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...usual beadiness when he arrived at the National Press Club with Margaret to attend the club's annual father-daughter dinner. But both Harry Truman and his daughter seemed more relaxed and carefree than usual. The President broke one of his self-imposed rules and autographed scores of menus for girls who crowded around his table. He announced that he had spent a pleasant evening and added: "And I haven't had many good ones in a long time...
Some café owners kept their prices down but cut their meat portions, refused seconds on coffee and turned to à la carte menus. In Atlanta, a restaurant proprietor shook his head: "Every day," said he, "I stand in the lobby of the building where my place is and count the lunches going by in paper bags. There are more of those lunch toters every week...
Soon the cold, canned, front-line menus will really be more edible, the Army Quartermaster Corps promised. G.I. powdered eggs, thanks to peacetime research, will now taste more like the fresh; powdered milk and milk fats will be shipped overseas separately, whipped together just before mealtime to seem more like bottled milk; canned bread and poundcake are guaranteed to hold their shape and taste for two years in any climate. The old "K" ration even has a new name-an "assault food packet"-and will be fortified by a new variety of canned meats, besides old familiars: crackers, chocolate, cigarettes...
...last night, a five foot seven inch man, approximately 35 years old, entered the cashier's office of Jim's Place while the cashier, Marie, Colman, 33, was typing menus...
...kept her door bolted. She allowed her banker and her lawyer to call only at long intervals. On rare occasions she received her cousin Hollis Gale-usually asking him to bring a collection of menus from other hotels to be sure the Seymour was not cheating her on the prices of meals. Though she loved beef and cheese she felt they were too expensive, and never ordered them; a bellboy brought one meal a day to her suite. She refused to let anyone see her sign her name, and never made a will...