Eating a meal with a stranger is not uncommon in Europe. People do it all the time. Most European don’t share our American ideal of solitude. This is a story of a one time event that lived in memory for a very long time.
Can the dignity of inclusiveness be preserved when dealing with nearly century old newspaper accounts? Yes, is the answer, and Postcard History contributor, Bob Teevan does it with class, skill, and total historical honesty. In the era of the Eleventh Olympiad, language was much different than it is today.