They take the paper and they read the headlines.. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all By getting up a costume charity ball. (Ogden Nash)

They take the paper and they read the headlines.. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all By getting up a costume charity ball.

Ogden Nash

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