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Show ALWAYS SOURCE OF WORRY! Problem of Proper Cooking Has Both ered Even Those Who "Sat In the High Places." The Springfield Republican exhumes) aud exhibits the fact that Charles IHekt ens once had n talk with Queen Vlci toria at liuekinghutn palace, and tluit the chief subjects of the conversation were the dillicultles of obtaining satis-, factory domestic service nnd the Iih creasing cost of victuals. The Incident, remarks the Loulsvllhi Courier-Journal, throws an interesting sidelight upon the characters of two jrfhi notables, showing that neither of them, f , overvalued formality, nnd that the twi I , . of them were able to discuss in neigh-. f borly fashion (ho problems In which they were as much concerned as they. 1 were in problems of state or phases oj i I. literature or the other arts. It is altogether probable that the As-. Syrian, Persian and Egyptian inoii-archs, inoii-archs, when those countries word young; If they ever were young, thought! and talked as the widow of Wiudsot' and the great novelist thought anil talked at a much later period. Tlierq is every reason to believe that whenj Darius was consulting with his eu-i gineers about the feasibility of digglny a canal across the Isthmus of Suez hd was having trouble getting his threo meals cooked and served as he dei sired. If Cheops did not dine at thii club or restaurant occasionally while ha wns impressing the labor of thousands) of fellaheen to build the boss pyramid) t It was because royal dignity didn't ad-j r, mlt of that means of escape from do ' ft' . mestlc annoyance, or because therd V wasn't any club or restaurant boasting; a chef who could satisfy the palate ofl a wearer of the purple. History Is not clear on the point, but perhaps Dlogen.es lived In the tub to avoid the burdens of a larger establishment, establish-ment, and maybe Nebuchadnezzar's real reason for running on range and eating grass was that he had beiin: driven mad by the aggravations of ai culinary department which never wasi in perfect working order. |