ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 17, 22 October 1943, Page 2

ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTE

A traveller on the Milwaukee Railroad was giving the dining-car waiter his order. "And for dessert," he said, "'U'll have, some plum pudding and coffee." "I"m sorry, sir," said the waiter. "We don't have any plum pudding." "What!" cried the passenger. "You don't have plum pudding? That's absurd. My man, I am one of the biggest customers. I ship hundreds of carloads of freight every month. And once, once.!—when I travel on your line 1 can't get when I want to eat. I'll take this up with, the management. I'll go to the top." The steward, interceding, called the waiter aside. 'When we stop in Milwaukee in a few minutes," he said "we'll get a plum pudding. Tell the chef, to make hard sauce and serve some of that good brandy with it." It was done. Just out of Milwaukee the Avaiter reappeared at the customer's side, smiling proudly. "Well, sir," he said, "B'm happy to tell you that we have the plum pudding, and the chef has been working all the way on the sauce. He

hopes you'll like it. And with it, with the. compliments of the line, we would, like to serve you this 50-year-old brandy.' The waiter paused for the expected result. The customer paused, too to digest this new development. Then he threw his napkin on the table with a gesture of fiery defiance. "To hell with it!" he said. "I'd rather be mad."