COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Triangle Books Edition Published September 1942
Triangle Books, 14 West Forty-ninth Street,
New York, N. Y.
PRINTED AND BOUND IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE AMERICAN BOOK—STRATFORD PRESS, INC., N. Y. C.
TO
MY FRIEND
R. T. HAINES-HALSEY
WHO
UNRESERVEDLY BELIEVES
EVERYTHING I WRITE
To R. T. I Three Guests at dinner! That's the life!—
Wedgewood, Revere, and Duncan Phyfe!
II You sit on Duncan—when you dare,—
And out of Wedgewood, using care,
With Paul Revere you eat your fare.
III From Paul you borrow fork and knife
To wage a gastronomic strife
In porringers; and platters rare
Of blue Historic Willow-ware.
IV Banquets with cymbal, drum and fife,
Or rose-wreathed feasts with riot rife
To your chaste suppers can't compare.
V Let those deny the truth who dare!—
Paul, Duncan, Wedgewood! That's the life!
All else is bunk and empty air.
ENVOI The Cordon-bleu has set the pace
With Goulash, Haggis, Bouillabaisse,
Curry, Chop-suey, Kous-Kous Stew—
I can not offer these to you,—
Being a plain, old-fashioned cook,—
So pray accept this scrambled book.
R. W. C.
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