Show Stew ewait lot s h WASHINGTON A X A ALETTER LETTERI LETTER I FIERCE S SMELL OF OP TIlE THE NEW NEW ALCOHOL ADULTERANT T GIVES U S LAUGH ON OX BOOTLEGGERS Dy CHARLES P STEWART NEt iE Service Writer WASHINGTON WASHINGTO Oct 21 Drink 21 Formula No f Ii Modified Heaven Formula No o i S Modified is the concoction the prohibition unit Is ir going to use after litter January 1 I to denature commercial alcohol Having heard about it I dropped In at the the- th unit and ond solicited a smell It was vouch vouchsafed vouched ed Smells like hot burnt crankcase I I from an au auto doesn't It said sall the th agent arent who Tho gave me the sniff lending lending- a kindly hand to keep me from rota failing tiM flat He Tie understated that smell by a amile amile amile mile J It t tastes worse than It smells continued the agent Will you try Just a 0 drop Dont Don't take tak much It ItIs Itis ItIs Is 4 per cent wood alcohol noI no I cried Well ell perhaps youre you're oure right ob- ob ob oh observed served th he agent rather regretful regretfully Iy ly howe er for ho Ito obviously was proud of ot his brew make mak you a pup but It wouldn't kili you OU stone ston dead Not unless you drank II a a lot In this stuff I asked holding my nose Its mostly the agent explained Its a trade name When they thoy crack gasoline c Is a product by-product Then theres there's wood alcohol and a few tew other things the chemists stir in Its It's a secret process to make the bootleggers guess all gIl U the th harder It If they dont don't know Just what it I Is they thy dont don't lenow how to get eel it out That's That'll been beon the th prohibition units unit's problem all to along along to find Ind a 0 dena- dena denaturant denaturant dena for tor alcohol that bootleggers cant can't distil out out leaving the th pure pur al- al al alcohol cohol cobol to be b converted into rye and Scotch and Bacardi and Gordon gin With Formula No 10 S Modified thy they think they've turned the th trick but they're not quite quit sure lIure Its It's a mighty difficult thing they admIt at the tho lie unit to mix chemicals together so thoroughly that a la- la laboratory la laboratory expert cant can't sort them out By persistent experimenting boot boot- bootleggers boot chemists gent generally rally manage to hit on the tho right process That's That'll what happened to alcohol denaturants prior to Formula No NoS S 5 Modified Thus denaturant after atter denaturant went want into the th discard until the th unit ran across Formula Xo No S I Modified It came cam from Pittsburg where II a abig abig big paint concern was wall using minx It as asIt asa asa It a varnish ingredient Dr Doran Doranth the units unit's ehl- ehl chief chemist was nt- nt attracted at attracted by Its a awful wul smell lie H took tooka II a taste tute It wis w was at least equal to the tho lima smell II This said the th doctor will 0 make a 0 good food denaturant It if I blends well with alcohol He lIe poured In some som other ether things to get a still fiercer effect shook hoole the compound up with alcohol and anil andas andas as yet et hasn't succeeded In redis redistributing the th combination into Its Individual components But some som other chemist may Dr Doran may himself elf later on So Soho Soho ho he proposes to keep pretty prelly quiet about his formula and end bother bolher the bOOtleggers all ho he h ran Inn At any ony rote rate hell he'll have havo the laugh on them for a 1 while |