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 Eluding the Customs Inspectors of Paris

��Below: Customs inspectors were attracted to a lawyer who car- ried his portfolio under his arm instead of by the handle. It was found to contain a bookshaped vessel filled with dutiable liquor

���This man looked like a prosper- ous merchant of generous pro- portions; but the inspectors soon found that he wore a whiskey- tilled c>'linder under his coat

��The convenience of a tubular horse col- lar could never be overlooked by the liquor smugglers

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��The face of the woman above was too youthful for her waist- line. It was found that she wore a rubber petticoat stocked with the most expensive liquors

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