A merry company wore assembled at the Christmas dinner table, and all were enjoying the feast of good things provided by the genial hostess. One of the guests iu a jocular manner ashed little Reggio whore turkevs came from. “Dnnno.’’ he answered; “but, I can tell you whore this one came from. Ma got. it from a tramp for one-and-sixpence ’cause the man said ho stole it. Didn’t he. ma?" --Careme’s £I,OO a month as chef to Czar Alexander T fell far short of the salary enjoyed by his successor in the Imperial kitchens of Russia M Kujfen Kratz had complete eontrol, until the revolution, of all tho kitchens of all the palaces of the Imperial Family, and made a. tour of inspection six times a year, hi» social rank being equal to that of an army general, and bis salary £II,OOO pot;annum.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18445, 5 January 1922, Page 6
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