THEY TOOK NO SOUP.
ml O* martr Dam of tbo n***%A|i tft Ifo. food to* la rattoa -^
•artfflf Kxffiif Id •oariif b e3aT< Barstivaly a aiodtra fashion, first iatrodueed Id diplomatic eirelM la Washington, D. C, and imitated from Prance. Up to the d*t* of President Peik's administration ah* edurse dav war among Americans hat m*d* ao farther proa**** than that of t*rrfftg ash aad soup NpmMj. fioap ' we* aoaafdarad taeh a fonlfa frippery that a not* written by Go*, i Winfield Scott, in which ha explained j that ha wm "just sitting down to a hasty plate of soup," aorarad ham tilth each ndkuls m to mettrieUy contribute to his dafMt m a aaatl data for the presidency, Myt Xsppftv cott's. Bom; in th* early day* of aha republic wm soneMsrsd m feed for: favalida or poor people oalyi later, : whaa the eoeie! splendors ef the aoort of Impress JEegenie attracted i rich Americans la flock* a* Parte, French table meaner* aad eaetom pushed the old Ongliah dinner faeV lone to the wall. It is doubtful, hew•ver, If soup arc* found a plaM aa the' dinner table of the wealthy Maryland or Virginia plaatar, aatsftV greea tart!*, whleh wm tatlry a tttw, talflkt be to aalkt, 2 j
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 421, 12 May 1904, Page 8
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209THEY TOOK NO SOUP. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 421, 12 May 1904, Page 8
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