MEALS WITHOUT MENUS
In the latest typo of Paris restaurant tho meuu has been abolished, and waiters now bring meals to suit their customers' personalities—whether tho customers liko it or not. The customers may want ham and eggs, but if the waiter thinks snails or frogs' legs would suit him better that is what he eats. Tho proprietor of one of these restaurants explained to a contributor to the London "News-Chronicle" that ordering a dinner is an art for which a special training and imagination are needed. The person who eats steak and potatoes all his days lives an unfulfilled and frustrated existence. A roal life —a rich and a full life—-is one which includes all manner of comestible deli-1 cacies. Theref oro a oaref uly chosen [ staff of waiters officiates over the nameless meals. Tourists whoso fidelity to ham and eggs cannot be shaken'are warned to keep clean.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 130, 4 June 1931, Page 11
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149MEALS WITHOUT MENUS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 130, 4 June 1931, Page 11
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