Show JUST HUMAN NATURE it is really amusing to sit on the sidelines and watch the antics of the wets and arys A fellow can accumulate quite an insight into human nature because they secured 32 beer the wets tire in the seventh heaven of delight they see the entire dry cause swept into the discard within a few months and the country up to its neck in all kinds of strong drink 1 in the dry camp it is just the I 1 opposite the setback received at the hands of congress has not dampened their spirits they are convinced that it will not be pos sible to induce a majority of the states to ratify repeal of the amendment they are just as pugnacious and militant as ever I 1 anere is a third class that can hardly be called either wet or dry I 1 they are arc temperate people yet cannot give their approval to the manner in which prohibition has been managed or possibly mis min managed if they could banish every drop of liquor from thel the country never to return they would do so without a single re gret they know however that such can never come to pass that if those who crave it are not allowed to have it legally they will find ways to obtain it illegally as they have hare done ever sirce since the advent of prohibition they think the drys are too dry and the wets ar are too wet they consider that neither the dys d ys the wets are willing to view the subject from a broadminded standpoint and therefore they will not throw in with either side A veteran returning from the war in france landed in new york ork and one of the first things he saw was a fellow drunk as a lord on booze peddled under the noses of the prohibition agents he remarked that all of the time he was across the water he had never seen a single drunk and in france they use it like we vc use water another veteran was invited to take dinner at the home of a prominent city official and found enough wine inc and bourbon on the table to float a ship later a judge on the bench sent the same veteran half a dozen bottles of genuine prewar pre war stuff and it was delivered by the judges own court baliff that was under prohibition hibi tion it causes many people to wonder just which is the best and safest road to travel especially if they are not bothered with that consuming thirst at any rate it furnishes an entertaining study of human nature as it is |