Ferber, Edna, 1885-1968 / 2008-06-25 00:00:00

EBOOK, ROAST BEEF, MEDIUM ***


Carel Lyn Miske, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

ROAST BEEF, MEDIUM
THE BUSINESS ADVENTURES OF EMMA McCHESNEY
BY EDNA FERBER
Author of "Dawn O'Hara," "Buttered Side Down," Etc.
With twenty-seven illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg


[Illustration: "'And they call that thing a petticoat!'"]


FOREWORD


Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.
Seated at Life's Dining Table, with the Menu of Morals before you,
your eye wanders a bit over the entrees, the hors d'oeuvres, and the
things _a la_, though you know that Roast Beef, Medium, is safe, and
sane, and sure. It agrees with you. As you hesitate there sounds in
your ear a soft and insinuating Voice.
"You'll find the tongue in aspic very nice today," purrs the Voice.
"May I recommend the chicken pie, country style? Perhaps you'd relish
something light and tempting. Eggs Benedictine. Very fine. Or some
flaked crab meat, perhaps.
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