Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1919 — REALLY NOT WAITER’S FAULT [ARTICLE]

REALLY NOT WAITER’S FAULT

Mr. Green’s Perfect Mastery of the French Language Evidently Was , Too Much for Him. Mr. Brown and Mr. Green were taking their long-talked-pf holiday Hi France. For three months Mr. Green had been learning French —by corre-spondence—-and thought he had mastered the language. Qpe. afternoon the. pair went into a case to have tea, and Green, who always insisted on doing all the talking, gave the order to the‘waiter. When; however, the tea things Were' brought, he noticed that something was missing,’ grid spoke angrily to the waiter abouf it. , « “My dear fellow,” objected Brown, “what on earth-are you saying?” -“Will -you kindly-refrain from making your absurb criticisms of my use of the French language?”- retorted Green. “Oh, certainly I” answered Brown, ‘Only it seems rather a waste of time to ask the waiter to bring you i staircase when what you want is a teaspoon I” —London Tit-Bits.