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Show Fish For a n Emperor MONTEZUMA was his name good old Montezuma, Aztec Emperor of Mexico. Like you and me and everyone else with good taste. Montezuma liked fish, but like other emperors he liked his fish from far-away places, and he didn't care who knew it. Particularly did he like the fish from the Pacific Ocean, which was hundreds and hundreds hun-dreds of miles away from his palace. pal-ace. And unfortunately this was back in the days when they hsd no modern conveniences to brt about no canned fish, no automobiles, auto-mobiles, not even horses. Simple Service So here Is how Mor.te-unia his lish course a s.mpie mat:--, of a hundred men to serve it. u. the morning a Jelesa'.io-i nou d catch the fis'a at Aoapuic h:-.i bor. A brr.a runner s:juu ou the beach with his basket ready. The fish was packed In seaweed and put in the basket. The runner run-ner then did a marathon toward the hills, and a league farther up another runner waited, relay fashion, to grab the basket and sliced along to the next runner. At noon a brown runner was still speeding the fish along. And by evening good old Montezuma had his fried fish for dinner or soma of the chain of brown runners ! just didn't show up the next morning. TLink of this when you call your grocer on the telephone tomorrow. to-morrow. Speak to him like an i emperor and order him to send I uo a salmon steak from A'aska, j'.ulj irj:u Juj;..u. cai'.ji from ' Kus'.a. or whatever you ish , &:'d N-'Lie an j:!-r :oi- "heads iiJ' il yuci- not r..'ing that de-t de-t licioaa lu Ji (S- time.' |