Paquebot Tonkin, 1899 (Orangutan) Dogs one smiling at a fat

one smiling at a fat doughnut with a small hole and the other frowning at a thin doughnut with a large hole:

Several State Cafes opened in provincial English cities but most of them had closed by the late 1940s

"From now till Victory we will go on serving you to the best of our ability

500 a night

The Georgic held the record as the largest vessel to sail up the Thames

Paquebot Tonkin, 1899 (Orangutan) Dogs one smiling at a fatThe Paquebot Tonkin was part of the French Messageries Maritimes fleet. Launched in 1898 from the yards of La Ciotat, the Tonkin initially worked the Marseille Saigon Yokohama route, with space for 185 first class passengers, 86 second class and 77 third class. This menu, from February 1899, would be from one of her earliest voyages. The Tonkin took her name from the French term for northern Vietnam, which was occupied by the French at the time.