Show I Ir r Y Yum Urn Y Yum urn Those M Maids ds of Honour Do Igo Taste Good When They Come Fresh and Crisp Fr From Bakers Baker's Oven i S I I v t te tt e t v vAY 4 t AY M y yv v 4 n J I By Zoe Beckley N N. N E. E A A. Staff Correspondent LONDON Dec Dc 23 25 King Ex King Ex ManI Manuel Manuel Man Man- uel of Portugal will have ha scores of I Maids of Honour at his Christmas dinner party part today This I has not been confirmed but who cares about official confirmation confirma confirma- tion lion n Have ne e we not received the hint from the headquarters headquarters headquarters- the ancient bal bakeshop bakeshop bake bake- c- c shop at the Thames where the Maids of Honour are made And to bear it out does not King Manuel live ju just t across the the- river at Twickenham made famous Twickenham Ferry FerI Ferry Fer Fer- by the he old song ry th that f jour joui jour grandmother lher used to I sing Yes yes And again gain yes eRT eR I T 1 dont don't expect you Oll to believe that when Portugal suddenly and declared Itself a It republic and In InI Invited In- In n King Manuel to buy a way one-way tIC J t V M rU tha e cx e I foyal X young environs of t. t m n J fur for r a home solely oti on ac- ac ac account account Honour count of ot the Maids of or in ini V i c L the old bakeshop on Hill street trEet People People People Peo Peo- say all sorts of things And be besides besides be- be sides the former monarch DID have ha havea haea a sleek and well fed look as though hel hel he enjoyed the delicacies of the board Moreover l there are persons who swear the they themselves live at Richmond so o that they may have Maids l of Honour fresh warm and baking crisp at every cry afternoons afternoon's from the ovens which far nearly two centuries have turned them out daily dally by hundreds 1 may as well mention at this point what a a Maid of Honour really is is She Is a cheesecake No common cheesecake cheesecake cheese cheese- cal cake e mind but a glorified cheesecake I a seraphic tartlet an ambrosial mouthful mouthful mouth mouth- ful of golden pastry filled with some som something something t thing mysteriously n sweet and creamy With vilh a brown crispness on top At the first bite ou cast your eyes to to heaven in startled delight At the second you ou kneel that tha t a 11 rood food of such divinity should be bo fittingly r received q J At Athe t. t the h end of th the t ta tart t you gU nl olt jp street tre t a and ct scream scream jn tn wild emotion d Then you ou run back back arid arid buy tarts larts I 1 5 J di A ij v They are fit indeed for a king Kins still fitter for an ex It Is is quite be believable believable be- be I that a large or order has been placed for Manuels Manuel's Christmas festival festival festi festi- I val it would be unbelievable for him not to order them But whence comes these honorable I ladles 1 From rom remote antiquity r The story as told by the present proprietor pro pro- prop of ot the old Original is that King Ile Henry ry VIII at Reading noticed noticed noticed no no- Anne Bole Boleyn n one day lay seated on ona ona ona a dais with a a. silver dish of cheese cheesecakes cheesecakes cheesecakes cakes before her and her honorable associates The tartlets were disappearing disappearing with miraculous rapidity and the king asked what they were No Noone Noone Noone one knew Then let them be called Maids of Honour said the king So Maids of ot Honour they were and Maids of Honour th they remain to this most modern day All the kings and ro royalties who have over oven lived at Richmond and at at New Kew including George III Ili III have ha be been supplied supplied sup sup- plied regularly with these famous ts the orf original lii l r recipe ipG of which w was was s kept by Anne Boleyn in an Iron box bOJ JAal ly gu guarded 1 1 |