IN THE GREEK MODE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 11, 13 January 1912, Page 6

IN THE GREEK MODE.

.is threatened1 with a revival of banquets on tbc ancient Greok moidel. One \\nc> recently been held in London at which liipiMy respectable bald-headed' old gentlemen sat down with wreaths, of bay leaves on their shining brows find sang impromptu verses with guitar J'.ceompaniment.s to eivch other. between the courses. Some ©orrespondenoa is now f>.ppoaring in a daily peper about the unsociability of the Briton at breakfast time; psrlwips a little infusion ; f

the Grecian element might help lo* relieve the tension. The husband, for instance, after carefully adjusting his bay wreath might seize hi® lyre raid sing: Ah, what is this, no eggs againP Tliia strange omission gives me p∈ What sort of breakfast can I make on Hard dry toast and! lukewarm biicon ? Ho would then throw the lyre iA his wife, who slioudl catch it, and after a few soft choirs, reply: The eggs, you know, are threepence each, "Which pin-oes them beyond our -reach j You'll have to fill the void with honey, Or give me more housekeeping money.