Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-08-21 | Page 20 | No Solace for Mr. Anit-Dry; Perfumed Cocktails Banned

No Solace for Mr. Anti-Dry; Perfumed Cocktails Banned SOMEBODY is always taking tho Joy out of lifo and the latest joy-killer Is Attorney General Dan B. Shields, who has announced an-nounced that he Is about to start a drive for the elimination of the bay rum bibber and the lemon extract tippler, to say nothing of tiie quaffer of lilac toilet water. No longer will you be abel to step to tho telephone and order your favorite fa-vorite grocer to send up two dozen bottles of lemon extract, and if you try to purchase bay rum or toilet water you will have to swear out an affidavit that you really are not going go-ing to mix your friends a perfumo highball. The mayor of Deht sent Attorney Shields a bottle of lilac water cocktails cock-tails yesterday which registered 100 proof and asked tiiat some steps bo taken to curb the sale of perfume as a beverage. "Grocers and druggists who are selling lemon extract -and perfume in wholesale quantities must know that tiie alcoholic liquid is being used for the preparation of intoxicating drinks, because no housewife would use two dozen bottles of extract for cooking in a year's time. I am going to see that every grocer who does not use Judgment in the sale of extracts will be prosecuted under the prohibition law, and this will also apply to druggists drug-gists who are not careful about selling sell-ing perfumes with a high percentage of alcohol and very little odor," said Attorney Shields yesterday.