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EMERGENCY
If
one of your guests, rather the better for
drink, should be called upon suddenly
to
preach
a sermon in the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine, or attend a meeting of Congress, or
speak before the W. C. T. U., try black coffee'
on him first of all, adding, if he seems flushed,
a teaspoon of aromatic spirits of ammonia.
If
this is ineffectual, give further a dose of–
One rounded teaspoon of bicarbonate of
soda, one teaspoon of aromatic spirits of am–
monia, in a tumbler of carbonated water. Stir
well.
A well-tried theatre remedy is one table–
spoon of Worcestershire Sauce in a wine glass
of water.
If
the patient is an ingenue of
delicate constitution, four strong men will be
able to hold her while the dose is being ad–
ministered.
The one disadvantage of this remedy is that,
though the subject will be able to get through
her lines for about an hour, at the end of that
time she will discover de.finite symptoms of
ma!
de mer.
However, she will be out of your
house by that time.
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