Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-18

~ ,here,s plenty Of dope. don JeoI.
way sov oh, joy; that's tohdt WeH drink
not beer!
Cerage, honest Oar HFs' "''''o
.,. tbare's dope!
mind IL the Government does
~. aross the rye, like the lassie in the
y. ssotch ballad, and don't you care II
n.rress ~ does take the bun out OF bour-
eolsi 1rhare'll be plenty of alcohol still OBJ
py.his for those who don't care what it
,.s,ss like so long as the good old jag still
waves
md where will you get IL? Well, to be
.,.ei there are precisely 746 potable con-
.ss,Ions now listed by the Department of
,otsrnal Revenue each and every one OF
.h,sb 10 use the barker's language, con-
80 ,ts hefty little share of alcohol, and
-hIch can be purchased on almost every
.n,nsr seventy-fve Of these 746 different
t,nas of alcoholic drinks are manufactured
,vht here in Pennsylvania, and twenty Zone
sT them are made right here in this city
~ sthrotherly buns. Not single one of them
iii he prohibited under the food bill now
hsfore Congress. Not a single one pays
FEDERAL revenue tax on its manufacture.
The Woody should worry!
so. although whisky should be no longer
manufactured and the present stocks go up
M price TO double or quadruple their prices
ofiast month, even though the costs of wines
and beers climb sllyward in sympathy with
those of whisky, like the sympathetic little
fellows they are, there will still be cheap
jags obtainabe for all.
II is easy to picture a scene in any sa-
loon in the near future. For example:
Enter carmne-nosed individual, who takes
: his stand at the bar after paving at the
brass footrail in the good old fashion.
Whisky has been off the bar for weeks, no
one but millionares having the price of a
hlmbleful.
Carmine-nosed individual to bartender,
hopefully: "Horash, missh me up Jamaica
Ginger cocktail, wish chaser Ferro China
Titomanlio on side :"
Horace, firmly: "Nothn' don'. old top.
You know as well as l do that there is
rs s3-100ths per cent pure alcohol in the
jamaica Ginger cocktail alone, to say moth
ing Of 16 3s-l00ths per cent /of alcohol in
that chaser What do you want to do,
have me call an ambulance to take you to
BlOckey?'
Csrmine-nosed individual: well, gimme
straight drink of KiCkapoo Indian Sagwa
n you're goin' to be doggoned careful Of
me, then"
Hsracsi "Oh, very well, take your
eagwa. There's only clio per cent Of al
eohol In that-only about twice as much as
there Is in a glass of beer"
Carmne-nOsed individual spends the rest
Of the afternoon moodily drinking Sagwa
and is elected after he says beyond utter
tnce.
And so with festive dinner parties. In
fead Of opening a bottle of champagne,
which contains less than 10 per cent Of al
nhol and which might cost as much as Sc,
he genial host removes the label from
qRrt of Hostetters Bitters, which contains
Ni2 per cent of alcohol and which costs
only 81 bottle, and serves 1t to his con-
vvia guests. If they are not stitklers
for bouquet" the effect will be much
more lasting and far cheaper.
Then there will be the men who want
nipof brandy and who will get it after the
food bill is enacted, by calling for Cauff-
mans ginger brandy made in Philadelphia,
with Its 1872 per cent of pure alcohol. old
fashioned" brandy itself has only 46 per
cent Of alcohol and costs a darn sight more
than Cauffman's. What's the odds?
MADE IN PHILADELPHIA"
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