Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-19

plate / alrsost forgot TO mfution
that we each received three clans.
They looked to be considerably over
! the draft age and the one | tried 10
eat | believe to this day. was made
OF red rubber like an inner tube.
why do we only get three
clams2". asked Luclla,
"ClamsNre very scarce this year"
said the waiter meaningly 1t is
on account OF the war
II the gentleman was trying to
sow the seed of discomfort in our
minds, he failed. We are patriots.
III clans are scarce. on account OF
Ithe war you may keep two of mine"
| said. Somebody will be able to
eat them
tried to picture some European
war sufferer chewing on one of
those India rubber clans and bless
ing me as a savior
In about half hour we had some
green smelts / say some green
smelts" advisedly.. There were two.
Neither of us likes smelts, but we
ate them and waited patiently for
something else to happen, Some
thing did. 1t was a ukulele quartet
accompanied by n Hawaiian lady
| from the east side, named O Rourke,
who uked all around the place in a
/ shredded wheat skirt.
| Then before we had anything
/ more to eat we had three one-steps,
/ a Goldfish wiggle and a waltz,
( Then came the waiter to get our
meat order, We gave 1t quickly
/ Maryland spring chicken.
/ The menu made no mention of the
| particular spring, 1t may have been
.in the spring of 1872 that this par
| ucular chicken burst from the cG%,
took a squint over the green fields
OF NirRnia and settled down for a
long and happy life among the
! +, f. VS.
don believe that hen ever could
have died u violet death. 1t could
only have been accomplished with
| dynamite and II is difficult to feed
Il chicken dynamite. The hind leg
which l drew gave every indication
! OF the fact that this bird was a great
pedestrian, and | dare say she fol-
lowed Lee through tHe Civi war. 1t
is time to admire everything patri-
otic, SO we said nothing Luella had
"A wing after which we had bal
lad, Russian hop skip and jumper,
and three pieces by the band.
After hearing those selections life
In the trenches will never hold any
terrors for me, If | am lucky enough
to so. The actual fighting isn't
really the worst part of any war.
The people at home, who can't go,
do somo suffering.
when the check came, after n
brief session, of bisquc de tortoni
there was e cents added to II.
I - al IA ~
/ the check, That seemed to be quite
all right and according to the ad-
Verusements, but | couldn't get the
cents We could write two letters
/ home for money with that i cents.
What tho q cents" | asked
THAT is the war tax ror the cab
arct," explained the waiter patiently,
/ "2 per cent of the check"
The cabaret wasn't worth G
cents" snapped Luolla
81 know IT," agreed our waiter,
/ but It is war times"
/ our waiter couldn't seem TO for
get the war for moment. He %as
| that kind of waiter, if you know
| whatel mean.
/ Tho cabaret proprietors are living
up 10 Mr.. Hooycr's ideas TO the let
ter and gosh how they dread it. l
believe they are the most patriotic
set of men In the world, They be-
gan TO be patriotic in regard to food
before Herbert really got on the job,
and when he did hand down his in
strucuons they were far ahead of
hIQl
One OF these iazz omporiums can
save enough food in week to feed
regiment OF fighters oil
ON our WAY homo we nagSed a