Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1898 — Worked Both Ways. [ARTICLE]

Worked Both Ways.

A lady once engaged a Chinese cook. When the Celestial came she called him up, and, among other things, she asked him his name. “My name,” said the Chinaman, smiling, “is Wung Hang Ho.” “Oh, I can’t remember ail that,” said the lady. “I will call you John.” John smiled all over, and asked: “What your namee?” “Oh, my name is Mrs. Melville Langdon.” “Me no memble all that,” said John. “Chinaman he no sayey Mrs. Membul London. I call you Tommy.”