Word: drunks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pole sat with the German was fresh evidence of Polish coolness to France. In Warsaw same day last week rumors were circulated that Poland and Japan have signed a secret military pact hostile to Russia. This was supposed to have been blabbed by a Japanese officer who got roaring drunk at a hospitable Polish officers' mess...
...this connection he told a jolly comical tale of a fellow whose "denture" slipped when he was drunk, and imitated him in a very jolly manner. He did not however recommend any brand of denture or of alcohol to remedy this defect...
...pseudo-explorer, falsely thought to be Flora's lover, tried to get taken on by the advertising man's rich wife. The advertising man, who hated his wife sincerely and thought he loved Flora more than his own tragic ego, was shown his mistake. The hard-bitten drunk and the cool-headed lady in search of a husband both came through with flying colors, got what they wanted. Author Stong, knowing what the audience at a melodrama expects, pairs his couples off nicely, with small loss of life: one loathsome little dog, one banker...
...aged roue calls on his equally aged mistress, takes a turn in the garden and discovers the extraordinarily rejuvenating qualities of the swimming pool. His mistress follows suit; an all-night revel ensues, joined by the local fire brigade. Towards morning the old roue, now young and vigorously drunk, unfortunately suffers another immersion in the pool, and is rejuvenated to infancy before he can be rescued. But he still continues to have some of the appetites of a man of the world, calls mewlingly for whiskey and cigars. As dawn's curtain descends, the masqueraders are rapidly resuming their...
...money, and directions to master the ceremonies. Announced Dr. Reitman: "Everybody eat, drink, and be merry-that's what Harry ordered. Harry was a sponger . . . and no good, but he had a fine heart." Services opened with the singing of "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum." Vagrants got drunk, made speeches, piously intoned the Hobo's Prayer. At wake's end, quarters were distributed to every guest. Next day Host Harry Batter was cremated, and his ashes scattered over the graves of the Haymarket rioters...