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Show STRANGE DISH ON MENU. Young Woman Who Christened It la Under Grave Suspicion. A very enrneat young Englishman Is Prof. Francla II. Tabor, auperln-tondeut auperln-tondeut of The Boya' Club of Tenth Street and Avenue A, says tho New York Tlmea. Hla sociological labors and the fact that ho has rodeemod whole regiments of Kast Side boys do not wholly detract from the grave Impression mnde by his manners and preaoiu'o. nor fall to strike awe to Uie henrta of society. Prof. Tnbor, who Is a Cambridge man, waa iw"j --tho --tho home of a friend to meet a son Just returning from student work at the famoua Kngllsh university. Tha daughter of tho houso and bor girl frlonda doslgned apetial menus for the occasion. When the tlmo came to write In the various Items, "deviled "dev-iled turkey" eorved aa a bone of contention. con-tention. "It looks horrid, doesn't It?- !ald the daughter of the huuse. "This Is my flrat dinner pnrty. and I don't want to spoil It by offending so serious ser-ious a man." "What shall we do?" exclaimed a companion. "We cen t call It 'peppered,' 'pep-pered,' 'grlddled,' 'curried,' or 'sauted,' 'saut-ed,' because It's Just 'deviled.' that's all aa hot as Sntan's roaldenre." "I know I Weil Just use dashes." When the much-traveled professor explored bis dainty menu that evening, even-ing, he was somewhat anrprlsed to And that among oilier excellent dishes was: "D d Turkey." The rest of the diners believe that the hud's mischief savored of too much wit to have been born out ot more Ignorance. |