Sausage Sandwich (1875, 1882)

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   Two more "sausage sandwiches" from HARPER'S WEEKLY full text.  The first seems to involve Hans Christian Andersen, but the second is from Germany.

10-9-1875, pg. 830
5-20-1882, pg. 317



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75-10-09

. . . n a
brave face and bought a
gallery ticket for the op-
era of Paul and Vir-
ginia. The scene of the
separation of the lovers
affected him so to tears that some sympathetic
woman near by gave him a sausage sandwich
for consolation, whereupon he explained ear-
nestly that the theatre was his Virginia, and he
wept to think that, like Paul, he was to be sep-
arated from it. He told his forlorn experience,< . . .
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82-05-20

. . . ll the washing of the family linen at home, and
make their own dresses. Withal, they are very
hospitable in a homely way. They delight in
evening parties at which café au lait is served
with cakes and sausage-sandwiches. A carpet
dance, a little singing and music, round games,
and a good deal of frank flirtation between the
young people, furnish the diversions at these en-
tertainments. In the winter, seve . . .