A PRETTY CUSTOM.
The pretty custom of drinking to the, health of loved ones is still kept up in the ward-rooms of the vessels of the American navy. At nine o’clock in the evening the captain or commaridfer wall cause glasses to he filled, and, rising, will deliver this sentiment:- —“Gentlemen, I ask you to drink to. sweethearts and, wives.. May the’sweetheart become the wife ; may the wife -always - remain the sweetheart.” The assembled officers drink this toast in silence.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 17, 22 July 1893, Page 11
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80A PRETTY CUSTOM. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 17, 22 July 1893, Page 11
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