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Show NO DAINTY DISHES SERVED "Course Fare" All That Is Offered to-Diners to-Diners Who Celebrate the Birthday Birth-day of Samuel Johnson. An unusual celebration rs the dinner din-ner In honor of Dr. Samuel Johnson, most distinguished English writer of the eighteenth century, given for many years on the anniversary of his birth at Litchfield, where he wns born in 1709. Llternry men from nil over England Eng-land assemble nt the banquet nnd ths menu Is always the tame the "coarse-fare" "coarse-fare" beloved by the author. Americans would call It a. sqnnre-meal sqnnre-meal with nil the trimmings, for the-dlshes the-dlshes specified are bfefstenh pudding with kidneys, haunch of mutton, oysters oys-ters nnd mushrooms, apple with rrrnm nnd toasted cheese, nle and punch, to be followed by a dish of strong tobacco and a church warden p'pe for each, surviving guest. This 1 strong meat for n strong man no n Litchfield Johnson dinner Is nlwnyw u "stag" affair. The house In St. Mary's square where Johnson wn born Is now n museum nrvi library of rare (list editions of "liasselits," th Adventurer." the dictionary, "Rnm-lier" "Rnm-lier" nnd Johnson's political tracts nnd poetical works, ns well ns about 0 different editions of Roswell' Life." |
