Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1904 — A Modern Malaprop. [ARTICLE]

A Modern Malaprop.

The season of English opera at Drury Lane has not been In vain. A lady tn Bayswater went down to see her cook the other morning. x “Maria,” she said, “you’ve been doing your work very badly for some weeks past. I won’t have it!” “Mum,” replied the cook; “cooking ain’t my call. Work ain’t my call. Hopera’s my call, only I don’t know whether I’m a contrasto or a sultana!”