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February 1973

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

ANOTHER BUSINESS didn't do so well. That was the burglary enterprise run by two wishful if inept drunks. These two half-bagged heroes of the night hit upon a beautiful scheme: They would burgle the bartending school and thus come away with both loot and booze. They broke in all right, only to discover that the school used play money--and colored water. On top of that, they were caught. As the saying goes, some days one really shouldn't get out of bed.

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