QUITE SO!
The grave and venerable rabbi had got into the train. There being standing room only, he edged his way towards a lady who promised to vacate her coveted position early. Sure enough she did, and the good old man was just going to take the seat when an agile and rude youth stepped past him and took it himself. The rabbi’s face must have expressed annoyance, for the youth called out :
“What’s the matter with you ? You look as if you want to eat me !’ “Yes,” answered the Jewish gentleman ; “but I am forbidden !”
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Cromwell Argus, Volume L, Issue 2647, 10 November 1919, Page 7
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96QUITE SO! Cromwell Argus, Volume L, Issue 2647, 10 November 1919, Page 7
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