After Dinner Games for Christmas
A Dinner for Contemporary Celebrities
The Guests
The first month of the year. Janvier.
Strong and sturdy. Hardy.
An out of date arrangement for the front hair. Bangs.
An author whose name is on every page. Page.
The poet laureate of England. Alfred Austin.
A medium for transatlantic messages. Cable.
One form of single blessedness. Bacheller (Irving).
The pedestrian’s aid. Caine (Hall).
What springs eternal in the human breast. Hope (Anthony).
A dignitary of the church. Abbott (Lyman).
The Menu
Soup—Toe not found on man. Tomato.
Fish—A unit of measurement. Perch.
Roast—A lean wife. Spare rib.
Vegetable—The result of pressure. Squash.
Game—Timber and the herald of the dawn. Woodcock.
Salad—He who fights the Japanese. Russian.
Pudding—An aborigine. Indian.
Cake—A tropical sea plant. Sponge.
Fruit—To waste away and Eve’s temptation. Pineapple.
Wine—A part of the foot and a letter. Tokay.