Judge — December 17, 1927 — page 35: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

They Grinned When the Waiter Spoke to Me in American — but their smiles changed to amazement at my reply! 1 dropped in at Mulcahey’s for dinner they’s is one of those quaint little places Hell's Kitchen, where the waiters don speak English and can only talk to you in Americ We live on Park Avenue, where, of co English is ever spoken, and had gone tc a ark,” as the boys say When the waiter s. trifle nervous, wor intered up, everybody grew a ing just who was going to give the order. t is, everybody was nervous but me, for I had a “card up my Sleeve,” if I may use the ex- pression. They grinned when the waiter spoke to me in American “ "tv have?” he asked in that quaintest of a All eves were glued on me. There was 2 use and my brother-in-law even snick- ered. /imagi I answered the waiter in | sur prise AMERI hamen ana russ biff san here were s of amazement, and ess them further [I talked on with the waiter in hi gue for some forty-five minutes “Thomas ! gasped when the waiter had gone “We didn't know you spoke American. Who, pray tell us, V your 3 “Professor And only two weeks that difficult languag wich!" [sa in order to i “T never had a professor » T couldn't speak a word of WATCH YouR HAT 4CoAT American cust merican life they were You, too, can enjoy Sign up for ot never be st JUDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc 627 West 43d St. New v eriul course in L had easily and Pe eae itera, Z York comicbooks.com