South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-22

a club foot They may not like
IL. but il is,
A former well-known leader in
the United States Senate was for
many. many years h formulation
OF all Maine Republican State plat
forms. He simply oozed party prin-
ciples in platform shape. No plat
form was born. during his regime,
that wouldn't open its little eyes
and say Papa" when he eased into
view. Prominently. nay. pre-emi-
nent among the platform planks was
ev~erlastingly, perennially. evergreen
ly, a hearty endorsement of the pro-
hibition clause in the States con-
stitution and a scathing and soaring
denunciation of John G. Barleycorn
and all his nefarious works. Down
with Rum" was the party keynote.
sounded through successive years
by this able champion of the uplltt
The Maine senator.
He owned-this Senator did-a
summer home on top Of a Maine
mountain. just on the outskirts Of
a picturesque mid-Maine town.
Time came when this home caught
! fire. The Senator and his family
and all the servants were absent
! The loyal villagers rushed, as loyal
( villagers will. to the rescue of the
parlor sofa and the family linen.
They salvaged a rug or two and
were heroicalIy snatching the feath-
or pillows from the devouring ele-
ment, when some venturesome spirit
dashed into the cellar. Then he
dashed out again Whereupon dash
ing became contagious. All the viii
layers dashed. They fetched and
carried. 1t is unof1cially but fer
vently announced that the townfolk
Whereabouts walked wide for weeks
after that fire. 1t is stated that
! there are days even yet. when earn
, est diggers go up into the mountains
and dig. Briefly, when the village
(, rescue party got into the cellar OF
that prohibition champions resi-
dence, 1t found enough plain and
fancy liquor to flood the Mojave
desert. Some thrifty souls planted
theirs. Others dragged it home by
! the case. There were very Few per-
: fectly sober members Of that COM
munity for days and days
And the popularity OF the Senator
increased amazingly!
II you happen to drift into Port
land on a cold, wet night and go 10
a certain well-known hotel. a bell
boy will look you over appraisingly
and. II you measure up TO his So
phisticated idea Of what a really
thirsty wanderer ought TO look k
he will address you about as fol-
lows. to wit:
"Wanna drink. Mister?"
Yes"
whisky"
Yes"
Buy by the Quart.
"AIl right. Mister. but say. ICON
! f~dentially) get IL by the quart. I'll
send the porter up and maybe he'll
/ offer to get you a drink. Don't you
let i'm. Mister. That stun he sells
by the drink Is pizen. Make i'm
bring you a quart OF bonded goods
Even a hardened Maine bell boy
hasn't the heart TO let one partake.
unwarned. of the sort of booze that
arid Maine provides by tie drink.
But in certain Western States
J Oklahoma is one Of them. and Ari-
IONA Is another-the government
| stamp across the stopper OF a bot
tie doesn't mean much. II Is charg-
ed that a Chinaman first turned
the trick but. anyhow. someone ap-
| piled an electric wire to the bot
tom Of a bottle. cut through the
| glass. lifted out a bit Of il. poured
out the regular drinking whisky
that Uncle Sam had put his stamp
| OF approval on. and reflled the bot
tie with battling booze. Then the
glass was patched up-re-annealed,
~ that is the proper term-and the
unsuspecting purchaser got poison
ed. II YOU ever have occasion TO
buy a bottle Of whisky in Oklahoma.
for instance, don't pay any atten-
ton 70 the g~reenish government
label. Turn the bottle bottom side
up and look for a rough. round
place. II you find It. abstain! Put
aside the likker. Drink some horse
liniment. IL you viii. but not that.
never, This. at least. is the advice
one gets from the conscientious
native.
In Georgia. prohibition as a state
product has been %variously praised.
| condemned. tolerated and avoided.
for a number OF fairly moist years.
The native ingenuity of the thirsty
and thrifty Georgian was enormous
" stimulated early in the days OF
/ STATUTORY III NAfCEa. nkAANA 80 - n -
! credited with having discovered the
law-defeating possibilities OF the
automobile tank. Anyhow. n OF
the first recorded cases OF a parti-
! toned gasoline tank came 10 light
IN Atlanta The engineer OF the
machine might have done better in
the way OF getting by" If he had
tapped the gasoline compartment in
stead Of the one designated eXclu-
I sively for booze. But he erred. and
brought up very lame. and when the
wondering mechanicians Of the At
/ lanta police force took his car apart.
they found that his gasoline" tank
/ contained room in one division for
I three gallons Of gas and in another
for twenty gallons OF the sort OF
whisky that causes Cole Blessing
down in the sunny Southland.
In h Capital.
But Mai. Pullman. famous super
intendent OF the District OF Column
/ bia police department. has also had
hts automobile experiences. When
! washington went dry and the Con-
gressional committee rooms went
wetter than usual. al. or nearly all.
OF the residents. permanent and Of
] f~ce-holding. OF our National Capital
romped joyously toward Baltimore.
The Maryland metropolis is but
forty-four miles and as many
minutes distance from the Capital.
Railway. trolley and automobile
trafic between Washington and Bal