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Now, concerning the "scrambled eggs" incident, which happened on " the Wolverine " on the morning of Saturday, November 7th. I was returning from New York, and ordered scrambled eggs with rashers of bacon verbally from the waiter, having been given no order slip by the dining-car conductor. The waiter was very courteous, and is a man whom I have known several years; he was, I believe, at one time an employe of the Detroit Club; he explained to me that scrambled eggs and rashers of bacon could not be served together. I asked him, why. He politely sent the conductor of the car to explain. The conductor began his explanation, by arbitrarily placing an order slip before me, and telling me to write what I wanted. I wrote "Scrambled eggs and rashers of bacon." He said, that if I could " read English, and would examine the bill of fare, I would find, that scrambled eggs with rashers of bacon could not be had in that dining-car, nor on any other dining-car of the Vanderbilt lines." The fierce manner in which he spoke was entirely uncalled for, and was emphasized, I believe, with the intention of making my visit to the dining-car, a disagreeable one. Finally, after receiving and examining the bill of fare; and after having a quiet words with the polite waiter, I discovered, that " rashers of bacon " are served only with meat orders equalling fifty cents, or more, and, that what I should have written, was " Bacon " on one line, and " Scrambled eggs " on another line. A fact unknown to me, but one which I could have been made acquainted with in simple