National Affairs: Do Not Feed

On exhibit last week at Atlantic City's Million Dollar Pier, between an educated chimpanzee and a hermaphrodite, was an educated politician. Behind a glass door marked MAYOR was His Honor Harry Bacharach. It was not long before a local wag attached to the door another sign: PLEASE DO NOT FEED.

Atlantic City's wise and popular chief executive, who has served his city steadily since 1911, had plausible reason for taking up his quarters among the freaks. It now costs 25ยข to see him. "I moved in to get away from job-hunters and favor-seekers," explained Mayor Bacharach. "I'm...

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