Waiter girl (to commercial traveller) : There’s roast beef and roast duck. Commercial traveller : Canvas-back duck ? Waiter girl: Yes. Commercial traveller (facetiously); Is it shifted down the front, with lace cuffs turned back over the sleeves, Mary ? Waiter girl : The same. Commercial traveller: I will try some of it, I guess. Waiter girl: Very well, sir. Will you have it with or without ? Commercial traveller: With or without what? Waiter girl: Buttons.
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Evening Star, Issue 7093, 23 December 1886, Page 3 (Supplement)
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71Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 7093, 23 December 1886, Page 3 (Supplement)
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