A RESTAURANT YARN.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 990, 25 February 1909, Page 23

A RESTAURANT YARN.

Mr. Tate, the well-known mimic and comedian, relates an amusing experiience in an Australian restaurant. A customer entered, and asked the negro waiter to bring him two eggs, one fried on one side, and one fried on the other side. “ Suttingly, boss,” replied the obliging negro, and he hurried away to the speaking tube. “ Two eggs fried on the other side,” he yelled down tt the chef. The chef, who was not in an amiable mood replied in eloquent language, and the biack man had to return to the customer, who repeated his previous order. “ Two eggs fried on the other side," he again shouted down the tube. An argument followed, which ended in the negro going to interview the chef. He returned a few seconds later looking as if he had been “ through the mill.” Creeping softly up behind the customer, he whispered softly in his ear, “ Say, boss, don’t you think you had better have those eggs boiled. There’s going to be a lot of trouble over the frying business.”