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Show LINCOLN IN THE KITCHEN In the new and growing city It was sometimes difficult to get urn! to keep n maid. At such times Mr. Lincoln would help freely in th'. kitchen. On coming from his office he would take off lilu coat, put on a large blue apron, and do whatever was needed. At such times the family fam-ily usod sometlmeri to eat in the kitchen. Happening, in my mother I was onco Invited to share a kitchen i luncheon, and vividly remembers Mr. Lincoln's laree flcuro iu:.liiat the i kitchen wall. To him the matter of food wis always one of comparative Indifference. Indiffer-ence. When culled to meals he J came when he was reudy and Heeme.l never just ready to come. .Mr. Lincoln was not a garden man and my mother does not recall ever seefng a hoe or a tool In his hand except once wben he was sawing wood In the back yard. Review of Reviews. |