Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1894 — ALL THE SAME, ANYWAY. [ARTICLE]

ALL THE SAME, ANYWAY.

The Man Who Wanted Veal Was Much too Particular. A man went into a restaurant the other day and took a seat on a stool. He looked at the bill of fare a minute and then beckoned to the waiter. “Hay,” he said, “gimme some veal.” ‘ ‘What’s that, sir?” asked the waiter, as he brushed a lot of crumbs into the man’s lap and banded him a" glass of water»in which his thumb was immersed beyond the first joint. “Gimme some veal.” “Veal?” “Yes, veal.” The waiter wandered off to the kitchen and held an animated conversation with the cook. Pretty soon he came back and put a plate of dark-red meat in front of the customer and began to pay close attention to the electric fan. The customer turned the meat over cnrioqsly with his fork. He inspected it on both sides. Then he said, “Hay, waiter, come here!” The waiter walked over and leaned on the counted. “I asked for veal?” said the customer, inquiringly. “Yes.” “This haint veal. It’s roast beef?’ “Roast beef?” repeated the waiter in great astonishment. Z . . SUg ‘•'.’os, roast beef.” The waiter tilrnecl to walk away. “Well,” he said, “what’s roast, beef but veal in its. second childhood? You gimme a pain.”