During the meal, a humorous incident occurred. According to Aspandiar (Pendu), Ghani was seated next to Abdur Rehman. As each different dish was served, Abdur Rehman would nudge Ghani and ask, "What is this?" And Ghani would then explain. At the end of the meal, the servers placed by everyone's plate a small bowl of water and a saucer containing what looked like an after-dinner sweetmeat. It was actually a piece of soap, meant for people to wash their hands after the meal. When Abdur Rehman nudged Ghani to ask what it was, Ghani himself not knowing what it was, replied, "It's cheese — to clean the palate after the meal." Abdur Rehman popped the soap into his mouth and bit on it. He immediately spat it out, saying, " Chee, chee [disgusting, foul]!" Then Ghani realized it wasn't cheese, and smelling it found it was soap! He began encouraging Abdur Rehman to eat it, saying it tasted like that because it was "old cheese," but assuring Abdur Rehman that it was very good.
Poor Abdur Rehman tried it again and then stood and left the pandal spitting. When he returned, he tried to pretend nothing had happened, but his misjudgment had not escaped the notice of those at his table. Word of this amusing incident soon spread, causing laughter as soon as the story was repeated.
When Baba came to know about it, he called Abdur Rehman and asked, "Don't you know how to behave? Why did you eat the barsoap?"
Embarrassed, Abdur nervously explained, "Sometimes, at the end of feasts, there is a small piece of cheese or sweets served ... I ate it, thinking it to be cheese."
Soon after, to add further to Abdur Rehman's discomfort, Baba had the gong struck to gather the mandali and told them to read what he had written on the notice board.
From today, Abdur should be called CHEESE.
— Merwan
All dispersed, but again the gong was sounded. When the mandali went up to Baba's room he pointed to the notice board on which he had scribbled:
Cheese is now changed to BARSOAP.
Someone else had suggested this variation, and Baba had approved of it. There were now five residents with official nicknames: Asthma, Baidul, Nervous, Slamson and Barsoap. More would follow.
In the afternoon Yasin Qawaal started singing qawaalis; he was so inspired he continued until 10:30 P.M. Then all retired after thoroughly enjoying the engagement party. Baba called Freiny and told her that he forbade her from returning to Sakori; so she went to stay with Gulmai's sister in Parel, until the wedding. The betrothal of Rustom and Freiny brought Daulatmai in very close connection with Baba and she, in her love for him, surrendered everything to him. By Baba's intervention, one of her daughters was now engaged, and her other daughter, Mehera (who was then staying in Sakori), was soon to be wedded to the sweet music of Meher Baba's divine Song!
During the preparations and arrangements for the engagement party, Sarosh had been given the duty of ferrying visitors in a car kept at the Manzil. One day, while returning to the Manzil, he accidentally knocked down a woman outside their gate.
She was uninjured and when he told Baba what had happened, Baba gave him a Baba locket and said, "From now on, wear this, not only while driving, but day and night for the rest of your life."
Sarosh put it on and never took it off.
After the biography of Upasni Maharaj was released to the public, critics were in an uproar against certain spiritual figures. On 14 March 1923, more articles appeared in the Bombay newspapers slandering Meher Baba.