The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-22

dent Of the workhouse. met MS with
outstretched friendly grasp, not
handouts. The reception committee
lined up. In it were Tom l., Hooker,
mechanic; John Costello, steward tbess
john John j, Hooker, blacksmith, W.
Powell, Tom Hookers assistant, and A.
McHuhn, concrete supervisor.
No use to dwell on the inspection of
mems and womens quarters We made,
on the new laundry drying room. the
cell from which IL prisoners escaped
last week, or the cleanliness which pre-
dominates under Squire Kearney the
superintendent. They are there The
dinner we ate isn't-and that's the point
wish to impress
Food?
Herbert Hoover would have had n
spasm, or an epileptic fit. had he seen
that festal board during 1917 or 1918!
Roast ham, Drowned outside, with
sizzling hot fat on the edge, and juicy
tender pig inside, yams roasted In the
hot ashes and mellow tubers crumbiy
as snow at 20 below zero; macaron
cooked with its twin sister, cheese
boiled tomatoes with enough sweeteu.
ing to cry aloud more corn grown
on the workhouse property and canned
for winter use, mashed potatoes. side
meat Of the kind that makes good luck
a certainty on the first Of the year
when served with black eyed peas
pickle to whet the appetite cas- ii one
needed ~. piping hot biscuits. corn
bread sharing heat and delicaCy. light.
bread; sauer kraut trOmped (not
trampedN down by feet which had felt
the stern tickle of pig bristle brush
before the tromping process, and cross
between niger heel apple pie and ap.
pie dumping, which the cook deyisec
especially for US
Did We eat?
Did we?
Did?
oh. Boy, howdy'
This all happened at noon Tuesday
and as | write. the clock registers 2:it
pm, Wednesday | was too fun fol
utterance that afternoon.
Toe Cole draws the aggravated Charg,
for one single solitary reason
After Joe had consumed his sixth bis
cult, hot from the stove, he turned tc
the negro girl who waited on him zane
/ ony HIM and exclaimed
These biscuit samples are all right
Now bring me in some biscuits"
When Doc" Drake had administered
first aid to the waitress and We haC
proceeded TO the desert point OF tht
meal. Idul NaEEtUrT dSlONNDcu tNt
rest OF the party by trying to get the
finger prints Of the apple pie. After
fruitless effort. he was able only tC
leave tooth marks in the crust
Whit assaulted the maCaroni three
times and each assault Melted Whit
about a pound Of the wheat product
But when Mandy hove to in the offing
with another huge platter Of macaroni
Whit ran up the white flag
Capt Lee. Dr. Drake and Dan ReedeI
ran a race to see who could finish
first. But Doe was fox He lost
by margin that made him seventh in
race in which three originally hat
entered The other members Of the
marty made Doc ride to town in the
hack seat OF the limousine. and it (,
stated ON good authority that he gave
2 morphine addict an extra ounce Tues.
day afternoon, he lelt SO good
Me-
Well. finished two seconds ahead Of
Doc due to the fact that | drink my
coffee last and Doc" took two cups
But as ! waddled out Of he dining room
J heard one of the prisoners whisper
10 another;
d, but that guy can eat, can
he2'
can-and like Jerome Richards.
don't deny it, either But what | can
understand Is why Joe Cole had to tucl
that side meat sandwich in his poke,
just as he left the table
think Whit should have charged
him extra fare back