Show AN A ANtE nicAN IT IN PARIS an american ican in in paris went w ent to a restaurant ant to get his dinner unacquainted with tho the french language yet et unwilling to show his ignorance lie pointed to the first line on the bill of fare and the polite waiter baroug brought h t him a fragrant plate of beef bip this was vas very ier well and when it was di patched ho he pointed to the second line the waiter understood too him perfectly and broun bi ought h t a vegetable soup rather more soup than elpant It tant 1 thought he but its its paris pans fashion lie ile duly pointed po anted to the third line and a plate of tapioca broth was brought him again to the fourth and was mas furnished furni hed with a bowl of preparation of irrow arrow root he tried the fifth fUth line linand and was supplied with sone some so ne gruel kept for invalids the bystanders now supposed that they the saw aw an unfortunate individual who had lost all his teeth and our friend determined to get as far from the sol soup ip as possible pointed in despair to the last line on the bill of fare the intelligent waiter w liter who w ho sawa tonee what he wanted politely po litel handed him a bunch of toothpicks tooth picks this was too much our countryman country man paid his bill and incontinently left 4 |