The evening herald., 1917-03-20
THE DEMONSTRATION SUPPER
BY Burgess Johnson

Twas jest month ago tonight My, how The time hcz flew
tNla mentioned il q dinner when kicked about the sew)
The Ladies' SEWN Circle tried their money raisin plan
OF Demonstration supper with Pure Food Man
The dum thing wasn't their denil This icller
And said he was the Professor What
II they isin funds he with good in view
He'd philanthropic notion of u service he could do
seq he, Il go about the world, AN in my humble way
| try serve humanity, aud never think of pay.
I've studied gastronomcS all my lifc an now find
That ycam to place wisdom at the service of mankind
The long an short of il his-he had about u ton
OF patent foods suit the tastes of nearly every
And if the ladies would supply the dishes AN a hail.
An do the sc',in. he'd agree to furnish food fer all
wouldn't charge penny stuff soup
The ladies quite welcome to keep all the gatcrecpts
The night fine what is more, they advertised right
nearly half the turned and brung its appetite
why. old man Tbbitts paid his fifty cents to
just what IN Heck Demonstration Sdppcrs gon ter be
started little cups the called "Pu5e
Bin Higgins swacrd his AT once lie said he couldn't
AS how differed much from except small
drunk mp Mas and mine, but shucks il didu taste at all
croqucttc you'd take it for the
\ ordinary household food. until its
They called cm NutlctCwcS-not much bigger Than yer
thumbs
With taste like mashed potatoes stuffed with Kerosene and
The, give only apiece, AN old man TbbittS riz
An sen paid my fifty III find what this is
ur when he reached the kitchen doorhs hand was the
1t opened quick an ou there come Professor Thngumbob
/ disicmhr what he said Il least word fer word
He talked about The poisonS chat We Swallc'cd every day
Said h hoped we'd turn souac~ toward nohlcr better
heard ,i scbs mucr while he chcvcd sawdtst buns
III he Sumuck,. he's Succccln. sure aS
guns.
Ea nature, foods" hc Prof lv grains and nuts
And uuiriti,c beyond compare E>chcv a of meat
Then ribbits hollcd "irue yer meat. land
sake,
| dunno what the = i, fer. bu IN s.ch,w a steak"
The pte..r smiled thcu he SAYS tip We proceed
To the better half o this delightful feed.
Of vou may plan fer health Wl happiness TO b'
" ordcln' M patent foods delivered {. q. -.
lie had ot of ordcrcars he made the walters serve:
Higgins said proved his foods would cultivate the nerve
| didn't Brauo}uns FrrlictS our shelves,
Bu the ladies whspcrin am grnnn mGngSt themselves
Then they borrowed all pencils, without amy word hut
Thanks,
An iiggcrcl me to film up their ordcrblanks,
most crgc what the Prof had fried
An pale baanncr "rs with some mlSerd ON the SIDE
There Mohbl Cocoa that could do no hurt
plain odaShoncd mca served with sugar Ter dS
Down our way we are when social H.
To really a thing two like turkey, ham. an veal
with hcapn plates of biscuit, pipn hot to 30 along,
cowc off with. an big of oticstrons
with wcuty ccn cake AN pie make you dream
Au pickles. AN u chunk of cheese, an then icccrcam
80 it su' very likely that the folks in that crowd
Would lcgct that fancy supper even they was allowed
with AN its shanS, that he called single course
An its dry alfalfa biscuits that you'd hate to feed ho'S"
But you bet don't rcrgct ino while has her health
Toda, burned her BIuno. Buns, by cN"rcSn Stealth
u when kick at ha,iu Stew say her cake amt riz
Shr smiles peculiar. am she says how ioWunt It Is
she's kept some Nutlct Outlet anSom" lankoPanNo Bread
An il IN wait minute she can pat rm ON instead
I aur the only one, 10y iiug' | know a lot Of men
THAT pray Professor Thugumhobl come this way again
wen o an crowd him full of com-cob ends an hay,
Until we've turned sDuuupc uobcr better
-Bgq,S Job,yop in Pjc'oyioI Rcrirc.
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