Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1915 — NO CUSTARD FQR REGINALD [ARTICLE]

NO CUSTARD FQR REGINALD

Young Wife Had Done Her Best, But Probably the Cook Book Was at Fault. -Reginald loved his wife tenderly and devotedly, but he had to acknowledge in the inmost recesses of his heart that the hand that wielded the powder puff lost its art in the pudding basin. “What pudding would you like tonight, love?" she cooed at breakfast time. “Oh, anything!" he whispered desperately. “Anything?” she reiterated in a pained tone. “Well, you know, old girl; anything light—only don’t tire yourself out.” “You shall have your favorite—cus tard, dear,” she promised. Toward seven o’clock Reginald returned, but the sound of weeping and gnashing of teeth greeted his trained ear. “Whatever is it, my dear girl?" he Implored, as he ’ rushed into the kitchen. - “O-o-o-oh!” she sniveled on his waistcoat, “I’ve been making you custards all the afternoon and —” “And what, pet?’f “They r.ll t-t-turned out sponge cakes!"