| Show S I II II THE SANDMAN STORIES I I WHAT THE GOSSIP DID I I If the 1 Sunflower n ha had not tS grown so talland tall and peeped over the garden wall the But B and Dandelions and Cowslips would have lived contentedly on their side of the wall all their da days s But he did and though the Hollyhocks tried to keep him from looking into the flower garden they feeling that they were I sentinels and guardians of ot the garden flowers Mr Sunflower did look and he told what he saw to his cousins Someone comes with water eve every da day I he gossiped and gives them a a think of that Yes and and we have to wait walt until ItI it I rains said the Cowslip I L think It unI un un- un- un fair dont don't you Buttercup I Meek l little Buttercup shook her head and said she did not 1 know ow I J always I have aplenty she said I r have the dew to drink I Dew Indeed What has that to do with It snapped the Dandelions Those I garden flowers have the dew also but someone comes to them with plenty of water to keep them fresh and clean It isn't fair fall What else do you ou see eee over the garden garlen wall Cousin Sunflower I see a man with a spade digging up the weeds and making the ground clear around each flower so it can grow gossiped gossiped gos gos- gosI I Mr 11 Sunflower I The idea said the Othe Cowslip if the I weeds were kept away from us who knows how beautiful we might ht become but what chance have we with all these I horrid rank weeds growing around us True quiet true cousin said thet the i Dandelion the weeds are the cause of ot t I all our troubles I am sure I And of ot whom are you ou speaking I should like to know asked the weeds I suddenly growing very angry Why you and your cousins are only weeds yourselves ourselves and if it you OU think we are maki making making mak mak- i ing it hard for you OU to grow wo we will show you what we really can do l Then rhen all the weeds began to talk it over and each vowed it would grow as asI fast and as tall as it could So up t I the ground they grew and the next morning only weeds were to be seen on that side of the garden wall Of Ot course the Sunflower Was too tall to tobo tobo I bo be covered b by the weeds but they grew close around his roots and even climbed I I up and pulled him toward the ground so I j that one day he was no longer able to tor r over the garden wall and tell tales i One gossiping flower made all the trouble spoiled all the pretty yellow field flowers and even brought its Us own tall tail head low when the they all might have llave been en happy growing where they belonged If the Sunflower had not gossiped Copyright 1921 b by McClure l Newspaper Syndicate New York City I ALUE LUE IN IN FOOD VEGETABLES There is much food value in the root vegetables They are always cheap as compared with other sorts of vegetables vegetables bles les and usually are the ones that are are most easU easily grown in the home vegetable ble ble garden 1 For or some reason or other many city dwellers with a wide Ide assortment assortment assort assort- ment of oth other r vegetables In the markets markets markets mar mar- mar mar- to select from overlook these root vegetables They prefer asparagus inand Inand in inand and out of season green peas whenever they may be had green beans they are very young egg plant green peppers peppers pep pep- pers and other vegetables that grow the ground rather scorning sal sal- str turnips p parsnips beets and ana c tar tar- tt- tt t. t rots save when they are of ot season or very small It may be that a taste has to be cultivated for tor some of these turnips and parsnips for instance They have a stronger flavor lavor assuredly out they are for tor most persons quIte qute as wholesome as the other more expensive vegetables grown rown above ground Often Orten much depends on the wa way say these root vegetables are cooked If It they arc cooked for a long Ions time in water that thatis is below the boiling point they become soggy and tasteless Perhaps they areat are areat areat at their best when they are steamed The They should be cooked thoroughly but no tso long that the flavor is lost They should be cooked immediately before they are wanted and they are greatly improved by careful seasoning with I butter Every recipe book gives suggestions sug as to variety In preparing the root vegetables for tor the table and when you OU consider how little they cost as compared to asparagus or green peas for tor instance you you ought ought to be willing to tc spend a little time in making them then leady for the table English housewives sometimes malcia makEI make malci a souffle of or one of ot the root vegetables turnips or carrots for instance Thi l they do by y cooking the vegetable til soft putting it through a sieve e addin addina a little white sauce and the beater I yolks and whites of eggs This ii il turned into a a. buttered baking pan cooked quickly for ten minutes am ani served piping hot sometimes as th I piece de r resistance of ot the entire meal Copyright 1921 by the News Newspaper L paper Syndicate |
