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Updated: May 26, 2025

Atwater protested. "I'm glad it's a fairly dry town though." She failed to fathom his simple meaning. "Why?" "Well, some of 'em might feel that desperate at least," he explained. "Prohibition's a safeguard for the disappointed in love." This phrase and a previous one stirred Florence, who had been sitting quietly, according to request, and "resting", but not resting her curiosity.

Booth Tarkington - Gentle Julia

I noticed one man, evidently a city employe, in a rough white suit, busily cleaning the street with a broom and singing to himself: "How does the little busy bee improve the shining hour." Another employe, who was handling a little hose, was singing, "Little drops of water, little grains of sand, Tra, la, la, la, la la, Prohibition's grand." "Why do they sing?" I asked. "Are they crazy?"

Stephen Leacock - Frenzied Fiction