AFTER THE TOWN GOES DRY BY HENRY C. TAYLOR WITH COVER AND CARTOONS BY "KING" OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE CHICAGO THE HOWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY KC6120 HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 43366 COPYRIGHT 1919 BY THE HOWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED First Edition Published March, 1919 HAMMOND PRESS W. B. CONKEY COMPANY CHICAGO PREFACE At the present writing, prohibition is the subject of the hour and is necessarily made the basis of many jokes and stories. AFTER THE TOWN GOES DRY does not intend to take either side of this big question, but has simply looked at the funny angles of the situations which have arisen and which will arise out of the "bone dry" law. If any of the material in this little book takes the opposite of your view-put the reverse on the story and laugh, chuckle or grin. If you do this, the book is worth while and will have served its purpose. AFTER THE TOWN GOES DRY July 1, 1919 "Looks like rain today!" * SOLACE "Whiskey has killed more people than bullets." "Just the same, I'd rather be full of whiskey than bullets," said he. * Kisses are intoxicating. Come on, let's get soused. Pretty hard to get a room with bath these days, isn't it? |