1931 The Art of Drinking More by Dexter Mason

TIPPLE AND SNACK

Outside of the hurried pot of percolated coffee, and maybe a couple of slices of blistered toast that you manage on the run between putting on your pants and hoeing your face, the old kitchenette is. slowly dying of dry rot. Well, as you are indebted to Tom, Dick and Harry and their wives or their women, so you take them out to a restaurant where they eat like raven– ous beasts. The next morning you discover your bank roll has contracted the mange. And that's that! Crawl back into the old shell until the pennies recuperate. Why do it? For about three dollars at the "Bazar Francaise" you can collect enough French pottery casseroles to cook swell swill for a dozen people. Cook up a little party yourself. Perhaps you think you can't cook, but you can. Next time you feel like feeding some of your friends, try some of the suggestions on the following pages. They are easy, and they are delicious. By the time the meal is over your friends will be calling you Pierre!

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