Presto
Issue: 1920 1755 - Page 22
PRESTO
22
TELLS OF CRUELTIES
OF PROHIBITION
A Son of Sobriety Tabulates Sacrifices and
Self Denials That Follow in the Wake of
the Permanently Rumbling Water-
wagon.
One of the recent stories told in the desolated club
rooms recites the mystery of the policeman who,
having confided an item of commonplace news to
a Celtic friend, was asked to tell it again. He told
it again. His friend requested it the third time
and the fourth. Even then he urged that the item
be once more repeated while the listener held his
face close to the sound-box of the narrator.
"But," says policeman Pat at the last request,
"phy do yes want me to tell it so many toimes?
Sure it's not a great story!"
"Aw, naw," said his friend, "but oi wants to smell
yer breath!" Pat had been breaking the statutes
and, while the fading vapor lingered, his friend was
eager to hear all he could of it.
Fellow Feeling Is General.
So many others feel, even though, according to
the 18th amendment, they shouldn't. But, better than
anything else that has been told about the sad
change that has come over all of us—or many if
not most of us—is the following which was written
by an expert former publicity man and trade paper
editor. The following was prepared under the
head of "Cruelties of Prohibition" and it was written
by J. R. Kathrens, a man who was never seen caress-
ing a lamp-post, vainly searching for the key-hole
or swallowing buckets of ice water in the morning.
Mr. Kathrens is the original "Sunshiner" and his
society has members all over the world, among
them thousands of prohibitionists. He has sold
everything that helps the moral uplift, from pianos
to advertising space, and is now a manufacturer in
St. Joseph, Mo. It is a certainty that every reader
of Presto will want to preserve Mr. Kathrens' article
and, like Pat, the policeman's friend, to hear it
many times in the dry days ahead.
CRUELTIES OF PROHIBITION.
Prohibition, which killed John Barleycorn, almost
wrecked the Salvation Army, depopulated settlement
March 11, 1920.
houses, emptied city workhouses, and robbed the
county poor farm of its protege.
Not content with this havoc, it has invaded the
sacred precincts of reformatories, asylums and
inebriate homes, depriving these institutions of
much patronage.
In like manner it has almost destroyed the avoca-
tion of the jailer and made a mockery of the police
court and as destitute of news as a Patee Park
lamp post.
In many sections of the country the cruel ravages
of Prohibition have cut down the number of good
and faithful patrolmen and deprived them of work.
Skippers Cast Adrift.
Right in the midst of an epidemic of high prices a
small army of patient and long suffering bar-keeps
were cast adrift, to pick up employment where and
when they may. These poor fellows were hard hit.
It will be difficult for them to find jobs where their
skill will be fully appreciated. They will also be
deprived of hearing that familiar pleading as little
Ragged Anna tugs at her father's elbow:
"Father, Dear Father, come home with me now,
The clock in the steeple strikes one,
You said you were coming right home from the shop
As soon as your days' work was done."
It's mighty tough on old Bunk Row, for many a
night they don't get as much as one 10-cent flop.
They've all deserted. Gone home to wife and babies.
Prohibition stabbed the bread line and put a finish
to the midnight bowl of soup.
The creak of the old swinging door will no more
be heard. The saw-dust floor and the polished foot
rail have disappeared. The free lunch along with
the young onion and nubbin of rye bread are for-
go'.^en. "The largest schooner for 5 cents" is but
an echo of memory.
Lost Old Boozy Ben.
Old Boozy Ben has lost his grip. For eighteen
years he faithfully carried home a juicy bun, never
missing a single day. Now Prohibition has so cut
in on his personal liberty that the neighbors ob-
serve him carrying home to Mary and the children
an armful of groceries. The next observation of
inquisitive neighbors will probably show Ben ac-
tually bringing home an armful of flowers and al-
lowing their fragrance to displace the odor of booze.
Yes, Prohibition has killed off so much hunger
that scarcely anvone is looking for a hand-out. The
down-and-out club is literally down and out sure
enough. Where are its members? Whither have
they gone?
