The Prohib’s Drinking Song
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And. haste the pledge to sign, Or leave a vote; but in the cup, Just drink weak tea —it’s fine. The thirst that in my throat doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine, And scorns to quonch itself upon Such wickedness as wine. I sent thee late a prosy tract. Its views perhaps are queer, About the awful things you see, Through drinking too much beer. Tea-total beverage is mine, My Wowser soul to soothe, Prohibit even GINGJvR-beer— Haste to tbo polling-booth! , Miss F. M. (Feilding<!)
A REAL PUSSYFOOT. “Your friend Miss Blank is a very strict teetotaller,” said a man commenting cm a girl who bad refused to eat ‘brandy sauce with plum pudding. “Strict doesn’t express it,” replied the girl’s friend. ‘ ‘Why she’s that particular she won’t heat'her curling tongs over the spirit laifip.” —From a Fedlding Reades,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2500, 31 October 1922, Page 4 (Supplement)
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151The Prohib’s Drinking Song Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2500, 31 October 1922, Page 4 (Supplement)
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