Word: britten
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Three resolutions were introduced in Congress, by Senator King of Utah, by Representative Britten of Illinois, by Representative J. J. Rogers of Massachusetts, calling on the Navy Department for detailed information on the strength of the Navy...
Representative Britten, who, like most of Congress, has just returned from an "investigation" of Europe, has much to say on a theme whose interest never fails--menus. His report may also throw some light on part of a hitherto obscure and much maligned matter of college policy, the wherefore of the French and German reading examinations...
...avoids such an embarrasing faux pas as that of the man who, pointing to an item on the menu, asked for "Some of this please" and received the answer "The orchestra is playing that now, Sir". Or one might even join that more exclusive group, the waiters. For Mr. Britten reports that those now on the ship are not much better off than the passengers. The head-waiter himself had to apologize for his failure to interpret properly an order of "gigo de pouillac, Boulanger...
Perhaps a few years hence, when the present requirements in foreign languages begin to bear fruit, the usual breakfast dish will be "oeuf cocotte a la creme--coquettish eggs", as Mr. Britten reports it. Chicken hash will appear incognito as "hachis de voloille aux haricots verts" while a rib of veal will adopt the ambiguous disquise of "cootie de veaux," one of the "noisette" dishes. French, apparently, is the language of gastronomy, and there may yet appear in the catalogue of the French department "Gastronomy 5", the Appreciation of Menus...
...Some politicians, (for example, Senators Fletcher, Edwards, Oddie; Representatives Britten, Madden, both of Illinois; Representatives Gallivan, Burton, McFadden, Sol Bloom...