No Difference.
Richard Jordan, the Scottish draughts player, was praising America. "I will even praise," said he, "the independence of the American waiter. I» Europe the waiter is obsequious, not out of any real respect for you, but because, without this hypocritical humipty and veneration, he would starve to death. Here in America there is no need for any strong man. to starve to death, and th© waiter need not be an obsequious and 1 fawning hypocrite." Mr Jordan smiled. "I meet the most peculiar waiters,'* hS said. "The other day I said to one: "' Waiter, is this a pork chop or a muS» ton chop?' "'Can't you tell by "the taste 1 r the waiter asked, "'No,' I answered. "'Well, then,' said the waiter, 'whaj difference does it make which it is?' '*
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Otago Witness, Issue 2686, 6 September 1905, Page 88
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133No Difference. Otago Witness, Issue 2686, 6 September 1905, Page 88
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