Show Rye Dispensary Thrives 1 14 l. l 4 Bacchus' Bacchus Devotees Thirst r 1 i a 14 z 1 i Malingerers Invoke Wiles By Milt Davis Davis arc are tho days das when the person T THESE I with a thirst Is looking around 1 for symptoms If It ho he cant can't develop de an ailment he hell he'll 11 otter offer an alibi For the tho city I Is distributing pints of or whisky whisk to Influenza patients and many squires of or the tho thirst thirst the the Intensely intensely In Intensely In- In tensely per personal onal kind of ot thirst which I The li i Y d 7 On The Way fo V flourished back In the days before August August Au Au- gust 1 1917 seem 1917 scorn to think they can pluck almost any sort ort of ill out of or the tho Pandora box and put It over on pro pro- The They cant can't under the tho careful care ro rill fill system devised de b by Chief Chic J J. Parley White hite but ut that doesn't stop tho parched pl adventurer from embarking on tho quenchless quest Not ot since the days das when hon the tho unsteady customers dropped Into tho the taverns for tor their mornings morning's morning have havo there thero been heen no so man many receptive e ones for free drinks Tho The boys who used to cancel business ss engagements and hang around so the they could step up to tho the bar and help out the house whenever a a. prodigal son wanted ranted to buy are planning to visit the emergency hospital whore where the liquor Is being doled out Offer Otter to 10 Flirt With Most lost of ot them aro able to go there unaided but If It it would woul help holp them thom to get bet a a. wee nip they'd be willing to charter an ambulance and get carried In n feet first If the they thought snake bite worth worthwhile while they'd thed go EO out and tease a pot boa boaCo Co constrictor n s tn C t or Or If whisky were being administered adminis- adminis ered for frost trost bite they'd thed tako talco a a. lease on an unfurnished cold storage warehouse ware ware- house louse and move mO In Some of or tho the arid aril ones have hl called at it the tho hosp hospital tal for the favor of or a flask task but most have mado made inquiry of or policemen policemen police police- men and The Their r tales have havo been touching But pleas which have havo tapped tho the wellspring of at human sym- sym nh h. h t- t fr e eIm Im all run down and In need of ot a stimulant stimulant say say about three fingers of or rack and ruin one ono simple seck seeker or con- con tided to a a. policeman I am suffering from teetotalism In chronic form forim It has jaa been growing on me ever p. since a year ago last lat summer I first felt tho the attack when a bartender refused to sot set m my fly glass blass of ot cider where It would work and I have had several relapses since when I sipped tho the Innocuous grape juice ulce Ive I've developed melancholia which cant can't bo ho dissipated by hy the sound of ot popping corks corles and gurgling liquids I J want to dust oft off the decanters and flagons lagons and goblets and thimbles and fill em om up h Why I haven't had de- de tremens for so 50 long I wouldn't know how to act act lb Ho He was frank Crank about ab It IT H He- He wanted a drink He Ito said so But lInt others were more moro wily In their approaches Ono ana man who ventured to the hospital hospi- hospi tal al In search of oC a pint was asked If sr lie ho jo carried a doctors doctor's prescription not loty Aunt N Needs Tonic Xo No o. o I h haven't t Cl ho confessed You sec see its it's this wa way The Tho whisky Is la Intended Intended In- In I tended ended for an aunt of oC mine Sho Is about as sick an aunt as ns I ever had had had- and Ive I've enjoyed a good OO man many on both sides of or the family who weren't over over- sprightly but but but she has pronounced views on temperance Shed She'd rather not got ct wen well than take tako anything stronger than some pale tea If H I applied for a prescription p shed she'd want ant to look It over and shed she'd never agree asree to an any wine vine list listeen even en if It It were written In Latin So SoI I want to get set some somo whisky and put It ItIn itin In n her het medicine so 80 she wont won't know anything anything any any- thing about it She dont don't even know lenow tho the taste of or the tho stuff and the tho first thin thing she knew shod shed be e cured In spite of ot her conscience Tho The most tangible excuse that another er supplicant carried to tho the hospital was as a he snooze he lucked lacked tho the documentary documentary tary tan evidence