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Show LEFT THEM BOTH GUESSING "Information" Added Little to the Small Amount of Knowledge Young Matrons Postesaed. Two young matrons, who aro sisters, sis-ters, keop bouse In their old family homestead in Kansas City, Kan. Recently Re-cently their cook loft them. While neither had had much oxperlanco In cooking, yet they decldod to take charge of tho kltchon. Thoy bought thrco cook books. For Sunday evening even-ing lunch it was determined to have Bauerkraut and sparo ribs. Several friends wero asked In; Tho kraut and ribs wore put on the fire to boll. Suddenly It occurred to ono of tho "cooks" that sho did not know how long the combination should cook. Sho asked her slater. She didn't know. They consulted tho cook books. Each gavo this Instruction: "Cook until done." They were In despair. de-spair. One ot tho husbands happened happen-ed to drop into tho kitchen. Ho saw that something was wrong. He asked, and was told. "That ought to be easy to find oat," he said. He stepped to tho telephone and called: "Information, please." In a moment a gentle voice come over the wire: "This is Information. What is it. please?" "Information, can you tell me how long sauerkraut and sparerlbs should boll?" Without a moment's hesitation the sliver voloe replied, "Certainly. Cook until they are dono." Kansas City Star. |