Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1916 — DINER SURE OF ONE THING [ARTICLE]

DINER SURE OF ONE THING

Whoever Paid for Meal Party Had Consumed, Most Certainly It Was Not He. “Talking about good dinners,” said the Yankee traveler, slowly, "I remember one I had in Chicago. I went into a slap-up restaurant with some chums and ordered the finest thing in dinners. Then, when the bill came around, we couldn’t decide who was to pay. They all wanted to, and so did I.” "Very awkward for you all,” agreed one of his listeners, skeptically. “Waal, yes,” continued the man from the States; “as we couldn’t settle the matter, I proposed that we should blindfold the waiter, and then whichever one he caught would have to pay the bill.” “A very good Idea,” said another listener, stifling a yawn. “Whom did he catch?” “I dunno,” replied the Yankee, briefly; “but he ain’t caught me yet”— London Tit-Bits.