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August 1961

The Periodical Souse, the Never-again Feeling and the Ride on the Sprinkling Cart

George Ade, one of America's great humorists, wrote this Fable in Slang sixty years ago, but the subject is as timeless as man and alcohol. You will undoubtedly recognize . . .

From "The America of George Ade," edited by Jean Shepherd © 1961 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. Reprinted by Permission.

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