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Consider the salmon. He. ranks fourth?next to mackerel, a high-seas fish?and would by this time have been driven from the Atlantic Coast except for artificial propagation. For the salmon must come to life in a trough excavated by his parent in the gravelly bed of a river. Thence he makes his way to the ocean and returns, steel blue, to increase his tribe. If estuaries are foul and filled with commerce, the salmon expires...
...Square miles of water, colored purple by hosts of jellyfish; hundreds of paper nautili, attached to one another in long strings; transparent flounders with lacy fins; deep-sea mackerel flashing blue and yellow lights...
...inwardly. Thus, of the nouveaux riches: "They may spend their money giving fetes, parties, balls, and use every device to get into society, or what is left of it, but all their doings will only be a sham. You cannot make a silk purse out of a soused mackerel, neither will they command the same respect." Which leaves the reader somewhat in doubt as to the object of the comparison-and the respect. A book quite without guile, absolutely without discretion, for the most part mildly amusing, on some few occasions, penetrating...
MENU of today's Table d'hote dinner at the French Restaurant, 3 Linden street, from 12 to 2 and 6 to 7 p. m.; 50c. Soup: Puree de tomates aux croutons. Fish: Fresh Mackerel au gratin. Joints: Roast leg of Lamb Mint Sauce, Roast loins of fresh Pork, Apple Sauce. Entree: Chicken Croquette a la Creme. Vegetables: French peas, potatoes. Dessert: Ice Cream and Cakes. First class board. Club room and tables...
MENU of today's Table d'hote dinner at the French Restaurant, 3 Linden street, from 12 to 2 and 6 to 7 p. m.; 50c. Soups: Fish Chowder, Consomme Julienne. Fish: Broiled Mackerel. Joint: Roast rib of beef. Entree: Breast of Lamb, tomato sauce. Vegetables: Spinach and potatoes. Dessert: Compotte of Peaches and Cakes. Coffee. First class board. Club room and table...