DENVER AND BEYOND 1 1 



gamins of Denver reaped a rich harvest — a har- 

 vest that renewed itself with each morning light, 

 with each outpouring from the convention hall. 

 To-day, many an erstwhile barefoot boy rides in 

 his own automobile, the beneficiary of that con- 

 vention. So say no more that in the scheme of 

 things the democracy has no use. 



Lest you may think these things strange, 

 improbable, and mere tales of a traveler, I must 

 relate an instance of the mysterious ways of pro- 

 hibition, the tortuous, blind, complicated manner 

 of its workings. A friend of mine, who used to live 

 in Atchison, Kansas, one Saturday night desired 

 some beer for Sunday. He went to a druggist 

 who had a '^permit" to sell for '^medical, mechan- 

 ical and scientific purposes." The druggist said, 

 ''You will have to sign up for it." ''All right!" 

 said Bill. The druggist got out his affidavit. 

 "What disease shall I say?" Bill studied. He 

 never had anything but the measles and he was 

 not sure that beer was an antidote for measles. 

 Besides that was twenty years ago. He had an 

 inspiration. "Look here, you are allowed to sell 



