The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-02
His Name Is Resource

survey OF the supplIaut ana seemed satisfied.
AN right, / guess the bartender said, huv.
ing glanced around the room aud rolsaurod
himself there were no tattlcrs present. Then
he chanced 60 look out OF the front window
But wait just a minute" he said. 900 those
two fellows out thcrc?' Ivy turned and saw his
two agents, marking timo. They're prohihi-
ton AGENTS can spot ON ms ia as can soc
en-. Wait uniIl they walk on by and III serV"
rzzy waited. rrcncntly his two men saun-
tered ON. Tho bartender appeared with tho
"Thcy can't fool me-" tho bartender remarked.
with the air gf one who knows his ropes You
may think Us foolish, but you've got to play
safe these days"
\ moment later he was arrested and In Gus
tody OF the two surc.cnough dry agents who
had been summoned by their squad chief who.
10 proceed with another point In the study 81
the rcdoubtablc Ivy had the liquid evidence
In his pocket.
As remarked earlier. whisky and Izzy don't
agree. one might be led 10 believe that the dry
agents life Is Just one drink after another and
with some II probably is-but not with lzly lie
doesn't like Il I'm the first place, hut what Is
more important, an oucnder can't he punished
duced in court And the prohibition agent VINO
tried to carry glass OF whisky from tho scene
more likely be mobbed. The resourcetul Ilzy
devised short cut, and. for all know. may
have 9pplled FOR patent its almost @ , worth III, ~
has installed unique plumbing system The
pocket is made into funnel lined with mae
rial durable enough to Withstand the liquid Iro
attributes OF the worst "hooch." inside the
coat. into which tho funnel feeds, In built a
flask. The rest is simple. When 1z1y orders.
and gets--a drink. his right arm comes up as all
fright arms do In similar circumstances as it to
convey the thmble Of ambrosia to parted lips
but the arc Is suddenly broken at an altitude
very near the collar button by a downward
tangent to the breast pocket, into which iH
tossed the llquid and through which n tnckles
via the funnel into the containcr within. lzzy
has praCtlccd this uutll he can fool many bar
tenders Into really thinking tho liquor was hon-
cstly and normally consumed
Tzzy's 's,pocket drainage system and Iz2y's dis
Ingenious facial expression are perhaps the
only two constant features Of his equipment and
makeup. In all other respects he Is never the
same man twice. II Is a wonder his VIE 9ud
four children over I'm Brooklyn know him when
he comes home a. night, for, even though no
leaves homo in the toys required for the morn.
iugs assignment, there lR no assurance ne VIII
return in the same attire.
Onco he and his pal, Moe Smith became
hosticra for "A few days, They had a tp about
"A certain stable. There was stl In tho back
of it, they were told Tho two forluru-looking
gtablcmeu. az horsy as the thorough lzzy could
make them, applied for jobs. There was hoth-
ing lust them but there might be later. They
day got acquainted with the boss ana gradually
nosed their way about. They found the htlll
before they got their Jobs.
And Just 70 show his range. lzzy one evening
walked into the YOrkylllo Casino with q from
bone under his arm, The falsc-front shirt, As
cot tie and other iufalllUlo markings Ot the or
Chpstra musician were upon him. lie could
play the trombone, too just as on similar oc-
casion IN Brooklyn he utilized a violin 10 win
over tho estauraut management. good TEL
low, In each instance the charm Of his music