The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

How It Operates

HLS. "How It Operates." Vanity Fair. (1860-1-28).
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
illustration
Abstract

A patron at a restaurant orders an extravagant meal, but the waiter won't fill the request unless a speaker of the house has been voted in.