The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-19

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tea room Is a table holding plat
ter of pastry fire-cracker cakes
with the chromatic scale worked In
to the frosting The colored Junk
varies from COLORADO maduro to Al
ice blue and looks power Of evil
The American CUSTOMER began to
have misgiviugs for his ham-and-
eggs the moment he stepped in.
Somehow those hand-grtnadcs pro-
claimed against anything so sub
stantial as his favorite fruit.
Finding his way 10 marble
topped table he hung up his hat and
raincoat. planted his right elbow in
n puddle of oolong aud settled down
TO wait
Pretty soon well. not pretty
soon. but after awhile, q dame came
over and mopped up what his coat
sleeve hadn't observed, inquiring
''t'nk ewa"
That's sticker. that "t'nk cw3'
It's Londonese for thank YOU" and
suffices for all OCCASIONS. In
this case Il meant 'well. stranger,
what's yours?"
II guess III have something TO
cat" he ventured. maybe you can
suggest something.
Sure she could and the gent fell
off the Christmas tree.
Would YOU like some nice tea and
JAM"
That didn't seem very nourishing.
lie compromised on a poached egg
and chocolate and of course he got
bean pie and tea.
But it's no use complaining: it's
war time and things are rushed,
/ The tea-room Is the London edi-
ton of the off-the-arm lunch. and
connoisseur OF five years expert
ence in the American dairy lunches
can draw comparisons.
Just take IL from him that dead
herring for breakfast isn'ts in II with
twoand-sunnyside" or two in,
rhree-with" And tea SO weak that
IL has TO be pushed out OF the pot
doesn't stimulate a tagging ambition
like regular coffee with honest
cream.
Floppina from eats to raimcnt.
there is the little matter of shirts.
There's nothing wrong with the
quality and Chicago can't beat thu
price. It's the design that's archaic.
They are the kind that 20 on over
the head Just after the hair has been
neatly plastered
I'VE introduced eoat-shirts," said
haberdasher, "and had to sell them
at loss after keeping them on the
shelves for year. There is a trick
to getting into the old fashioned
kind and we get our morning cal
isthenics while dressing.
Il say, how about bit of stick ;
we have some topping ones, just re-
ceived"
Sure he bought a stick, the poor
boob and tripped over ii seventeen
times an hour for next three days.
He tried to swing it iauntily---a cane
should always be swung jauntily
and beaned the man walking ahead
of him. He tried a sedate walk,
planting the erutch straight down
ward SO as not to strike innocent by
ISLANDERS and managed to trip a
pretty brunette into a lamp post.
But he stuck To the task and IL
nally caught the knack carried In
the right hand, swung in a liberal
arc, the point striking the side
walk simultaneously With the right
heel on every second step. It's in four
four time and an even stroke. ex-
cept when running to catch a bus or
clamboring to the upper deck, when
the cane may be carried in the teeth
or either hand or anywhere else just
so il doesn't iab the man behind in
the eye The safest way. however, is
TO have friend stand in the street
aud throw il up
Entering restaurant the club
should be carelessly handed TO the
head waiter who win hang il on an
inconvenicnt hat rack, When the
cripple is standing talking TO a
friend il is used as prop TO lean
upon and when he Is seated in a
bus or tube train he folds his
hands over the handle and looks like