At $18 a quart, how could any self-respecting Hobo
get a breath that would justify his pleadings for a
dime with which to buy a cup of coffee.
The ruthless hand of Prohibition has deprived
many a citizen of the social warmth and comforts
of his cozy club, be it the one with the saw-dust
BJUR BROS. CO.
ESTABLISHED 1887
Makers of
Pianos and Players of Quality
Manufacturer* of Bjur Bro§. Piancs
705-717 WHITLOCK AVENUE. NEW YORK
The Sign of
AUTO DE LUXE ACTION
ENDORSED BY NOTED ARTISTS
Jacques Pintel and Miss Nannette Flack Enthusiastic
About the Merit of the Fine Product.
Jacques Pintel and Miss Nannette Flack, two
noted artists in music realm, are enthusiastic en-
dorsers of the Auto De Luxe Welte-Mignon, (li-
cense) Reproducing Action.
Both these artists have had an opportunity to
closely study the operation of this reproducing ac-
tion and have pronounced it the means of repro-
ducing most exactly tlie works of the great pianists.
Mr. Pintel is well known in piano circles as a
pianist of rare merit. He plays with a deep under-
standing which is the result of a life's concentration
on the reproducing of piano music. Miss Nannette
Flack is a soprano who has won' a wide popularity
through her work on the concert stage.
Both these artists took part in the concerts given
in the Auto Pnuematic booth during the recent music
show.
The P. F. Sarver music store at St. Marys, O.,
recently removed to the Pauck building, where a
much larger stock has a better opportunity for dis-
play.
sanded floor, or the luxury of the soft Bokahara
laid on the classic mosaic.
Persecution Killed John B.
It is tough to find the old guards missing. No
more horse's necks, a Ricky of gin or a pony of
Hennessy.
The bucket of suds from around the corner has
passed away along with the one-horse shay. To
rush the growler has become a lost art.
John Barleycorn died hard, but he died rich. His
old friend. Personal Liberty, stood by him almost
to the end. But he could not stand the ravages of
Prohibition with its destructive propaganda. So
they buried him in an alcoholic grave and on his
great tomb were hewn these words:
Here Lies
J O H N BARLEYCORN
Killed
Through 238 Years
of
Pernicious
Patient
Persecution.
C
T \ 1 1 ! 1 f~r*
The Sign of
HONEST ™ ? LIBERAL
PIANOS / X M b T * VALUES
NEW rORK
WESERB90S..lnc.
KREITER
HAVE MONEY IN THEM FOR ANY RESPONSIBLE DEALER
They bear critical comparison with any others, They are beautiful
instruments with the winning tone-tjuality. The new Kreiter F&ctbwr it
one of the largest and best equipped in the world, Let Us Hear From Y*u,
KREITER MFG. CO.. Inc
* Fftotoryt
M&rinett*. W«s.
175.79 THIRD ST., MILWAUKEE. WIS.
Rlace that Want Ad in Presto
Standardized by The Quality
FUEHR
Every Instrument in this Line
&
is a Trade Winner because it
STEMMER possesses Musical Character-
PIANOS
PLAYERS
AND
PHONOGRAPHS
istics far Exceeding the Price
asked for it.
Write for Catalogues and Particulars.
Fuehr & Stemmer Piano Co.
18-22 E. 24th St.
Chicago, IlliftOft
HALLET & DAVIS
Grand
Small Grand
Upright
PIANOS
tfct
nrtaflara l a
Ifcc
HOME OFFICE, 146 Boyliton St. Boston
WAREROOM* Beaton, few Y»*fc. eu«a*».
SWAN PIANOS
are of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
practical experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations and cata-
logues of various styles
will be furnished pi a n *
merchants on application.
FACTORY*
SWAN ORGANS
The tremendous superi-
ority of the *WAN Re«i
Organs over all other! tits
in the absolute mechankni
and scientific ptif «ottaa m
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the tort
value in modern orgam
building.
