Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1905 — Culinary Diplomacy. [ARTICLE]

Culinary Diplomacy.

“Now, Jane,” said ihe hoarding bouse landlady- to the new waitress, “I want you to look over the papers carefully morning and evening and if they contain any bad news make a note of it and be sure to tell it to the boarders before serving them." “Very well, ma’aim” replied Jane. “But what is the object,*ma’am?" “Well,” explained tire landlady, "bod news always affects one’s appetite, and that little scheme enables me to save a lot of provisions in the course of a year.”