A CEREAL STORY.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 698, 20 October 1909, Page 3

A CEREAL STORY.

Actor Who Once Marte a Meal Off I'eluula, Nuniiirtlum and v FanH) Seed*. The refreshing part of a slory which the New York Timet recounts is not the stupidity of man in his domestic aspect. The particular man concerned is an actor whose wife—an actress—is an earnest advocate of the theory that food should fit the consumer rather than the reverse. Consequently there are periods when milk flows incessantly through the household menu. Again it is hot water, and at other times nuts, fruits and grains alone are relied upon to nourish genius to its finest flower. Once, in the grain age, the wife was called away to a rehearsal that was likely to last well into the afternoon, She Sold her husband that he would have to ; at his own luncheon, and he cheerfully ion?ented to do it. "1 had a finemeal of your new cereal," he said, when she returned. "What do you mean?" she inquired. "I haven't any new cereal in the house." "Why, that nutty stuff you left on the iining-room table." The wife sat down suddenly. "You've °aten up my window-garden!" she, wailed. "All my petunia, nasturtium and yar.sy seeds'."