✍ Scribed by Weaver, Louise Bennett; Cowles, Helen Lecron; Mack, Maggie
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A reproduction of the original book published in 1917. This book is really fascinating. I look at it in a humorous light, but imagine – this book was really written to help women please their husbands. Something else I love about this little book is it is part recipe book, part novella. There is cute text…followed by a recipe. Here’s an example from Chapter XI BETTINA’S BIRTHDAY GIFT “Your set, Bob,” said Bettina, as she gathered up the tennis balls. “But please say you think I’m improving! Oh, there’ll come a time when I’ll make you a stiff opponent, but I’ll have to work up my service first ! It’s time to go home to breakfast now, but hasn’t it been fun?” “Fine, Betty ! We’ll do it again ! I don’t object at all to getting up early when I’m once up ! And we ought to get out and play tennis before breakfast every day.” “I knew you’d like it when you’d tried it once. But it took my birthday to make you willing to celebrate this way.” “Just you wait till you see what I have for you at home ! I made it all myself, with a little help from Ruth !” “Oh, Bob, is that what you’ve been doing all these evenings ? I’m so anxious to see it ! I’ve begrudged the time you’ve spent all alone hammering and sawing away down in the basement, but I didn’t let myself even wonder what it was you were making, since you had asked me not to look.” “Well, while you’re beginning the breakfast, I’ll be bringing your birthday gift upstairs. Then I can help you.” In a short time, when Bettina was arranging the cheerful hollyhocks on the table, she heard a low whistle behind her. There stood Bob — looking like a sandwich-man, with a brightly flowered cretonne screen draped about him. “Well, how do you like it?” “Oh, Bob, it’s the sewing screen I’ve been wanting, and it just matches the cretonne bedroom hangings ! Here are the little pockets for mending and darning materials — and the larger ones for the unfinished work! How beautifully it is made — and won’t it be convenient! It will be useful as a screen, and also as a place for those sewing things, for I have no good place at all in which to keep them ! It will be decorative, too ! And how light it is ! I can carry it so easily, and work beside it on the porch or in the living room !” “Glad you like it ! Ruth designed it, and made the pockets. I did the carpenter work.” “Bob, it’s a lovely birthday gift, and I appreciate it all the more because you made it yourself. How pretty it is with all the woodwork enameled white!” “I wanted it to match the bedroom things. Well, is that coffee done yet ? Tennis certainly does give me an appetite !” Breakfast consisted of : Iced Cantelope Poached Eggs on Toast Toast Apple Sauce Coffee BETTINA’S RECIPES (All measurements are level.... Set the toast on an enamel plate or tin pie-pan in the oven, until all the pieces are ready for serving. Always serve toast very hot. Apple Sauce (Two portions) 4 apples 4 T sugar 1/3 C water 4 tsp cinnamon Wash, peel and core the apples. Add water and cook slowly in a covered utensil until tender. Remove cover, add the sugar and cook two minutes. Sprinkle cinnamon on the top.” Recipes and I love Lucy text, anyone any age will enjoy A THOUSAND WAYS TO PLEASE A HUSBAND WITH BETTINA’S BEST RECIPES by Louise Bennet Weaver Originally published in 1917. Keep reading! This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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