of or a l prescription to support sup sup- port port his plea that no ho had hud Influenza It was a t-l. pretty prell convincing sneeze until until one ono of or the bystanders St saw W him hint consult consulta a n. box of snuff I cant can't give Ivo you OU a n. proscription a 1 physician explained to a man who had applied for the tho scrap of paper which might havo obtained him somo some of the liquor You dont don't show tho the slightest symptoms of or Influenza You appear to tobo tobo I bo bu hopelessly health healthy I couldn't oven oon lend you a quarantine card after aCter lookInG looking look look- ing lug you jou OU over l I 1 guess I aint vry n sick Just now now the prospective patient replied gloomily gloom gloom- It ii ily but Ill I'll tell teU you what ho suggested suggested suggested sug sug- moro more cheerfully dully you OU might dato late that prescription ahead a n few days Ys Ill I'll go out and see soo what I can cando do Im I'm pretty prelly good at catching things I Ue s there ther hasn't been lIeen an any kind of ot epidemic In iii town for tor a long while I haven't ha gotten Kotten In on on My t name and aldress aldress al- al dress seem eem to bo ho in the malady book boole The Tho time Limo housemaids housemaid's knee was as popular I developed de water on the knee It was waR tho the best hegt I could do do but I 1 did that much anwa anyway You Just Juat make out that prescription pre pre- and when I 1 feel myself get get- In ing worse Ill I'll cash it in I 1 might betaken bo ho taken Bu suddenly late at night and Id I'd hato hate to bother you ou at that hour The Tho physician assure assured him ho hod d rather rathor rath rath- er or sit up and wait walt for tor him To support his contention that he had acquired Influenza still sun another thirst thirsty one approached a n. patr patrolman and went through a n. pantomime of shivers You aint got Spanish Influenza Influenza- that's Portugal al malaria tho the man mon diagnosed If Jt there thero is one thing above another you OU want to avoid Its strong drink Dont Don't let anybody tempt you OU to tako taka nn an lIkker You might tr try a n cupful of mild mUd hot water but nothing with any kick in iii it It Il ll hare re for tor Gods Gorl There wore plenty more moro excuses but thc they availed alted not Chief White saw Baw to that The Tho need nood of ot conserving tho limited lim Hod supply of liquor for tor those who cho really needed It curbed those thoRe who didn't have anything more moro serious than thana a 11 habit Tho The whisk whisky which by tho the wa way Is Ison isOn on tho bootleggers consists of or pints pinta which were condemned b by the tho courts to destruction and then given a reprieve under tho the extraordinary conditions conditions con con- of or tho the influenza epidemic Quantities po ha been sent to various hospitals for tor the uso use of ot patients but tho tim most general distribution has been from tho the emergency hospital Theroan Thoro Thero an any person parson who presented a a. physicians physician's proscription prescription was given a A. pint lint Tho The distribution was wan aR mado made b by tho nurses at the tho hospital and at times the apPlicants applicants cants canta have ve boon been so 80 numerous that tho they thoy had to bo be shunted Into lino line We have havo a double chock on those thoRo who hI Whit hItA They must must f first pr present B nt a Q p prescription 9 p tion Then after the they thoy have havo secured tho the whisk whisky a chock cheek is mado made on tho the regularly reported cases casos of ot Influenza If n their names do 10 not appear investigation In estl gation Js is made and if It it la is found that tho they thoy secured tho the liquor without Justification justification Justi justi- prosecution will be brought for tor failure to report the disease Not only is Salt Lake Lako taking caro care of or its own but it is also sending sup sup- I GoY GOt rr ir If- If at Last Lasi 4 J M f I H Y A piles of the I which which under the spell of or the medico has attained medicinal medic I inal n a I es estate estate to ta t i c-i to 0 b t h e r Co communities m m u n I ties Thus stocks tocks have havo been sent to Park City NephI Payson American Fork ForIe and the tho post and anI hospital at fit Fort Dou Douglas las Five gallons are arc to tobe tobe tobo be bo dispatched to Castle Castlo Gato Gate today Its It's rare Iare nectar that contraband whisky but those who quaff it must be besick sick Instead of ot mere merely 1 plausible I L |