Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-06-24


Guppy, Smallweed and Jobling, the
three law clerks in "Bleak House." re
paired to a restaurant of the variety
known as SLAM bang" for dinner. job
ling, it will be recalled, had been
down to the market gardens by Dept-
ford and was hungry. Jobling had fast
ed for a day or two and had a right to
be hungry. So when Guppy, "con-
scious of the elfin power of Small
weed" deferred to him and Smallweed
ordered veal and ham and French
beans, and don't you forget the stuff
fng Polly together with the ever pres
ent pot of porter, Guppy and Jobling
took the same. Jobling made such shor,
work of his that he was given another
and afterward took summer cabbage
Three small runs and three cheap ci-
CARS finished tn meal. "Oho," exclaim.
the man of taste, what climax. Rum
after dinner!" None of the eternal
fitness in that. But softly there was.
1t was fitting climax. Recall the
viands disposed of and then be Ger.
tain that rum and only rum would have
filled the bill 1t would have been
sheer wickedness to have drank cog
nae or even a demi-tasse. Guppy
Smallweed and Jobling did the RICH,
thing at the right time.
Leaving this trio smoking thei
three Cheshires," let us turn to the
little dinner given by John Westlock,
at his apartments in Furnivals Inn
High Holborn. Salmon, lamb, peas, in.
nocent young potatoes, cool salad,
sliced cucumber, tender duckling an
a tart; all were there" Who would as.
anything better, especially when tae
waiter, who was a grave and quiet
man." produced everything at the
proper time; who handed round the
sauces reverently and discoursed en-
dearingly upon their flavor and excl.
lence," and who, when the meal prol e.
was ended, placed the wine and fruit
upon the table and quietly disappeared.
NO reason for Tom Pinch declaring
mat his friend was "a tremendous fell
low in his housekeeping"
Hunger overlook Dick Swiveller and
Fred Trent in their discussion of the
supposed fortune of Little Nell in the
apartment of the former The light
hearted scapegrace sent out for "boiled
beef and green's" Let the fact that he
made more efforts than one before he
obtained what he desired, pass. Suffici.
ent to say the provender was forth
coming. Boiled beef and green's in ou
American vernacular means New
England boiled dinnr," of which the
principal portion is "corned beef and
cabbage" That Dickens was familiar
with this sort of food ought to endear
him to every American heart, for New
England boiled dinner is savory
mess, and no one, save invalids or self
eXpatriated parties ever declines it in
public or in private.
Mrs. Lupin, the landlady of the Blue
Dragon, put up lunch for Tom Pinch
when the latter started to seek his for
tune in London. That lunch demon
strates Dickens idea of a snack to he
eaten by traveller. All, but it was
superb! "A cold roast fowl, a packet
or ham in Slices crusty loaf, some
biscuits, screw Of salt some apples
and bottle of sherry" Who would
patronize wayside road house with
basket Ike that; who would enter a
dining car, knowing he was possessed
or such good things? Who will ex-
prss surprise that the guards bugle
sounded clearer after he. had partaken
or the eatables and had a pull or two
no