| Show poets hearty appetite A ppe tite the london dally daily chronicle reminds 1 us that victor hugos powers of digestion were ot of no ordinary caliber in some reminiscences contributed to le temps il edouard lockroy relates that the poet when served with invariably ate them whole swallowing the claws and shell kith with great gusto oranges were dealt with in the same way the peel I 1 being eaten with as much relish as the fruit A dinner party at hugos was a trying ordeal for people of normal appetite on one occasion writes AI lockroy wo we were led fed for three hours without intermission after forty minutes respite in the drawing room we were marched back to partake of pastry and syrups |
