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The Public Menu Commission had been having pitched battles. The Public Sentiment Corps had been bombarding the newspapers with letters asking for the official menu, but the commission refused to be hurried by popular clamor, and said so to the reporters. Their own sessions were held behind locked doors. Omelette soufflee au curacoa was definitely stricken off Signor Piccolini's tentative menu, on the theory that the filling was not permanent.
"Air is cheap," protested Piccolini, "and we have to consider the expense."