1 N . SWAN & SONS, M.™ u i. c ,u,.r,, FREEPMT, I L L
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22
TELLS OF CRUELTIES
OF PROHIBITION
A Son of Sobriety Tabulates Sacrifices and
Self Denials That Follow in the Wake of
the Permanently Rumbling Water-
wagon.
One of the recent stories told in the desolated club
rooms recites the mystery of the policeman who,
having confided an item of commonplace news to
a Celtic friend, was asked to tell it again. He told
it again. His friend requested it the third time
and the fourth. Even then he urged that the item
be once more repeated while the listener held his
face close to the sound-box of the narrator.
"But," says policeman Pat at the last request,
"phy do yes want me to tell it so many toimes?
Sure it's not a great story!"
"Aw, naw," said his friend, "but oi wants to smell
yer breath!" Pat had been breaking the statutes
and, while the fading vapor lingered, his friend was
eager to hear all he could of it.
Fellow Feeling Is General.
So many others feel, even though, according to
the 18th amendment, they shouldn't. But, better than
anything else that has been told about the sad
change that has come over all of us—or many if
not most of us—is the following which was written
by an expert former publicity man and trade paper
editor. The following was prepared under the
head of "Cruelties of Prohibition" and it was written
by J. R. Kathrens, a man who was never seen caress-
ing a lamp-post, vainly searching for the key-hole
or swallowing buckets of ice water in the morning.
Mr. Kathrens is the original "Sunshiner" and his
society has members all over the world, among
them thousands of prohibitionists. He has sold
everything that helps the moral uplift, from pianos
to advertising space, and is now a manufacturer in
St. Joseph, Mo. It is a certainty that every reader
of Presto will want to preserve Mr. Kathrens' article
and, like Pat, the policeman's friend, to hear it
many times in the dry days ahead.
CRUELTIES OF PROHIBITION.
Prohibition, which killed John Barleycorn, almost
wrecked the Salvation Army, depopulated settlement
March 11, 1920.
houses, emptied city workhouses, and robbed the
county poor farm of its protege.
Not content with this havoc, it has invaded the
sacred precincts of reformatories, asylums and
inebriate homes, depriving these institutions of
much patronage.
In like manner it has almost destroyed the avoca-
tion of the jailer and made a mockery of the police
court and as destitute of news as a Patee Park
lamp post.
In many sections of the country the cruel ravages
of Prohibition have cut down the number of good
and faithful patrolmen and deprived them of work.
Skippers Cast Adrift.
Right in the midst of an epidemic of high prices a
small army of patient and long suffering bar-keeps
were cast adrift, to pick up employment where and
when they may. These poor fellows were hard hit.
It will be difficult for them to find jobs where their
skill will be fully appreciated. They will also be
deprived of hearing that familiar pleading as little
Ragged Anna tugs at her father's elbow:
"Father, Dear Father, come home with me now,
The clock in the steeple strikes one,
You said you were coming right home from the shop
As soon as your days' work was done."
It's mighty tough on old Bunk Row, for many a
night they don't get as much as one 10-cent flop.
They've all deserted. Gone home to wife and babies.
Prohibition stabbed the bread line and put a finish
to the midnight bowl of soup.
The creak of the old swinging door will no more
be heard. The saw-dust floor and the polished foot
rail have disappeared. The free lunch along with
the young onion and nubbin of rye bread are for-
go'.^en. "The largest schooner for 5 cents" is but
an echo of memory.
Lost Old Boozy Ben.
Old Boozy Ben has lost his grip. For eighteen
years he faithfully carried home a juicy bun, never
missing a single day. Now Prohibition has so cut
in on his personal liberty that the neighbors ob-
serve him carrying home to Mary and the children
an armful of groceries. The next observation of
inquisitive neighbors will probably show Ben ac-
tually bringing home an armful of flowers and al-
lowing their fragrance to displace the odor of booze.
Yes, Prohibition has killed off so much hunger
that scarcely anvone is looking for a hand-out. The
down-and-out club is literally down and out sure
enough. Where are its members? Whither have
they gone?
