, Eight eggs" E
Dora was followed by Lou Ann,
who said she was member Of the
Southern aristtcracy and was
mortally afraid of having her fam
lily find out that she was domestic.
AS a result, she was constantly hid
ing for fear some one would recog-
nize her. She refused to answer
the door and shied from doing any
marketing.
MY grandfather house in North
Carolina is a show place" she was
always saying. open to the pub
lie on Tuesdays ana Thursdays.
They'd kill me II they knew I had
let the family down"
OF course. there's another side OF
the household picture, according to
the lady in charge. She says that
the husbands of most of the women
she knows get out OF the house In
the morning and don't come back
until evening, and are not forever
sticking their noses into household
affairs which are none of their
business
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