The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-01


medicines in the market now than
Horatio's philosophy ever drcarnt or
some OF them arc widely advertised.
Some ar~ Sold only over the bar. bat
they have this characteristic Ia COM
mon. They ARE made upon base
Of alcohol. and they pack . punch
that would send Dempsey dixsy.
The tlr~d business man shown
more pep than the monkey that bit
the Greek king after hoisting about
two prescriptions They recall the
dear old days Of reruna- when an
Indians life was still happy one.
-slzzARAC" ONLY
| IS PCT. ALCOHOL
In Columbus. Ohio. there II little
German saloon which makes a sre-
ciaity % selling twopound sand
wiehes for IS cents. The old German
hausfrau who runs the place has
never heard OF the ". c OF L.. ap
par~ntiy. Two Of those sandwiches
contain enough provender tn carry
Stefanason over tho great Ice
dropped IN one night for n httse
ncurishm.nt and noticed on the hack
bar a row Of BOTTLES iabelied--wcil.
call the iai>i -s,xzarae-" The bar
lady got the glance:
III Ia goot." said she. "Efaryone
drinks IL now that there Is holdings
else 10 drink"
III say " was good. About 10 par
cent grain alcohol at guess. Later
| I got a little inside Information and
learned that u carried IS per cent OF
the real stuff. Every bottle was
niiei with the good old songs and
inharmonies we used TO know. The
manufacturers Of the stuff began IN
small way with a few barrels OF
sherry and some ooioring material
but they have changed the formula
| from time TO time. Sometimes the
Kick Is furnfshed by whisky and
sometimes by gin and sometimes
plain alcohol. But the kick Ia al.
ways there. The makers have made
70 much money that they no longer
worry about any possible fine.
GOOD FOR ANYTHING FROM
DOCBITE I'd NEuRASTHENA
The tonic. so-caiied. and the myr
lad other tones. so-cailed. affirm
upon the bottle labels that the con-
tents are good for anything from
doxhite to neurAsthenia. In smaller
western towns they IRE sold At the
drug stores. Everywhere they are
sold 1T saloons. except where the
prohibition law 10 20 loosely enforced
that no preiense 10 needed In
good many towns nowadays one need
not ask for Syrup Of Patriot or Nio-
LATED pogwood Compound. Just hold
up two fingers nj the bartender.
You'll get H.
These tcnica Of course. exist by
sufferance and ccmpiaisance. No ore
bothers TO Investigate them The
maker only needs print formula on
tho bottle and comply with certain
easy provisions Of the Law and make
all he wants. By and bye he may b
inserfercd with by the honest sgents
Of the izw--the honest agsnts beinr
invariably over~orked and rushed TO
deash-so that they do not gef
around to such an Investigation until
the tonic.makerx have laid away q
tidy fortune. Then the maker goes
into court With the lawyer he has
laid IN stock In advance.
s-rhts juice" he sAys In effect. Is
ono Of the greatest trcons 10 mankind
invented since scifopening keyhoies
were discovered"
MAKE No MOREr
HE CHANGES THE NAME
An argument foilows. and the
maker In fined. or ordered not 10
make any more. He pays the fine
and changes the name. His busSness
isn't interfered with ~ :s.- change.
for the bartender puts the new line
out with the same Assurance that he
put out the old. Its good for what
ails you
hut These tonics account for sone
portion Of tire legitimate whisky that
has been withdrawn from the bonded
warehouses and for the greater part
Of the grain alcohol Over n great
many New York bars alcohol. cut"
by water and sugar and coiored with
prune juice. IL sold for whisky. This
is better than the homemade stuff.
OF course, but the user suffers heav-
lily from the least vibration on the
following day.
Nov and then there In n spasm Of
law enforcement or the incoming