Ⓔ  illustration] In the margin of a copy of A Connecticut Yankee Beard recalled, “A destitute French waiter posed for this and bitterly complained because the mug was empty.” Next to the picture on page 120, for which he used the same model, he explained further: “I wanted a hungry face for this character and so selected a man who claimed he was starving. Having had previous experience in such matters I made him pose before I fed him” (“Dan Beard Tells,” p. 5).