Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1907 — On His Dignity. [ARTICLE]

On His Dignity.

“Waiter, what do you call thW?” demanded the bushy haired man at the table in the corner, pointing to a blackened mass that lay shriveled up in the middle of his plate. “It looks like an exceedingly well done steak, sah,” said the sable functionary in the white apron, standing stiffly erect. “You ordahed it wqll done, didn’t you?” “Yes, but ”

“Well, ash, when a gent’man ordahs a steak rare we cook it rare. When he ordahs It mejuxn wo cook It mejum, an’ when he ordahs It well done we cook It *3l done, if It takes fo’teen bund’ed coble feet o’ gas. Wish csrwfy, sah?”