How many a young wife’s heart is saddened and happiness
scattered, because she can not “cook as mother did.” It is
strange, sadly strange, and yet we all know it is true. How
many a time has the tender-hearted reporter felt his soul
bursting with grief as he told the harrowing story of some
poor suffering woman, whose cheerful sunshine had turned to
dismal darkness just because she could not “cook as mother
did.” And how it delights the heart of the reporter when he
chances to hear of one devoted young wife who is rescued
from the gloomy fate of so many, in a manner so simple and
easy that the only wonder is that all are not saved. This
one to whom he now refers was led a blushing and blooming
bride, but a few short weeks ago, to the altar by one of our
most promising and prominent young men. He promised to do
everything in his power to make her happy, but in an evil
hour he made the dangerous discovery that she could not
“cook as mother did.” He told her so, and from that hour the
life-light of happiness began to die out in her once radiant
eyes. The bloom that put to shame the fancied perfection of
the rose departed from her cheek, the voice that welcomed
him to a happy heart and home grew silent as the grave, and
the young husband saw that something must be done soon. He
asked the sorrowful wife why she was so sad, and she told
him because she could not “cook as his mother did,” but if
she had ROYAL BAKING POWDER he could say so no longer. Like
a sensible fellow, he ordered a dozen boxes at once, and now
he says he is afraid that his wife will raise the roof off
the house some day, but he don’t care, for she is happy.
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Transcriber’s Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
The list of the graduates on the final pages of this issue was for
the greatest part printed without any period/fullstop after initials
or abbreviations. Where an anomaly occurred, it was removed to match
the rest of the form. Also, alphabetizing seems to have been more of a
general effort than an exacting one. This was retained as printed.