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Show Tale of a Coffee Mill "At any rate, I'vo learned one thing," declared Mrs. Avery to the asBerabled class In Irish crochet. " "Pass It on," sold the girl who wa ' struggling over some tiny crocheted rosos 1 "Never buy more than one pound ol coffee at a tlmo." Ami the hostess ' lolled down the sun ccrcpn with a Hurry and settled her filmy skirts tnto the west ond of the hammock swing "Talking of Irish crochet" begun the glil In pink linen, while a smile scnttered throughout the g-oup ' "Buying In quantities U always cheaper." declared tho girl In the big wicker chair. "Wo use three pounds very month and that Is never too long to keep coffee on hand." "We were taught at tho school of domestic science to buy In quantities and grind It ouiselvcs," said tho engaged en-gaged girl, timidly 'For economy, purity and convenience." I "DM they tell you to get a coffee inlllT" asked tho hostess. 'They told me; so after two years of married life i I decided to look into tho matter." "What kind did you get?" asked the engaged girl. "I got tho best 'Grinder's Glory,' or some aucb name. I went to the root of things and consulted everybody I could And. Ned almost stopped eating eat-ing meals ftt home because I Insisted on telling him all that I found out about coffee mills. 'Why don't you get one and forget It?" ho finally asked. So I told him that we had two pounds of coffee ground and I had to wait till It was used up. 'Why do you get : so much at once?" ho asked. And then I told him that It v. as the only way to buy thet mother always got ' a lot at one tlf.c. ' "But at Innt all that coffee was used up, so I went downtown and ordcrod a coffee mill. And, of course, I told my coffee man to deliver my coffee whole. I "'Ihe mill hns a cylinder that holds ! one pound. It screws Into tho wall and grinds the coffee Into a glass that sits on a tiny shelf underneath. It la , very unobtrusive and I was excited till It came. It was two days lato and - since no had whole coffee we had begun be-gun using the meat gilnder for It tem porarlly. Did you over try a meat grinder for coffee? It Is as hard to " crlnd as nails. "Finally tho coffee mill enmo We didn't unpack It until Ned hnd passed a harassing hour trjlng to find his screwdriver. screw-driver. Then wo found that tho cylinder cylin-der had been broken. I almost cried. At onco I sent an order for another and b cnll for tho broken one The, boy came for It. but didn't bring tho other. And every morning Ned would Bay: 'Why don't you get a pound of ground coffep nnd stop this laborer's , Job?' I would reply tbat I didn't buy coffee that way, for It wasn't the way to buy cofTYo "Then I wont downtown to see about thnt coffco I'iSU and found they wero nil out of 'Grinder's Glory,' but ex peeled them hourly, and they promised prom-ised that I should receive mine when they carao. That was two weeks ago "Yesterday Ned came homo early and ground up all that coffee. Ho said ho couldn't sleep nights thinking of I what he had to do before breakfast I 'Noxt time remember wo arq. running no hotel, ho said. 'Three pounds bt coffeo In a family of two lasts a lifetime' |