Dogs in the grass, Stew for a stiff (1939)

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   More from Ancestry.  For "stew for a stiff," see "graveyard stew" in the
archives.


   25 August 1939, CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM (Elyria, Ohio), second section, pg. 1,
col. 4:
_Urges Waiters_
_Not To Use Lingo_
   KANSAS CITY, Mo.--John B. O'Meara of Chicago, an expert on the proper and
improper manner of restaurant service, gave 200 Kansas City waiters and
waitresses tops on ways to get ahead in their business.  Some pointers:
   If a man orders milk toast the waitress should not yell:  "Stew for a
stiff."
   Two poached eggs on toast should not be called "Adam and Eve on a raft,"
nor should frankfurters and sauerkraut be referred to as "dogs in the grass."
   Head waiters should never employ the old-fashioned trick of speeding up
service by shouting: "Get a move on, you soup jockeys."
(...)