A DRASTIC REMEDY.
“Prohibition as a remedy for the drink evil?,” queried Colonel Morris F. W.estheimer, in Cincinnati; “that’s like peppermint for the smell of liquor; it reminds me of a story. When I was in Africa with Harry .Levy, I went once to bathe in the river; when I came out I found a group of excited natives on the bank, who told me that I had a fortunate escape from the crocodiles. “ ‘Well” I said, ‘isn’t there any place I can swim where there aren’t any crocodiles?’ The head man said there was, so I gave him bachshesh, and. he brought me to a beautiful bay where I had a splendid' bath. “ ‘That’s nice,’ I said, ‘but are you sure there are no crocodiles here?’ “ ‘No, no crocodile,’ said the man, ‘shark drive him out.’ ” hairman gwsePn j-tocrsm dffan ndh
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1163, 25 July 1912, Page 21
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142A DRASTIC REMEDY. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1163, 25 July 1912, Page 21
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