AT THE TOBACCO STORE

Did you ever eat any of those dishes? Read them to me. I am listening. Here they are :

Relishes : Slices of Melon

Soup: Ox-Tail Soup

Fish: Fried Trout

Roast : Roast Duck

Vegetables : Green Peas

Sweet Dishes : Apple Pie

Dessert: Cherries. Coffee. Camembert Cheese.

That was a fine dinner, but it is not complete without an ice cream. Would you dare ask for some after eating 1 so much? Don't order any for me. Waiter, bring me an ice cream, please. I am very sorry,2 sir, but we haven't any to-night.

You will not be long in learning that this dish is essentially American, and furthermore, that our soldiers brought it with them when they came to France. But, even to-day, the French eat very little of it. They are afraid of it. They say that their good sense will not permit them to order ice cream.

Therefore, this dish will never become in general use among them, for according to them, ice cream is bad for the health. When a Frenchman visits the United States, at first he is surprised that we have 3 a large number of stomach ailments. Soon, however, he judges that these ailments are due to our iced drinks, for he sees that we cannot eat a meal without drinking five or six glasses of ice water.