Show An j Chop Suey I American n Invention So far as can be learned chop suey was unknown In China quite recently It Is purely the creation of ot English speaking Chinese Chi Chi- nese neso restaurant keepers In the United States The origin of ot the word chop sue suey Is uncertain Most authorities believe belleve It Is composed composed com corn posed of ot English chop and Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- I nese s sul sui meaning bits fragments or fine I pieces ic for fh chop bt btu su u y af Is only a hash or mixture of or fine tine bits of various meats and vegetables There seems r to be no connection c beI a ain between chop In chop choo suey sey and andIn andIn In chopsticks In the latter word chop means quick and probably refers to the celerity w with ith which natives of China habitually handle the tho chopsticks One lexicographer thinks chop may come from the I Cantonese word sap which means to enter th the th mou mouth h The mos most loyal husband Is th thone the theone theone one whose vanity delights In the conviction that his wife is la foolish fool ish about him News |