pre-volstead

Updated: May 25, 2025

On its terrace the homesick Europeans gather toward twilight to sip advocat a drink which is a first cousin to the egg-nogg of pre-Volstead days, very popular in the Indies and to listen to the military band playing on the plein.

E. Alexander (Edward Alexander) Powell - Where the Strange Trails Go Down: Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits: Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam,: Cochin-China