"I weep for you," the Walrus said: "I deeply sympathize" With sobs and tears he sorted out Those of the largest size, Holding his pocket-handkerchief Before his streaming eyes.
Tired of their butchers' sympathetic tears, the nation's housewives put on a limited but bitter uprising last week. Month after month, penny after penny, the rising price of meat had stretched their nerves taut. Meat bills were 25% above last year's, 170% to 200% above 1939. Across the land, women began boycotting their butchers.
In Dallas, a robust lady strode up to a man with a package of meat under his...
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