| Show 1 salad made out of whole cloth dy JANE OSBORN I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 hof hamly UN ay it felt fc it eort sort 0 thrill of tile first time ilia tic nen liver martha agi 88 settle hp let di lie him at HIP tile boarding liria house it anant 1 a ca case so of 1010 lot oat at first sight light I 1 lit ut did fed feel a kind of to tell tile net of the boarding hoarding louse crowd hint that here wn was a girl tie lie nally ad mired the remarks exchinger between marilin and bere m fragmentary he ile told her mill n some somo apologies glei that he lie find a lord iare store lie tried to find out mint elie she did but she ji just jitt tt nid fild she worked in nn an office ollice ahn one of tho tile lioard board era ers let it drop tint flat this martha mortha worked ae as an edlor of the home helper most popular s mag aline among tile lie contin conlin ency 0 01 the birding house but 1 martha would not discuss her cd ed work henry felt a dpp app desire to read rend thIng that lint eirthi might linie lime written or cen eien milling am tiling that mar blar ilia might tune so since Bla martha rilin we weald ild not discuss her work he lie read every word vord of the th that it nearly put film to sleep as he lie sat in tile room before retiring one day at nt dinner henry wn was wishing within that he mits as a glib sort of man who could cint chit with a girl until so somehow meho he lie had hall brought up the question of the new plays and had find asked her to go to a show alm or else that martha marthal wa wall a little more lve if he had hall eaten his tablespoonful or so of lukewarm soup soul and managed to eat pat the corned beef cabbage and rind mashed turnips and find was wondering now whether there would be lemon meringue pie or brown ilette idly lie pushed a fw durable looking pieces piece of lettuce ano bin thin slices of anemic tomato and a dil dib of very stiff very pale miron naNe oh you ought to eat at your solid reproved martha 1 I noticed that iou imp hire it back before and I 1 intend to scold you lou wont hue hiie unclog enough gh vitamins unless you cat something fresh and green henrys feirt nil missed sed a heat beat or two to think that this wonderful girl actually noticed what he aap at or aldi t pat to think thit she inq a interested 1 so 0 they fell to talking of salad henry said lie liked a good salad all mode with ailt ne e curly lettuce leaver with a R well mixed franb drebing tires slag qIng but hilt that he could g I 1 along without ut this hoarding hoir ding lion p mature mixture after dinner nhen martin and henry hid hill gone to their respect he rooms they both thought about balad inkelis beks sped spell on ani the acquaint rince ripened very very slowly henry I 1 baitcher ate his lettuce do de ZA matter how tough and green the lenes le nes were tint thit fell to his ills lot Afe meantime antime chev sat side bv by side and eich wished tint thit file other was a little more slip she then on opening a new issue ot of the home tome fiel helper per honra Thi thatcher teber turned to in a full pue demoted to he tile merits of he ile thou lit lie I 1 detected some suM suggestion lon of mar ilias in the tile wording of 0 it there wis a ofal of riou sort of solids ani finally nn an efrer of a hundred dol 11 nr prize for an original in th flit of the be editors was the best submitted A month liter ichen the lie contest close closel 1 hear deuri thatcher was much surprised to to imie am e martha fartha ires ire rap nt ills door and to til with him privately priva tek in one of the be parlors below stairs slie slip told him of their salad con test we had a clerk open mill from all contestants and colv the he receipts without letting us editor see the lip n imp or address of the per son 1 a e dian I 1 wint to bo ba frejo diced in any way after ions lonz enten n we decloud fed on 1 after we had narrowed down to in thenh lr HP we had hod them thein all made and then tri tasted eted them an ani your silio s alid was inq chosen bv by iota before we em knew that a nin min ind hill it the mix lure lire of grapefruit and pickled ed beets and thit delicious dressing dresing haq a how flow did yon ever think of icv it henry thatcher Tb Th atcher litcher looked fussed looked at the bellin and then looked at lit martha I 1 well I 1 lust mide it up tin out of cloth he tip mid told I 1 id no fidei what II 11 would taste like ille I 1 just found a recipe book and found out lilt what sort wirt of thing bid fild hen used 1 he ht fore and made up a lit tie ile different it might have tasted like tile the dickens dielens hut it said martha and the hundred dollar arle Is iq coming to you I 1 null get it in hie tile morn inz ines s mill if I 1 ditl my way wily he lie said cold thit hundred dollars would go with a few hundred beside to huv ar en ga gement ring for the pirl girl I 1 an in tending to m irav icv how how interesting bill sail I 1 Il martha lartha trying not to look an coed hut flat not succeeding 1 I an sure burp slip Is IR a chor charming ming young I 1 dav dv oj bet shei chirm chirping chir ming ln said henra I 1 rut but I 1 im m not I 1 haven t hid hill the nerve to propose lou see the girl I 1 mant to in marry sits kit next to ne me at my bourdin house linure not miss prentice gasped mar tha miss prentice ua as seventy 11 1 I mean the vonn jadv thit the otter sIde Mirtha ives I 1 mem mein you jut wh wn it martha said and what henra sat next they both soon sonn forgit tut lilt bv the tile time alm they had hod gone out to in a restaurant for lin 1111 ner that night plans were mide for a tt ed edling tin in the spring a 1931 Now roner syndicate I 1 indu nv NU per i |
