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Ode to Alcohol at the Inception of Prohibition.

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Ode to Alcohol at the Inception of Prohibition.
The Sweet Dry and Dry, or See America Thirst!, by J.P. McEvoy, "Pitchers" 'pictures] by Frank King. P.F. Volland Co., Chicago, 1919, 4 1/4 x 7 1/4, (24) pp., pictorial boards in color, showing a snappily dressed man in checkered suit, leaning on a cow as he skeptically considers a glass of milk. Inside, quite funny cartoons in persimmon and black, lampooning newly-enacted Prohibition. Half-page cartoon of a black chef serving a free lunch at a bar. "...The sandwich fraught with gravy, Never more the heart will cheer, Gone the gracious appetizer, Gone the codicil to beer...They tell me this here prohibish', Is good for fowl and flesh and fish, That countless blessings ooze and flow, From flirting with the H 2 O, And highballs made of rain and dew, Are very good for me and you. Well, mebbe so, I dunno...." Covers with some foxing but suitable for display, binding glue perished, leaves loose but complete, some old damp at upper right tip, marginal toning, but still good plus. Very scarce.