THE MAID AND THE MENU.
An amusing dialogue between themagistrate and a little servant maid enlivened the proceedings at 'W^Uesden ) Police Court. The girl asked for a summons against her former mistress, who had detained her box because she had j . left without notice! The magistrate aek- I ed applicant why she left, and was told because the menu, was not good enough.; "Give me the menu," said Mr. Lee. "Porridge for "breakfast," said the girl, and the magistrate assured her it was "very filling." / "Liver for dinner," said the maid, and the magistrate's comment was "Better I than the Germans get." The Maid: ' "And bread and butter for tea." ' . < Magistrate: "Same as I have myself," i said Mr-.ijjee, and promised the girl he' would ask, the missionary to help her to get her box. ' .
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 16
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135THE MAID AND THE MENU. Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1917, Page 16
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