Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1913 — A Roman Lady’s Oyster Feat. [ARTICLE]

A Roman Lady’s Oyster Feat.

In the palace of the Caesars In Pompeii are still seen vomitoria, where ancient Romans, when filled to surfeit, would tickle their throats with finger or feather and so eat ten or twelve times daily. A Roman grande dame at one sitting thus enjoyed 2,MO British oysters. Cicero showed appreciation for Cato by making six such returns at one session.