Origin Of The Hot Tomale

Snag Finnerty was a lad with a philosophical mind and a broken tooth, says New York World. It was this "busted toot," as he called it, that gave him this pretty little pet name of Snag." They were standing on a correr one day when a hot tómale man passed. "I wonder," said Snag, "whatever mado 'em cali dem tings tómales?" "Don't yoi know?" asked Micky. "Naw! Nor you don't needer." "Yes, I does, and I'Il teil yer if yer wants to know. D'ye know Cully Flynn?" "Yep!" "Well, Cully was er goin' up der Bowory one night wid his gal and she said she was hungry. Culi had der price, so he gels gay and says 'come on,' and drags her ínter a restaurant and sits her down ter j a table. Up comes der waiter and saya: 'What d'youse want?' Der gal's name was Mollie and she says she wants er nice hot sausage an' er cup er coffee. Culi says he wants a cold sausage an' er bottle of beer. Der mug wants to gii dat order straight so he says: 'Jist say that agin.' So Culi says: 'Der hot tj Mollie and der cold to Cully see!' Well he goes away saying to hisself: 'Hot ter Mollie cold ter Cully' so 'at he'll git It right. When he comes back with it he says: 'Here's yer hot ter Mollie.' " "Sure? Aw go on." "Dat's right; so ever since dat time they calis 'em hot ter mollies." "Say," said Snag, "I'd like ter jist carve ny initials into one o' dem hot ter mollies right now - talkin' about eatin' allus makes me hungry." And the pair disappeared around the cornet In search of something to eat.