A portly, decidedly plain woman was addressing a temperance meeting. “My friends,” she said, “ 1 had a husband who was addicted to the bottle. He was a great trial to me, hut one day I persuaded him to take the pledge. He did so, and my joy was so great, so overwhelming, that I flung my arms round his nock and kissed him.” “ Serve him jolly well right, too,” shouted a man in the crowd.
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Evening Star, Issue 23372, 15 September 1939, Page 11
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75Untitled Evening Star, Issue 23372, 15 September 1939, Page 11
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