Poor Boy Sandwich (1938); "Venice of the North" (Bruges, 1938)

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 06/27/2001 3:18:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Bapopik at AOL.COM writes:

>  When a small Negro boy would ask for a sandwich Mr. Martin, who couldn't
> resist, picked up a 30-inch French loaf, split and buttered it, split it in
> thirds and filled each section with fried oysters, sausage cake, ham and
> cheese and handed the bundle to the hungry kid.

Huh?  This appears to say that a small boy, of whatever race, is interested
in and capable of eating a 30-inch French loaf.

        - Jim Landau