The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-03
BY PAULINE c. G.AYMAN.

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Goodbye. Volsteadl Hello, Cuba!'
Cant you smell the beer2"
That's a brewery smokestack."
"Down with wiuc'"
These were tho shouts with which
passengers standing art on the
,romendde deck OF the steampship
NbonEeroz (American Legion stchm-
nip pro tenn early ON the afternoon
of october % first sighted Cuba,
wing like a cloud bank on the blue
bosom OF the ocean and bearing a
romarkable and mugh-romsrked re-
-amblance to the foam on large
lIlas Of beer. The steamship Aben-
.sroz was mnk.ng It's first dry trip
n1cr the new ship ruling and the
.agrOom below was only a place OF
memories. Fifteen minutes after the
steamer had dockcd at "Habana.
Hepublica de cuba ana customs
house officials had turned ones most
Ultimate belongings topsy-turvy
thirty "Americanos' were TO be
found with their feet on the ". X.
rails or ordering drinks In the in
outable palm-and- plant patios Of
hotel lobbics.
Navigation Easy.
All this does not mean th3t any
1egionnaires were unable at any
time to navigate during their two
and q half days visit to the Cuban
capital. Indeed, a number OF the
i5O legion men and ladies brought
from New Orleans after the national
legion convention aboard the Ahcn-
Eercz and the Chalmette aid not
touch a drop while on the Isle Of
cuba and others merely slipped
Sparingly Of several tiny cocktails
lust 10 boast about 10 back home.
You can get all tnJt you want 10
drink, and more than you need. In
almost any given block In Havana.
Rottled goods alternate with boxes
NJ delicious guava jelly IN grocery
stores and Cuban housckeepcrs order
Bacardi (ruml along with pincap-
pies and oysters. All kinds Of bever-
ages are on tap at all the cafes and
there IS n "vittuTia' every other
door or so. One OF the citv's beauty
sports, the botanical gardens, Is
wned by, and is adjacent to- the
Troplco distillerv. which serves free
NJ charge endless quantities OF beer
io park visitors and picnic parties.
Americans making their homes in
Cuba profess 10 be ashamed Of the
over-indulgeuce Of visiting country
men and say that the residents are
never intoxicated, not.coably or
otherwise, though native consump-
ton OF liquor has increased with the
DETECTION Of European consign-
signments from the states to "the
gem of the Antilles"
Bring Cuba Back.
Just how much Of Cuba Is trans
ported back to the states might he
Indicated by typical conversation
lust as the steamship Atcuas. an
other specially chartered legion
hip. crossed the bar--a plainly
marked water line pe,ween the
Gulf Of Mexico and the mouth OF
Tho Mississippi--on the morning OF
october 27. Said ono passenger.
ia like to swim ashore now and
skip tho customs house eVamin1-
ton" Cueried the other, What's
YOUR reason?" replied Passenger No.
]. II have seven good reasons" \
story was circulated about a lady
who was n regular walking distillery
when she sailed through the Gus
toms house for 10 good quarts and
true were sewed IN her cOrscts. Suf-
flee II to say that only the suitcases
and steamer trunks and not ones
person were searched and tina,
many Atenas passengers wore over
coats when they walked down the
gangplank at the New Orleans
wharf!
Seven Tulsans-Mr. and Mrs. Paul
\. McNeal Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Dial
Miss Virginia Hagan. Mrs. Ida Lay
man. Miss Pauline Layman-voya ged
TO Cuba and back. Other Oklaho-
mans were n. r. Bodkey Of Ed
mond, Mr.. and Mrs. C.SE. Stanton OF
NARROW, Miss d. A. Lynn of Okla,
homa City, +. Buell. OF Edmond, pr
and Mrs. J., +. Uerod Of FL Reno
Miss Meta Marsh OF FL Reno. o, A
Bigelow of Drumright. Mrs. 3. Free,
man OF Chickasha. Mrs r. r. Easor
Of NARROW G. Hale Of Edmond Me,
You Know u Tonic l. Good
when II makes you eat like a hungry
boy and brings back the color tt
your cheeks. You can soon feel the