Word: souping
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...Please tell Mr. Copper," a grizzled old man sat at dinner aboard train, "that the meat was excellent, the salad marvelous, and the pastry better than ever." The waiter came back. "Mr. Copper's compliments, and he reminds you, sir, that the soup was good...
...have truly portrayed the life a sailor leads. Conrad has written of the romance and horrors of the sea, but in "The Wayward Man," one learns of the more truthful elements. In this story, Mr. Ervine has vividly painted the dirty forecastle of a square-rigger, the rotten pea soup and greasy pork, and the honors of serving under a "Blue Nose," who tied a boy to the mizzen fife for the whole of the time his ship was beating round the Horn. And not only at sea, but on land is the sailor's life vividly described...
...death but a metal cap Like the lid on a soup tureen...
French Dressing, no matter how generously poured over Lois Wilson and H. B. Warner, should have at least a dash of the sharp subtlety of vinegar. Lacking this the other ingredients, though orthodox and not unpalatable, become somewhat spiritless. In this case they are a marital quarrel, a soupçon of extra-marital jealousy, a sudden but not surprising beautification of the wife, and, a bad last, the reconciliation which leaves her in charge of a quiescent situation...
...Cherrington represents a faction of the League which conceives that Wheelerism has been misunderstood in the U. S.; that the League's moneyed lobbying has made the League almost unpopular; that the League's wisest course now is to spend its millions after the fashion of manufacturers of tomato soup and cigarets, on national advertising and an "educational" campaign...