| Show Kathleen Norris Says Dont Don't Say I Newel Newel- Ben Syndicate Syndicate- Features dI J w o i Lt i 1 qc I 1 oe 1 dislike giving ale man of the house one kind of ofa a meal mealand and the el f fen F en my mod er and myself another KATHLEEN NORRIS NE great trouble with j all of us IS that we dont don't know our own minds a may go along for years the firm conviction that we something heartily e 1 emay may cut a great deal of docent pleasure and beauty t of our lives by tills this Imag- Imag imaged ed d dislIke only to find m in the Sd jd that It was that very mg that we needed most d would have enJoyed most all I Henry James wrote a won I Irful short story many years o 0 about the man who was that some e was going to darken his We life felt It so strongly that when he heh heIn II h In love with a fine woman he d her of It at he said that a man mansure Jd sure ure of approach ng calamity had rIght to ask a wile wife to share h s career So she took her ken heart one way and he took another and they did not meet meeta J a long long t me She was hap hapy hapy y married then and the mother of alldren dren but he was still alone Tying his obsessive fear still with p 3 n was when they were talking ether of the r long ago love that suddenly came to hun him that It was wasP P 0 losing of her her ber beauty WIS lIl devot on compan that t s the m 1 lonely man v ho lived In a little stud o 0 an 10 Cal Porn forn a was wase wase e he hated dogs He could not er enough at dog lovers and at b I 1 ty a misch d s 5 erly dog could be to his master Christmas some friends as a sent him ham a small police dog py In a crate intending to fol up the gift glit w th a telegram In an a f or two to say that the dog d be called for and anden anden en back to h s real oh 0 ner But owner had to buy another dog had scrambled wIth his b g sy puppy paws r into the hater haters s heart and there he has enthroned above all other of af tons Ions ever since dren CI ildren Can Be GUided d so It IS wit i the ch ld Id who ho an a erslon to bananas carrots creepy feel of cereals the thed thed d who fusses over one type of aid doesn t object to anti er children we may use author ty tying log ing the sp spoon back and into the rebel rebell ous little mouth ee ng no blue hat no circus grown ups have delus ons lust Just my illy and some of them are dray mad at thiS moment en your husband a Williams of Troy pathetical won t eat vegetables or salads n t like lice many sweets and hates s minces roasts pot heavy s and egg dishes hat shat on earth you to do m in thc these e dIfficult s Charles IS amiability s self there Is steak for dinner with withed withed ed potatoes or chops or liver bacon or roast chicken with iW ty of macaroni and beans and les But try to give him a ak ad ak d k bean soup a cheese souffle g beans cornbread and baked d les and he Sits back from the thee thea a e a sighs and watches the chi and me eat our dinner e a are prospering now our in ine Ine 1 e has bas risen from a month little more than tWice that but so to have bave steak or foA 1 every t for a family of SIX costs too tooh h b Besides that I don t think a at at t and starch dIet Is good for forE E rles Last year he was moving A os hard work exercise that him home physically t red night and sent him off to top toJ top J p no matter what he ate Now It erent erent he stands or Sits mane in one CO OPERATION The word co operatIOn has become an Important part of four o f our socIal vocabulary be because because cause most people learn soon sooner sooner er or later that they can t suc live lite for themselves alone But there are still stilla a few like Martha husband who perhaps don t reake that they are being un unco unco co operatIVe but who inSISt upon having theIr own way In union there IS strength never truer than It at IS to today today day And we cannot afford to let caste extravagance and selfish indIfference destroy the tie strength without we cannot win tun the war Har or build the foundation of ofa a Just and generous peace spot all day long at a lathe gets no exercIse and IS even more set than ever aga anything except brOiled meat coffee and plenty of biscuits or fried potatoes Separate Meals Unsatisfactory I d slate the Idea of ng the theman theman man of the house one k nd of meal mealand mealand and the children my mother and myself another Of course I could put shat hat he lilies before Charles every nIght serving the rest of us plenty of the green food cheese cheesed d salads fru t pastries w th which we Amer can women omen are fill fillIng mg Ing up gaps in our b Us his of fare But ButI I hate to do It at and It makes me mad to see other women In the market buying lamb shoulders beef tongue bra ns p gs feet sausages f sh ng that the I 1 m ted budget suggests sh h Ie he I go on pr c cIng cing Ing roast beef and turkey A b g turkey ought to g ye ve us three meals roast ste v and a th ck soup but Charles only eats It once 4 pot roast when hen we were first marr ed was the bas s of Ive I've meals but not nos no Has any other woman Mar Martha Martha tha s letter ends ever written you of this pred cament and If she d d hat shat did you say Charles no vought v ought to prove h s patriot sm by sett ng a good ex example example ample of war t me adaptability to toh toh h s ch Idren Let h m lunch ro v on a glass of m Ik and a single small cit cli and then come home and settle down to clean h s pIa plate te of frankfurters scalloped In Span sh macarOnI creamed cab cabbage cabbage bage corn bread sl ced oranges and oatmeal cookies Tomorrow let h m lunch the same way and show his appet to te for a dinner of lamb ste v baked sweets mashed yellow turn p and apple p e eHe eHe He may find indeed he will find that the balanced rat ons are full of good flavors that he feels better afterward and that when Dad praises Mother s management and cooking the atmosphere at the d n ner table Is tely pleasanter than It has been All th s nonsense about always hat ng boiled and never having been able to touch anything With celery rn in it ought to be swept away now be before before fore the realities of the struggle in which we all are engaged Careful Preparations Necessary But for one thing Martha have havethe havethe the vegetables well draIned and well seasoned and p pit g hot Have the less expensive cuts of meat care carefully carefully fully cooked a tough stew or a watery mince are enough to set any anyone anyone one against stews and minces for life Put hot bot crisp triangles of but buttered buttered toast around humble dishes garnish the Eggs Florentine WIth chopped bacon make Charles help helpIngs Ings of the hated vegetables very 1 to begin with Sometimes especially with ch children dren a too heaped plate will destroy appet to te and t ny port ons will be eagerly eaten from dolls dishes to th third and fourth helpIng |
