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