Word: claytons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...drier aspects of their research, Authors David Clayton and Punch Cartoonist David Langdon learned that some Spaniards call a hangover a clavo (nail), short for "a nail in the head." And one nail, they believe, drives out another...
...cabbage is the source of the first hangover cure that Clayton and Langdon actually recommend: sauerkraut juice. "Every icebox," they say, "should have this Universal." They also recommend "the Spirit of '76" (spirits of ammonia), and an international array of pick-me-ups. These usually contain at least one hair of the dog in the form of Pernod, curacao, cognac, absinthe, Fernet Branca, or just plain white wine...
...Author Clayton offers an exotic "green Rotterdammer," made with a dash of green Pomerans bitters, two teaspoonfuls of sugar and soda water. "But," he warns, "add the soda water carefully or else it fizzes over with a nerve-racking noise." Illustrator Langdon ("Not a very good drinker," he says) tries to stick to a simpler recipe: stop drinking before it is too late...
Room Service. In Cleveland, looking for a warm place to sleep, Clayton Dailey tossed a brick through a store window, was plainly irritated with the police, when they arrived, for taking so long to haul him to jail...
Last week, as Glamorene kicked off a $500,000 advertising campaign, President Clayton Hulsh estimated that 1952 sales will top $15 million, v. 1951's $225,000. Like most Digest stories, it looked as if Glamorene's would have a happy ending...