The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-04-24
THE scHooLMA'AM's LUNCHEON.
Caterer Had Provided Brain Food and
the Reality Was Unexpected.


the Reality Was Unexpected.
When it became known that 200
schOoima ans were going to swoop
down on the town to attend the Teach
ers Association at Macon, Mo, meet
ing Dan Smith, the official caterer
for the organization called his right
hand man, Tom Meow, into consulta,
ton.
Tom he said, edo you know what
schoolma ans eat when they're way
from homer"
Not for sure" said Tom reflective
ly, but | 'amgine it's something to
leviate brain fag."
Sure But what does it? 1t won't
do to lay in big lot O stuff like we
feed farmers and miners. We got to
get something Observation-Disclosures,
don't you know.
Il read somewhere bout profess
sor liking irons legs stewed in olive
OIL" remarked Tom, meditatively.
THAT sounds good. Well send the
niger out with a target rifle after
frogs. There must be several million
around town the way they sung last
summer. What else?'
Editors what works at night go
heavy on French toast and mush-
rooms" said the right hand man. Il
guess school professoresses must have
bout the sane sort O cravin'. Then
fish is good for the brain, and We
might get up some fancy dishes with
oysters, calm 'em after some French
names, and put green things around
EN-
The boss and his understudy fixed
up an ornamental bill of fare calculat-
ed to please dainty appetite, and put
out bulletin board notifying the
teachers that theirs was the shop
where every variety of brain food was
on tap.
When the invasion occurred at the
noon recess Dan and Tom, both wear
ing spotless aprons, smilingiy ushered
the teachers to the tables. Dan YER
bally communicated the contents of
his French bill of fare
There, was a moments silence, and
then pretty little teacher with cur!s
dancing about Duchess OF Gains
borough hat meekly wanted to know
if he kept bacon.
"Ww-w-hat?" gasped the boss.
I'D like to have some bacon. Just
lots of it. Is that all?"
Have you got a cow" asked the
pretty little teacher
YES" said Dan nervously. II got
COW out home. Did you want to buy
it,"
"Oh, no." she said coldly. But I
don't want this sort of milk they put
water in. I thought if you had a cow
it might be real milk.
II see. You want a glass of milk
and some bacon?"
If you please, and some corn bread
and Irish potatoes and a pumpkin
pie"
"A whole pie?" exclaimed the boss.
"Yes-haven't you got whole
one?"
'I-I-yes, yes. We got whole pies.
Do all four of you want whole pies?"
why, am ordering for all four of
us" said the young lady teacher Sc
verely.
ooh, 1 see. You want four
whole pies?"
The little schoolma'am regarded
him in disbursement.
Let me try him." said a dark eyed
girl on the far side Of the table.
There's four of u.s."
"Yes," said the boss, as she evil
IDENTIFY waited for that to sink in.
I'VE four people want bacon, corn
bread, Irish potatoes, milk from a
real cow and one pie for the four of
u.s."
Back in the cook room Dan found
Tom, who had been serving another
table, trembling with excitement.
Say, boss" he said, lone o. them
girls knows French and when l COM
menced Keeling off our bill O. fare in
that lingo she called me down; said
an 1rishman ought to know better
than try to tackle French. Oh, if she
was only man for about a quarter of
a second:"
Never mind, Tom," said the boss
soothingly, Il was up against it worse
than you. Give 'em fried eggs, but
termilk and bacon and don't say an
other word about that darn brain food
layout we got for 'em"-New York
Sun.
In Debt on $4,000 a Year.
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