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January 1970

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

A TEMPERANCE preacher tried a new approach to the evils of booze. "My friends," he exhorted, "just think. Think of who it is in town that drives the big, chromium-plated cars. And who takes vacations in the Caribbean and buys his wife minks every Christmas. The tavern owner, that's who. It is he who profits. It is he you give all your money to when you consume the devil's brew!"

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