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THE FAVORITE CONCOCTION OF
H. L. Mencken
NONE-for
he calmly states his plat–
form as
follows:
"My preference is for Wines
and Beers. . . . I have actually
started a public campaign against
Cocktails.."
Oscar of the Waldorf says that the
old-style elaborate banquet with its
after-dinner speeches is being killed off
by Prohibition. Well, well, maybe we
ought to keep the blamed thing after all!
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