(For continuation see Late Sloping.) A guest landing at the yacht club with his host, both of them wearing oilskins and sou'westers to protect theui from the drenching rain, inquirer":. '* And who are those gentlemen seated on the verandah, looking so spick and span in their white duck yachting caps and trousers, and keeping the waiters running all the time?" "They're the rock-ing-chair members. They never gt* wiliiiftog and they're waterproof inside.'*
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Evening Star, Issue 14962, 23 August 1912, Page 7
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72Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 14962, 23 August 1912, Page 7
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