Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-08-15 | Page 5 | Henry McLemore

I fenry enry Mclemore 1 YORK One ne of the adges adges adges ad- ad enjoyed by a man who f his is living from a type- type is is that t at deal j work O n ne e at ati liTs I s atI afan af- af I 1 an antun a tun i It t y idy the w fia worth wo- wo a aTe ae ae Te e ben ben be- be fh rth n theof the theof of 9 in fin Jn in the x onre on re Isn't re l ing g g on quite like it We say and recommend recommendS tSy ay S husband looking for a ape yPe pe of vacation this sum- sum it right at home latch batch the internal work- work his own nest or castle ont have a dull moment moments this s two weeks and fure furore furore fur fur- e ore ore hell he'll he darn glad to tock tok ck k to the peace and quiet office Wot of the high moments in me Ime me each day is the theman man from the grocery t ke the order He al- al He tomes comes promptly at 11 ii e coming promptly at I months on end but his Jach each ach day is the occasion surprise Every t is as if a man from had come swooping down He represents a a. fairly large store but he runs through his inventory from Bon Ami to Often he makes suggestions suggestions sug sug- having learned the family's tastes For some reason the Lady in Charge feels that she must make an explanation for everything everything everything every every- thing ordered The lamb chops are for Mr McLemore 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 so fattening fattening fattening fatten fatten- ing and he has put on so much weight the last two or three months that I just wont won't let him ha have ve pork chops Pick me out some nice corn Now if it i. i isn't nt 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 Shell She'll be here tonight tonight tonight to to- night to stay a week or so Were We're quite sure the grocer doesn't care but through his morning calls he could write a book on us He knows how much money we have in the bank how many bonds weve we've bought the scholastic records of our nieces and nephews how much it cost to get the dining room furniture done over and where we plan to live in our old age if ir we ever reach it Recently the household went through cook trouble The old stand-by stand having answered the call of or patriotism and 32 32 a I week had gone Into defense work We had five cooks in four days including Dora who had only two w weaknesses weaknesses she she she wrote clown d wn everything she was told to do and then didn't do it She was never without 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 She labeled everything in the ice box A head of lettuce would ha have ve a tag dangling from it sayIng saying saying say say- ing Head of lettuce Nine eggs in a dish would be labeled Nine Eggs When one was used she would switch the la label label label la- la bel to read Eight Eggs Dora was followed by Lou LouAnn LouAnn LouAnn Ann who said she was a member member member mem mem- ber of the southern aristocracy and was mortally afraid of having having having hav hav- ing her family find out that she was a domestic As a result she was constantly hiding for fear someone would recognize her Of course theres there's another side of the te household picture according according accord accord- ing 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 morning morning morn morn- ing and dont don't come back until evening and are not forever sticking their noses into household household household house house- hold affairs which are none of ot their business Distributed by Syndicate Syndicate Syndicate Syn Syn- Inc