Evening star., 1922-05-28

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pint of liquor for them. and, Of course.
his arrest Immediately followed.
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GIVE found unique hiding place
w the other day, when we un-
earthed long tube that had been
placed in the fire hose of a certain
office building. By unscrewing the
nozzle of the hose it was an easy
hose. Just what would have hap
pened II the water pressure had been
turned on is the problem that is
worrying the owner of the building.
You probably have noticed that
there are very few dandelions re-
naming in any of the parks. We
happened to notice the other day a
group of children that had large
baskets full of dandelions, and when
we trailed them we found that their
mother was laundress. but a meas
urement of the washtub disclosed the
fact that underneath the soiled
clothes and dirty water was a false
bottom in which was a good quality
Of dandelion wine. A further search
Of the premises showed other appara-
tus constructed along similar lines.
I'VE received a telephone message
the other day tipping US on to where
we could find quantity Of high
grade Scotch whisky that had just
been brought down from Canada.
When we got to the place. we found
not Scotch whisky. but orange mar
malade, that had been shipped down
in Johnnie Walker boxes. Maybe you
don't think that the owner Of the
marmalade kidded us.
''One way that we found out who
had stolen a valuable lot of wines
and liquor was through noticing the
purchase of two large touring cars
and fur coats by some persons who
few months previous had been
working for a public corporation. The
sudden apparent prosperity was the
thing that gave US the line on their
activities. and the rest of it was just
real hard work.
'The public does not realize that
there IL no limit to the hours We
work, either night or day, or both.
Fair weather or foul, we are con-
stantly on the, job, and every obstacle
that human ingenuity can devise Is
placed in our pathway. The general
public, as q rule, sympathizes. not
with US, but with the mi1 We are
after.
WHILE the men bootleggers are
more resolute and daring, yet the
female of the species is more clever
than the male. She is more secretive
and she presumes upon her sex in a
majority of cases to prevent us from
making a thorough search of the
premises where she operates. II the
motion picture magnates could only
view, as we do, some Of the clever
acting by woman bootleggers the
names Of lot Of new feminine stars
would confront the pnblic very
shortly.
'.It really is surprising how many
woman bootleggers there are in the
business today. and want to tell you
right now that they are great deal
harder to catch than their brothers.
in-booze. got one the other day,
and she was carrying . bottle of alb
sinthe. the bottle having the label of
a well known French perfumer. When
she became very indignant, and
claimed that was insulting her. She
threatened to take the. matter to the
President OF the United States. to the
senator's Of the commonwealth in
which she lived, and goodness knows
who else. but when finally got the
bottle away from her she wilted
and claimed that. the perfumery. as
she called it. had been presented
to her.
The other day. by accident we hap
pened to unearth the hiding place Of
a good-sized quantity of moonshine.
It was in far cSrner Of algrayeyard.
The culprit finaliy said his reason for
hiding 1t there was that no one
would suspect him of going into a
graveyard at night. He bemoaned
the fact that he hadn't any left hind
foot of 1 rabbit.
"A xooA Aeai Of the. stun that is
coming into the city 10 of. the poorest