| Show KATHLEEN MORRIS Men rilen Are a Laugh Beli Syndicate Syndicate- By KATHLEEN NORRIS TT'S ITS IT'S A AVISE WISE VISE man indeed at 1 whom the women of the family fam fam- fly ily dont don't occasionally laugh The Theother Theother Theother other day I had a quiet lau laugh h at my favorite psychologist t He is ismy ismy ismy my favorite because his talk is usually so to the ground sense Ive I've listened to him on the radio for some months and know th t he is a professor and writer in his own line But the o day he went way off oU the track and I confess I enjoyed it Ive I've quoted him here twice once as reminding us that tha our first great ally God Is being pretty well neglected in international conferences conferences confer these days and again when he gave some excellent simple advice about uprooting corrosive hates bates from Crom our hea hearts The talk that made me l laugh ugh In Ina a quiet superior way was not on such grave subjects It was about an annual family gathering of his own clan apparently consisting of ofas ofas ofas as many as 35 or 40 persons It seems that usually women prepare pre pare the feasts on these occasions each bringing her O own famous dish prepared in special and long long- praised ways All Nonsense Well my psychologist and some other men of the group decided that this was all nonsense There was no reason for the women to fuss and flurry about so simple a thing as a ceremonial dinner so this year let the boys do it itt 3 J So the boys he boasted laid In buns and frankfurters mustard paper plates cups and napkins pop and coffee cakes from a n famous baker and Ice cream from somewhere some some- where where the the drugstore perhaps And there was their feast so sot t simple mple so easy to eat so econom- econom 1 N k 1 I 4 6 AJ I Y Divorces begin In the kitchen Teal leal of dishes towels and labor gen gen- They were all he said in his simplicity delighted It was a great success Now if he had stopped there I would have forgiven him Men have been making clumsy attempts at cooking dinner preparing and baby- baby tending since time began Women during the same period have praised the poor unsuspecting fellows have quietly unpinned the baby made the crib over turned out lights taken away explosive toys or eaten the surprisingly novel frankfurters and Ice cream and declared de de- de dared loyally that there never were such brilliantly original caterers I But he didn't stop there He went wenton on to say that if ever the women were foolish enough again to set a table with lace and candles dress turkeys frost cakes proudly produce produce pro pro- duce the string beans with mushrooms mushrooms mushrooms mush mush- rooms and the corn with peppers the iced puddings and lemon meringue mer- mer ingue pies Have No Sympathy The men wouldn't have any sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy with them Not one whit The Themen Themen Themen men wouldn't help clear up and the women could bear the result of ot their own folly Colly More than that housewives generally had better stop fussing with food as all Important Import Import- ant because men didn't care a whoop what they ate Men want the little women cool pretty rested and free She can can I I ga gathered this anyway she anyway she can give him frankfurters frankfurters frankfurters frank frank- and bakery cake right straight along Well Im I'm older than the professor and in this respect Im I'm wiser down cake And I always did Believe me Professor the sweet cool chatty little woman with the opener can and the bakery bill loses out Theres There's no sensation in inthe inthe inthe the world that makes a tired man feel so snug so content so loved as ns asto asto to have the smoking kidney y chop the asparagus the cube of cornbread corn cornS bread the apple dumpling put ut before before before be be- fore him by the woman who cares enough to fuss Cuss with them for him More divorces break loose loos In the kitchen than In any other part of the house Slapdash cooking is extravagant ex ex- I cooking and monotonous cooking means ulcers mental moral and physical Smart mothers know that no disturbing disturbing dis dis- dis subjects must be opened until the husband is fed comfort comfort- ably Good wives set a pretty as aswell aswell aswell well ns as a no nourishing table and the things that world travelers see first and appreciate most are those very candles the line the silver dish of olives or chocolates No congratulations go from me meto meto meto to you on that commonplace sloppy smeared mustard-smeared mashed paper paper- plate napkin meal you men served so complacently We women In these days have too much of ot that sort of makeshift |
