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Show POLICE AIRING SIDELIGHTS By "Tim" v Sam Powell, assistant city attorney, proved once and for all that ho is innocent in-nocent of all knowledge of the complicated compli-cated and effervescent manufacture of bet wine, the latest craze When Attorney Woolley asked Sergeant Ser-geant Stephens on the witness stand' if he hadn't had hoes" working at home. Sam shouted excitedly, 'Bees? what do you mean, bees?" Sam's total Ftirprise and tone of I voIch gave ample proof that he has never yet been Introduced to the latest method of having "bees" working in tho kitchen ' ' Tt might be said that he is mlssito.: o f th -t p"i"il u- indoor sport . . . But there were opparently guilty ones among the .spectators Manv nodded nod-ded knowingly and grinned. Others Unconscious!) llckerl their lips. For the information of assistant city attorneys and other innocent by-stand-ri It might bo said that "bees" are j i a spongy growth, useel as a sort of j " mother" to make wine. Water Is poured over them, molasses is added,. 1 and the wine-maker then Just sits and . Waits. If the 'bees" are all over the I floor the next morning, they are i healthv and grow Ing . . . A bati h of "boos" may bo procured I free fnvm ony amateur who Is In tho; I hospital undergoing an operation after , drinking the wine before the "bees" ha e attained their full growth- After 14 days you pour a little of1 tho wine In the kitchen sink. If the: porcelain cracks and curls up. the j liquid is ready to drink. . "What's all this going on,M asked a man. who came Into the city hall and fd inled up In the crowds that filled I the hallways from the overflowing : i courtroom "They're trying to provo! that Policeman Elam took a drink," ! volunteered a man "No they ain't," answered another, "they're trying to : prove that Detective Jones couldn't I , smell It." s . If anyone came to the hearing wiihl j the idea of getting an earful of awfui po'ire scandal, they were disappointed. A tew had long faces after listening' to the testimony for an hour or so. If 'Promoter Jim Downing had seen the expression he would hne probably! : shouted, out of habit, "If you are not satisfied, you can get your money back at the box-office 1 or 1 come next week sure, and we ll make up by giving you I an extra thrill." A few girls occupied seats near the front of the room until Elam testified ; what Sergeant Stephens railed him when he accused the sergeant of tak-i ing his toddies at home, too." Five men. w ho had been standing an hour, slipped into the aeant seats. I with sighs of relief N'one of the other attorneys had to be '..Id what "hard" work the "bees" were doing |