| Show HE foura COOL PLACE IMlig ent search revealed the ideal place for ripening off green bananas the man of the house brought home the other evening five dozen bananas which he had en going cl ea as he pa by the hucksters or he st beet they v ere a bit green to bo sare but huelster huc lster told him it he would put them in a cool dark p ace they would ripen in time and taste exactly as i they had that moment come from ja baica maica relates the baltimore news when the man reached home 1 looked for th cool lark place at first he he woula put the fruit on top of the bookcase in a dark corner of the library and then ho felt sure that his wife s eagle eye would detect a b t of the gren protruding over the edge and would have it out of there instanter A bandbox on the table attracted his attention it contained his wife s best hat just home from the milliner s and without further ado he took the he feathered concoction from its nest and placed it on a marble figure st andina near and dumped yie bananas into tae box then it bocc red to him that hio better half was see alve about nothing so much as her held wear and 0 o he took out the fruit replaced the hat and went into the kitchen to ask the advice of bridget bridget wag not on hand she bad stepped out a moment to the back gate to talk to the vegetable man who as fascinating even though married but the man s eye caught the gas and he felt that at last he had found the proper place for the ripening process there vas fire la the range therefore the gas etoi e mut be out of commis sion and sa he opened the oven door u popped in the bananas and went back into the library for a moke it was two hours later and his wite was still trying en her new hat and making her hu band stop reading every he minutes to tell her whether he con it more becoming than her green one and it he dian didn t it a little lust a little too wide on the left side when in the midst of this cj pation the lady stopped short sud denly and sniffed suspiciously it I 1 t qu te ure that we never had a cooked banana in this house I 1 should that bridget was baking some at this moment said she her husband looked up with more an nation than he had dl played in the matter of the hat you don t use the gas stove now do youa he asked interestedly certainly we do for some things he replied are you sure you don t think the plumes bould look better bright farther to ward the fronta but she was speaking to empty air for her better halt h u vanished kitch enward when he came back his ex was downcast bridget is baking some bananas for ou for a little surprise aid he sh ays they are very good with sugar and cinnamon and that is all of the story except that that family had bananas for break fast luncheon and dinner tor a weel thereafter unil bridget got tired of the whole matter and gap the remnants to a poor famil n the alley |
