Foreign News: For Kitty

Whale, snoek or halibut—to the British housewife, harassed by years of austerity, it was all of a piece. London's Time & Tide reported the case of one shopper who got her butcher's attention at long last and said prettily: "Two nice whale steaks, and please, could I have the head for the cat?"

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