THE FROTH BLOWERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20087, 2 May 1927, Page 10

THE FROTH BLOWERS

BEER DRINKERS’ ORGANISATION. FORMED IN NEW SOUTH WALES. (Fbou Orrn Own Coeeespondent-) SYDNEY, April 20. Yet another organisation, for which the visit of the Renown is responsible, has raised its head in Sydney, and, unlike many other movements, it is not likely to wilt quickly. Wherever the men of the Renown assembled in Sydney, during the Ducal visit, they used to uplift their voices in a song, ‘‘The More We Are To gether.” It was a little puzzling until the secret leaked out that it is the official anthem of the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers. Any one, it appears, who is able to answer in the affirmative the frivolous question: “Do you gollop your beer with zest,” can pay 5s and become a member of the order, whose proceeds go to charity. As the order has a membership of about 250,000 in the Old Country, and is regarded in England alrpost as a national institution, its success in a country like New South Wales, with a Gargantuan thirst, which is reflected in its liquor bill each year, seems assured. It has caught on here in quite a wonderful way. Quite a number of degrees are open to the “froth blower.” By recruiting other members, and thus swelling the funds of the order, he can even become a “typhoon,” or, worse still, a “grand hurricane.’’ Organisations such as this, conceived in a humorous spirit, can become quite an institution if they have a charitable aim, even if there is a section of the community which may view them with some disfavour. The Ugly Men’s Association in Perth, for example, had its genesis in the ebullient spirit of a few sporting- citizens, and is to-day an honoured and resnectod and influential charitable institution, with a sound hacking. There is thus hope for the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers in a land where throats as dry as blotting pads arc not uncommon.