After numerous requests
Herr Maximilian Harden has decided to finally acquiesce and to write down the word “birthday,” but he did so under the condition that, on this historic day, he be permitted to speak of “Kleios Erzgriffel.” There was nothing anyone could do.
Karl Kraus
Translated by Peter Winslow
Source text
Kraus, K. “Auf vielfache Bitten.” Die Fackel. Nos. 345-346. (1912): 49. Print.