The Archive · 1938

Matter of Menu

"Wuv daddy," cried the small son of the house at dinner, when his father had his chief as a guest, "this is roast chicken!"

know it is," replied his father. "What of it?"

"Well," said the child, "you told mother this morning that you were bringing that old mutton-head in for dinner."

Nomenclature A TYPIST sent a letter addressed to Newport Monday instead of Newport, Mon. The postal authorities returned the letter. The chief sent for the girl and asked her sarcastically if she had ever heard of Newport Monday.

"Well, no, sir," she replied, "but I thought it, Was all right, because I've heard of Sheffield Wednesday.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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