THE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMHER 12, 1920.
TWO
COMMENT AND I
DiLUi.li.lllilVl
Hav'njr, experienced the abiding joy
f keeping tin a eolyum or two our
selves, Bert loston Taylor' "Colyum
taint'a Confessioinal," published in one
of the bijj jnagasines a week or so
ago, struck ouv minds with something
more than the usual dull thud. Mr.
Taylor, who is more easily reronized
by his initials, B. L .T., runs a col
umn, "A Llr.e o' Type or Two," in
the Chicago Tribune, which In turn
-vdicates the dope to a Jarpe rum
err of the big tluilie, nyd B. L. T. is
really better known than Finley Tcter
Punne and, if the truth be known,
consider: h'v easier to read.
After expressing due appreciation
of the contributors to his column
rl there are simply hordes of them,
1L L. T. interviews himself. Some of
the questions and answers are worth
reproducing:
Q. How many letters do you receive
a day? A. Normally from eighty to
a hundred. If there Is some silly
competition going , on, the number
jumps. If the competition is uncom
monly silly, it snows contributions.
Q. Po you invent those paragraphs
from country newspapers? A. You
flatter me.
Q. Po the country editors mind?
A. Rarely. They know that I used
to be one of them, and that I believe
that if Candide had not taken to par
dening he would have become a coun
try editor.
Q. Why don't you write serious
stuff oftener? A. Too rich a diet for
the reader. He needs a certain
amount of "roughening."
Q. When are you poing to get out
nro'her co'leetion of your inimitable
erre? A. Probj b'y this fall. Adv.
Q. What i'o ;ou consider the best
feature of your to'umn? A. Its ty
pographical arrangement
Q. What is yoar honest opinion of
what you have so wittily termed "the
o c.l!ed human race"? A. If I have
had a good sleep I am willing to ad
mit that there may be a deadlier spe
cies in the universe.
Q. Are you fond of art? A. I per
fectly love it.
Q. Vo you ever get tired of running
the column? A. What good would
hit do?
Q. How do you keep it up? A. I
lean aga'nst it.
Are you still possessed of a thirst?
?f so, and your cellar is empty and
ha bootleggers have either been
a:led or moved out of your neighbor
hood, you will be interested in "On
Uncle Sam's Water Wagon," written
jy a woman. It is nof, as one might
fear, a dissertation on prohibition nnd
the good effects thereof, but is an ef
fort by Helen Watkeys Moore, the au
thor, to come to the rescue of those
who yearn for something that will
take the parch out of the human
throat.
drinks as "Castor Oil and Sarsapard
la, but after having tasted rotne vt
the home brew of your friend, that
drink will ound eppetizing. This Is
what Maurice F. Kgan, formerly
United States minister to Denmark,
but recently author of "Every Man
His Own Cook," has to say of it:
Helen does not go so far as the
authors of some books. In the whole
volume of a hundred odd pages there
is not a single recipe for home brew,
and while we fear this may cause
some of the men to turn away in dis
gust, others will turn its pages with
avidity, seeking at least one recipe
out of the five hundred that will be
fit to drink. It is, perhaps, unfortu
nate, that the book contains such
"The volume contains five hun heel
recipes far 'delicious drinks which
can be made at home.' There is no
doubt about the attractiveness of this
admirably arranged little book; but
why does it open naturally at an 'in
valid drink named 'Castor-oil and
Snrsaparilla"? It has nn air of mel
ancholy, though on the next page one
finds a brilliant 'Cranberry Codia!.'
No matter how appetizing the chap
tter on 'Fruit Drinks and Cider' may
seem, it can never approach the vivid
ness and authority of the three-hundredth
edition of the 'Barteniers
Guide for Making a Hundred and
Fifty Cocktails! Still, nothing that
can be done without the aid of the
Demon Rum Is omitted. Mrs. Moore's
treatment pt ginger ale and ginger
shows great discrimination and a fine
imagination, and her recipes for mak
ing chocolate are as satisfactory as if
they were the work of a Mexican chef.
There is a pwildering array of cer
tain popular mixtures called 'Sun
daes' and a distinguished maple sirup
which would be an ornament to any
table. Mrs. Moore tries to be gay
and to give an air of fesitvity to her
masterpiece; but even the abandon of
her 'Grape High-Ball' cannot restore
lost illusions."
"Pussyfoot" Johnson, who is now in
England, busily engaged at the work
that is at once his pastime and his
avorat on, that of making the world
dry, is in for a disappointment. He
had entertained hopes of making the
Englishman forswear his brandy and
soda, the Scotchman his Scotch and
the Canadian his Canadian Club. He
may be successful in England and
Frrnce, but he is simply "out of
luck" in Canada. The wily Canadian.-
have found a shield and armor thai
will protect them from a thousand
Pussyfoots.
Travelers recently returned from
western Canada bring cheering news
to the thirsty souls who have been
depressed by the recent press dis
patches from that part of the neigh
boring domination to the effect that
the American drouth was in danger
of spreading to that area. These
press dispatches told of various
forms of prohibition measures be
ing voted on in the northwest, says a
press dispatch.
According to thee travelers, west
ern Canada, from Hudson bay to
Vancouver, will remain wet for a
long time to come, 9S years and 10
months to be exact. This situation
is due to a charter granted the Hud
son Bay Co., by his Hanoverian
majesty, George III toward the end
of the 18th century. This charter
not only gave to the gentlemen ad
venturers securing it the right to
barter for furs and skins in the
wilderness, but also bestowed on
them the power to distill and dis
pense strong waters on the premises
of their trading posts for all the
years the charter ran. This charter
was recently extended some years
by the king of England and cannot
be cancelled, rnnulled or even curtail
ed until 201S.
The question, as a result of the re
rent prohibition elections in several of
the Domin'on and then taken to Lon
don for action by the law lords of the
the provinces of western Canada, will I British empire, with the lord high)
oe fought out In the nighest courts of chancel'or presiding,
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