THE OYSTER.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 386, 18 March 1937, Page 2

THE OYSTER.

"Many years ago I was sitting in Rourke’s famous oyster and chop house in New York, and I heard the following conversation between a troublesome diner and an up-to-a-polnt patient waiter. The customer who was ordering oysters said: •*’l want them on the deep shell. • ‘Tea, sir,’ said the waiter. ”‘Oh! and I want them steamed ’ "'Yes, sir,’ said the suiter. " 'Oh! and I want just a small piece of bacon cooked with them.’ “ ‘Yes, sir,’ said the waiter. “ 'Ohl and by the By, have a dash ■at Tabasco Sauce sprinkled on them, will you ’ " ‘Yes, sir,' said the waiter. " ‘And see that when they are served the flat shell is replaced.’ “ 'Yes, sir,’ said the waiter. " ‘And don’t forget that a napkin is laid over them to keep the heat in.' ■‘ ‘No, sir,’ said the waiter, who, turning at the door for the eighth time ,felt it was up to him to put a question: ‘And would you like them with or without, sir?’ "•Without what?’ said the cuttomer. “ 'Pearls'.’ said the waiter.” (From "Laugh With Me,” by Seymour Hicks. This ie a merry book, packed with anecdotes and stories of fun.)