WHY HE WORRIED.
Mr. Upton Sinclair, the famous author of " The Jungle," was talking about a certain millionaire manufacturer, " Tho mar is a canting hypocrite," said Mr. Sinclair. "He reminds me ■of a Chicago restaurant keeper I heard of the other day. This man greeted an old patron one evening with a troubled countenance. '.What is the matter!' the patron asked, ' you look - blue.' "'I am blue,' replied the restaurantkeeper, ' and with a good reason. Four guests dined in a private room this evening. They had champagne, artichokes, duck, hothouse peas, the pick of every- . thing, and then they managed to slip out without paying.' : y"• - *' ' Oh, well,' said the guest,; wifli -ft smile, 'you are rich, you can etant* ° S "' Ah !' said the re«taurant-keef«r. I am not worrying about ' h „ D my poor private-room waiter » 1 , X SS children, Jont \on hiXU.tfe* , tjiis loss' will fall J ~ '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 1514, 9 November 1912, Page 5 (Supplement)
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