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people suppose," says a Hollywood Islands gets vain about her ap correspondent. They may have pearance, it is customary for the parent. or guardian to issue a hearts of "oke."...
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during to party.
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The number of good-looking girls After a quiet journey home it is there as guests, offsetting the pomp
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executed and roade to simmer for and circumstance of the digni forty-eight hours in a vat, absorbing taries. various herbs and spices.
"You mark my words," it says. "The more beautiful you become, *The budding midshipman was up the more likely you are to end up for his viya voce examination be-
in the soup
"These are then drained,” fore a board of admirals. **Name
"Men Only" "leaving the green three great British admirals," said
But girls will be girls. Not even a calipash from the back and the the president. “Admiral ·Nel-
turtle can bear being mocked. And yellow calipee from the breast." son, Admiral Drake and I beg your thus it is that dozens of these pardon, sir, I did not catch your harmless creatures play a painful- name as I came in.”
ly prominent part at Mayoral and
other feasts..
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The fact that without losing face you can - and hundreds did crawl out under the tables during political speeches and dance to an excellent band upstairs.
It isn't so much the boiled shirt,
The soup is subsequently put into sealed jars until required the itching collar, the aching void.
About twenty turtles are used for the Lord Mayor's Banquet. Aver age weight, 200lbs.
Ships flying the British flag in
The turtle was introduced to the Mediterranean salute each England just over a hundred years other in passing. When Greek ago by the British Navy, and pass I have only once been privileged meets Greek.
ed as succulent by the Admiralty, to attend the annual "do" at Guild before being asked to open the hall. Things that surprised me: innings at City Banquets.
The turtle is a complacent crea- ture, and its family life has always
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that gets a lot of good men down at these marathon meat hunts. It's the etiquette, the where-do-1-put- my-napkin-next kind of feeling that haunts the cub guzzler out on This first assignment.
There is nothing (I hope) in the everyone stares at everyone else You're next to a girl, or maybe
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an alderman's spouse, to whom you haven't even been introduced.
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According to Emily Post, U. S. Etiquette Queen, you should say, “Are not the flowers beautiful?" or "Lousy weather, ma'am" Some- thing impersonal
But Damon Runyon says. that | dames have no real interest in the weather, and probably not much in you. He says they respond more
BY "ULYSSES”
amiably to such purely personal cracks as dmney, does mazyone ever tell you that you are pippia?
Possibly. But suppose the al- derman's wife says: “Oh, go on- now! You great big silly?” what next? It's too late to go back to flowers.
Give her facts, I suggest. Tell her about turtles. Chide her on her ignorance of cheese. It's a subject no woman knows anything about.
Explain, with a wealth of ges- ture, that it was a woman never- theless, a Mrs. Paulet, who made the frst Stilton. Ask her if she has tried Brand, which the Ger mans put through a reverent hap. tism of beer, or Kolosvarer, made from the milk of buffaloes.
Lament the cheeses that the Phrygians made from the milk of asses and mares, mixed, and quote Mr. Fulton on the huge Swiss cheeses that are made when a child is born, cherished throughout his lifetime, and only eaten with relish at his funeral feast.
By now she should be sleeping Jsoundly, and: you
crawl under the table and join the dancing throng upstairs.
There you will find a number of pippins and by Newton's Law of Gravity one, at least should fall.
Laby Northcote will meet Nursing Divisions of St. John Am- Brigade on Wednesday, January 5th at 4.30 p.m. at Head-
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