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Show I,- She Forgot Her Instructions a ; $HE was a perfectly now cook, but she announced herself as so entirely en-tirely competent, and sho demanded demand-ed ouch huge wages that her mistress felt no qualms in allowing her to prepare pre-pare the dinner for guests without any supervision. "Put a tablespoonful of whipped cream on each plate of soup," said the mistress in parting instruction,, "and seo that there Is plenty of mint sauco for tho spring lamb." Bridgot replied readily that everything every-thing would bo exactly as Madame wished and forthwith mildly but (Irmly (Irm-ly drove that lady from her kitchen. Tho guests arrived and the maid announced dinner. Tho grapefruit, which formed tho first course, came on, cold and delicious, and any apprehension appre-hension which tho hostess may have felt as to her now cook vanished. ' ., U Then came tho soup sans whipped Mm cream. The mistress questioned tho IB maid with her eyebrows and that Hv young person answered with a shake KB of tho head indicative of despair. B When tho meat course arrived tho B lamb was dono to a turn and as ap- B petizlng as spring lamb should be, but MM neatly piled upon tho mint sauce K which accompanied it was tho whip- mk pod cream that should havo orna- mented tho soup. B After that tho hostess declares she ;J does not know what happened. Her senses reeled but when sho camo to herself sho found sho was talking about i eugenics Just as calmly as If she were fc not In dlro fear lest tho ico cream ' I would bo found decorating tho salad i, and tho mints with the cheese. . . . t |