Salt Lake Herald | 1897-05-27 | Page 6 | Selfishness

Selfishness Cleveland Plain Dealer He was a medium sized youth In a white vest a red brown hat and a Dink necktie He came into the drug store with a demure de-mure looking girl in a hat covered over with daisies and a short waist of seven colors Whatll you have Mame said the youth in a hangtheexpense tone Ill have lemon phosphate please rrplled the girl The youth turned to the white aproned attendant Give the lady a lemon phosphate he haughtily remarked and gimma a Roman Bunch Yes sir said the attendant In a half minute the lemon phosphate phos-phate was ready for the young ladys delectation Then the attendant turned to the more serious Dart of the order He whipped out a big glass dropped an egg In it added a little lemon a dash of sherry a spoonful of sugar a bit of nutmeg a lot of pounded Ice and a generous supply of fizz from the faucet Then he brought forth a long tin cup and tossed the contents of the glass into it Then he shook it with tremendous force After this he playfully play-fully poured it into the glass and then tossed it back and forth from the tin cup to the glass again Finally he let It remain in the glass jabbed two straws into it and thrust it toward the expectant youth The latter seized it and slowly lowered the contents the girl who had emptied her own glass t long ago watching him with evdent interest When he had finally absorbed the liquid he wiped his lips on a yellow yel-low band handkerchief tossed down 15 cents and remarked Come on if youre through Mame and haughtily stalked out