At $18 a quart, how could any self-respecting Hobo
get a breath that would justify his pleadings for a
dime with which to buy a cup of coffee.
The ruthless hand of Prohibition has deprived
many a citizen of the social warmth and comforts
of his cozy club, be it the one with the saw-dust
BJUR BROS. CO.
ESTABLISHED 1887
Makers of
Pianos and Players of Quality
Manufacturer* of Bjur Bro§. Piancs
705-717 WHITLOCK AVENUE. NEW YORK
The Sign of
AUTO DE LUXE ACTION
ENDORSED BY NOTED ARTISTS
Jacques Pintel and Miss Nannette Flack Enthusiastic
About the Merit of the Fine Product.
Jacques Pintel and Miss Nannette Flack, two
noted artists in music realm, are enthusiastic en-
dorsers of the Auto De Luxe Welte-Mignon, (li-
cense) Reproducing Action.
Both these artists have had an opportunity to
closely study the operation of this reproducing ac-
tion and have pronounced it the means of repro-
ducing most exactly tlie works of the great pianists.
Mr. Pintel is well known in piano circles as a
pianist of rare merit. He plays with a deep under-
standing which is the result of a life's concentration
on the reproducing of piano music. Miss Nannette
Flack is a soprano who has won' a wide popularity
through her work on the concert stage.
Both these artists took part in the concerts given
in the Auto Pnuematic booth during the recent music
show.
The P. F. Sarver music store at St. Marys, O.,
recently removed to the Pauck building, where a
much larger stock has a better opportunity for dis-
play.
sanded floor, or the luxury of the soft Bokahara
laid on the classic mosaic.
Persecution Killed John B.
It is tough to find the old guards missing. No
more horse's necks, a Ricky of gin or a pony of
Hennessy.
The bucket of suds from around the corner has
passed away along with the one-horse shay. To
rush the growler has become a lost art.
John Barleycorn died hard, but he died rich. His
old friend. Personal Liberty, stood by him almost
to the end. But he could not stand the ravages of
Prohibition with its destructive propaganda. So
they buried him in an alcoholic grave and on his
great tomb were hewn these words:
Here Lies
J O H N BARLEYCORN
Killed
Through 238 Years
of
Pernicious
Patient
Persecution.
C
T \ 1 1 ! 1 f~r*
The Sign of
HONEST ™ ? LIBERAL
PIANOS / X M b T * VALUES
NEW rORK
WESERB90S..lnc.
KREITER
HAVE MONEY IN THEM FOR ANY RESPONSIBLE DEALER
They bear critical comparison with any others, They are beautiful
instruments with the winning tone-tjuality. The new Kreiter F&ctbwr it
one of the largest and best equipped in the world, Let Us Hear From Y*u,
KREITER MFG. CO.. Inc
* Fftotoryt
M&rinett*. W«s.
175.79 THIRD ST., MILWAUKEE. WIS.
Rlace that Want Ad in Presto
Standardized by The Quality
FUEHR
Every Instrument in this Line
&
is a Trade Winner because it
STEMMER possesses Musical Character-
PIANOS
PLAYERS
AND
PHONOGRAPHS
istics far Exceeding the Price
asked for it.
Write for Catalogues and Particulars.
Fuehr & Stemmer Piano Co.
18-22 E. 24th St.
Chicago, IlliftOft
HALLET & DAVIS
Grand
Small Grand
Upright
PIANOS
tfct
nrtaflara l a
Ifcc
HOME OFFICE, 146 Boyliton St. Boston
WAREROOM* Beaton, few Y»*fc. eu«a*».
SWAN PIANOS
are of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
practical experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations and cata-
logues of various styles
will be furnished pi a n *
merchants on application.
FACTORY*
SWAN ORGANS
The tremendous superi-
ority of the *WAN Re«i
Organs over all other! tits
in the absolute mechankni
and scientific ptif «ottaa m
the bellows action and stop
action, making it the tort
value in modern orgam
building.
1 N . SWAN & SONS, M.™ u i. c ,u,.r,, FREEPMT, I L L
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).