The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 9 (January 1, 1930)
Social Oysteraclsm
Social Oysteraclsm.
What a wonderful fish is an oyster,
So moist that it couldn't be moister,
Experts never chew it—
‘Twere madness to do it,
Instead, they inhale “a la roister.”
Even though you may not be a reckless roisterer or a bigoted bivalvist you must agree that an oyster, unless it is shell-shocked, is the most perfect lubricant for the oEsophagus yet produced by Nature. Bootless, dear reader (and sockless too, if you will), an oyster quiescent on a plate of vinegar might well serve as New Zealand's coat of arms.
page 44Hearken to the stout stanzas of Musselini Shelley, the restaurant reveller, in his famous oyster-opening chorus:—