A FAIRY GODFATHER
MILLIONAIRE’S, LARGESSE. .' PARIS, May 6. Mr Adolf Zukor, anAmerican millionaire, returned to the. Hungarian village which he left 40 years, ago as a poor farmer’s apprentice, 18 years old. After he had spent a night at his father s humble cottage, Mr Zukor assembled the villagers of Zicse and promised to fulfil all their wishes if they would say what they, wanted. The first man asked for 20s, the Second for a suit of clothes, and the third for a cow. A sick old man asked for a ticket to Budapest in order to undergo an .operation. Then a.farmer asked for money to send his son to the grammar school, and' the fire brigade requested a new engine. Mr Zukor granted every wish, and when all were satisfied he left Ziese as suddenly and unexpectedly as he had come. '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18861, 14 May 1923, Page 10
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