Evening star., 1932-04-18
BAR" INSPECTED
|. BY BISHOP Cannon
Prohibition Fair Visited anc
Law Observance Effects
Viewed.

Following q private showing yeSJer-
day. the Prohibition Fair depicting the
eighteenth amendment in its ramihca-
tions and effects, was opened TO the
public at l O'Clock this afternoon.
The exhibit is being held at the
washington Auditorium under auspices
Of the Women's National Committee for
Law Enforcement, and is designed TO
show the benefits OF prohibition and the
evils OF liquor.
All the paraphernalia Of the liquor
trafic both before and after prohibition
Is arranged on one side OF the basement
hall of the auditorium and on the other
are shown the effects Of law observance
ON the home and in everyday life.
Entering the hall, onc first hears the
invitation Of an old-time barkeeper
standing behind a replica Of one Of
Washington's famous liquor establish
mentS Of prohibition days: Step
right up. folks, and have a soft drink. ="
Despite a collection Of alcoholic
labels which would have done credit
to any saloon of 20 years ago only
soft drinks are dispensed across the
bar. Across the room is an elaborately
equipped and decorated soda fountain.
from which soft drinks also are dis
pensed.
Bishop Cannon Guest.
Yesterday photographers found Bishop
James Cannon, jr.. Southern Methodist
dry leader, surveying with interest the
Lottles in front OF the saloon mirror,
with his foot on the brass rail. Their
flashlights disturbed the clergyman and
he sauntered on to the next exhibit.
With him was Rev William S. Chase,
director OF the Lords Day Alliance.
At one end of the room was The
Home Beer Furnished" boasting two
decrepit chairs. a mirror and clock,
while at the other end was The Home
Prohibition Furnished" filled with
modern, comfortable furniture. The
bed room suite carried the legend
This can be bought for the price Of
five beers a day for four months" All
the other furniture of the house also
was priced In terms Of beers.
Among other exhibits was wrecked
automobile bearing a quotation from
Henry Ford, THE place for alcohol is
in the engine, not in the engineer"
Next to the saloon was a blind
tiger" the speakeasy of pre-prohibition
Gays, and in a room near the two was a
player-piano emitting tunes that sug-
geSted inebriation.
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bition side of the hall, contained large
variety of clothing and household goods.
Above 1t was sign stating that three
beers day for a year will buy every
thing In this show case"
A concealed voice gives a continuous
dramatic presentation of a mother eX-
planning to her son who's has just come
home from the war why prohibition
was not put over" on the soldiers
while they were in France. She tells
him that the Congress which submitted
the eighteenth amendment was elected
five months before the declaration OF
war
Attracting considerable attention was
motion picture presentation Of 81
prohibitions in the Constitution of the
United States other than the one in
the eighteenth amendment Eight of
the first 10 amendments to the ConstI-
tuition are shown as being thou shall
nots"
On the walls we're paintings showing
the activities of rum runners and boot
leggers.
There also is youth exhibit in which
the advice of famous athletic coaches
concerning the use OF alcohol is re-
peated- by means of q moving picture
protector. -.-... .-.. t.-..s
There will be presentations of the
film Ten Nights in a Barroom" tw.ca
day, and every evening this week
there will be given one-act play with
moral pointing 20 the evils Of liquor
and law violation.
Play to Be Presented.
This evening Kathleen Norris play,
killing the Dire gon," will be presented,
aynninn'c 7THdnPfinn g.
entitled The Long. Long Trail" 1t
wss written by Mrs. Rushmore Patter-
son, prominently identified with the dry
movement among women, who lives at
2501 Massc chusetts avenue. Mrs. Pat
terson is the author of several plays.
One of them, Syracuse. - was presented
in the Werdran Park TheRter for
charity about five years ago, with Sir
Willmott Lewis taking the chief rcle.
The Long, Long Trail is the story
Of Illicit liquor from the time it is or
dered until it reaches the dinner table.
II is in IL scenes, but instead of shift
ing the scenery, two rooms are used a-d
alternate rooms blotted out by lighting
effects. Later the play is to be made
into motion picture. The preSenta-
ton for Wednesday evening is THE
Challenge"
All three productions are put on under
the direction of Mrs. Blanche Morgan
Focte.
Prior to the opening of the fair yes
terday, the Woman's National Commit
tee for Law Enforcement conducted a
service at the Auditorium dedicated to
Benjamin Franklin, whose call to prayer
at the first constitutional convention, in
1887, was read by Mrs. A. Haines Lip
pincott of New Jersey.
At the conclusion of the service Rev.
Allen A. Stockdale asked that a silent
ope-minue prayer be offered for the re-
turn of the Lindbergh baby. Rev. VIII
liam L. Darby, executive secretary of
the Washington Federation of Churches,
gave the invocation.
Bishop Cannon occupied box during
the service, as did Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Owen of Florida member of the House
OF Representatives.
Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, chairman of
the Woman's National Committee, pre-
sided.