The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-26

MS shlrt sleeves an climbs tygraft pole He
says We can make sthrong dhrink iv anything
with sugar or starch in it. y few wears firm
no" can sec ye pacln up an down tn sidewalk
an wondhrin' why ye'cr shirts haven't come
home firm tn laundry
" don't believe all that Hogan saws e,,ase
tn wurruld cud struggle along wi,hou, it if i,
had to- It's don without good nanny things
that it used to think was nicssry Blu, what I'm
wondhrin' is what will it be like without tn
hateful pizen. It's been poorn it in fr cinchrics
an no wan knows what inilooncc its had on tn
charackter iv tn human race, dive mind III
as bad as tn docks say it must have had a good
dale There's much iv it put away ivrv dav
as there IS wather iowin between tn banks iy
tn Mississippi river, an its sure thing that
some iv 1t has took holt Tn wurruld NAV Be
betthcr without it or it may be worse, but il
won't be tn same wurruli Yc can bet on that
In me own study " it in this here laboratory
I've seen it make silent men talkativc an talk
atiVc men dumb, cautious men bold an bold men
cautious, severe man iania an ianal man
cross s'lngy men gin rouS an gin'rous men
care1ui. Nhatlver man wants to be whn he's
SOBER an don't dare to be, he's apt to be whin
he's dhrunk. lvry man keeps concealed in him
silf hero that he greatly admircs but fears
10 cut loose Rum releases this splindid char
ackter, who rampages around f'r night to tn
gr-reat pleasure " his keeper an thin rctrcs to
his cell In tn mornn tn keeper has head
ache an says to himsilf, Why did let that
blame fool outo Now. say I, whin tn dhrink
is removed what's goin' to happen3 Orators
that now poor foorth sthream " eoolden ilo-
ounce whiniver they get tn chance will be
ashamed to speak above whisper an modest
men that was wanst afraid to open their Iips f'r
fear Nv bcthrayin' slight hiccup will burst fear
lcssly into song. Fellows that ARE now famous
t'r their attintions to tn fair sect will dance M
more, an la-ads that wanst wud not dare 70
thrust thimsilves on sppry flure will grab tn
first girl they see an go tancoin' like madmen
HI turr'ble judge that now, full iv in8ammatorv
refreshments, angrily turns tn prisner over r.
tn hangman an wishes he cud spring tn thran
himsilf will say, Who am TO Judge me fellow
man, an lave tn job to a magistrate who was
so binivolint whn alcohol was king an he wae
a subjick that he let ivrybody oft with fatherlv
riprimand TIL whole arth will be turned uns;de
down so no wan can rcckonze it, Revelations
that ar-rc great now will fade away an new
vans will take their place Well have to revise
Our lists change nanny iv our idees. an oct
used to new vans, FIR ye can bet, Hinnissy, that
II most Nv tn crimes an good dale iv tn dis
ease that affiicts us must be charged to tn reign
that is now dhrawin to close, so is much " tb,
poilyt1cks, orathry, music, love maxim, an ar.
In new kind may be BOTHER But it'll bo
diifrent an TIL wurruld will be sadder an,
safer wurruld to live in"
IL don't believe in this here pro-hybition."
said MIR. Hennessy. 9TH man who dhr;nt,
moderately ought to be allowed to have what
he wants"
What Is his namci" asked Mr. Doo,.,
:" What novel is he in ?"
Copyright; 1914: BY Finley Peter Dunna1