No. 746
Crime, Eccentricity, and the Sporting Life in 19th Century America.
April 23, 2024

A New Gag.

Her health drunk by a young lawyer in slipper-full of champagne.
April 23, 2024
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A New Gag.

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White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Sept. 1886—A young married woman of Washington, D. C. has her health drunk by a young lawyer in slipper-full of champagne at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

A Summer Romance

Information from the White Sulphur Springs states that a flutter has been caused by an episode at a champagne party when a young married lady of fashion pulled off her slipper, and filling it with champagne, gave it to a young lawyer in the party and he quaffed it down. It is said the young lady is a Washington, D.C., beauty.


National Police Gazette, October 2, 1886