Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1913 — HIS PROOF WAS CONVINCING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HIS PROOF WAS CONVINCING

German Printer Who Had Spelled Greek Waiter's Name Correctly Easily Wins Case. A small unkempt man rushed into a Greek restaurant and soon became engaged in a heated altercation with one of the waiters. Wildly waving two small books of cards, printed like pressing club tickets, he began to shout, with a strong German accent: “You ordert dese carts an’ now you don’t take-dem!” Attracted by the disturbance, the head waiter asked the cause of the small man’s wrath. He stated his grievance,, showed the cards and shortly after was paid. "What proof was there that the waiter had really ordered those cards?" asked a thoughtless spectator. “Ample proof,” replied a man sitting near by. "Everyone of those cards bore the waiter’s name correctly spelled. It’s a, Greek name and probably contains at least sixteen letters. Do you suppose that ’Dutchman’ could have gotten such a name into type if it had not been spelled for him by the man who bears it?"