Word: menus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...later reminiscences. It seems that in the good old days the chandeliers were festooned with victuals, and foodstuffs kept falling from the upper regions of the hall for several hours after the evening meal was over. The festivities this year opened with a volley of menus and table-number cards. This was rapidly followed by the conventional shower of sugar wrapped in napkins which were hurled through...
...catsup bottle round his head, but was deterred by his companions before this project could be put into execution. The evening was very pleasant on the whole. The waiters removed the debris promptly and the costs were easily made up by omitting some of the luxuries from future menus. It is to be hoped that this time-honored and harmless custom will never suffer the fate of Bloody Monday. Such customs as this are too valuable in forming a man's character and broadening his point of view to be allowed to disappear...