Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1918 — NO CHANGE IN THE MENU [ARTICLE]

NO CHANGE IN THE MENU

Doughboy Saw Little Cause for Jollification in the Stacks of “Vittles" Which Impressed Negro. He came from Georgia, so he did, and' his Job was unloading Q. M. stores at a certain big depot in the S. O. S. It was noon and he was, on his own confession, “pow’ful tahhud” but none the less willing to talk about his work. “Mah lain!” he exclaimed, wiping the sweat form, his ebony brow. “Nothin’ sum moh’nln’ to nih’t but totin’ stuff fo’ soldiermen to eat. Lawd, boss; you never done see so much vittles staicked up in yo' lahf as we done got in dat dere shaid.” “Boss,” who was only a doubhboy back from hospital and on his way to a classification camp, thought It sounded Interesting. “What kind of eats you been stackin’ Up there, Sam?” he asked. “Lawdy!” exclaimed Sam. “What kind ob eats ain’t we got staicked* up ’swot you mean! Day’s bacon —umml —an’ beans, an’ hawd braid, an’ bacon an’ beans, an’ calnned tomatoes, an’ beans, an’ bacon, an’—” “Good grief!” shouted the doughboy. “The same old stuff!”—Stars and Stripes.