THE TEMPERATE MAJOR.
Lord Kitchener is very pleased with the temperance move. "We are all temperate now," he said. If a gentleman ever gets drank nowadays, he h'asK you may be . sure, ■ a remarfable excuse to offer." To illustrate his point-Lord Kitchener told this story: "A major. after a fancy-dress ball at Simla came home drunk, and\ his shocked wife eaid to him, ' Aren't "you ashamed to return from the ball in that condition?' 'Don't blame me, my. dear, said the major, you must remember that .the character • I assumed was # that of ' a sponge.'" * # * ". '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16020, 11 September 1915, Page 5 (Supplement)
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