isn't pretty, but it's art.




OWED TO VOLSTEAD


[Illustration: Wallace Irwin composing under the influence of synthetic
gin and Andrew Volstead.]

WALLACE IRWIN

I--_First Round_

Prune extract and bright alcohol, so wooden
One kills its flavor in rank fusel oil!
C2-H3-HO--a rather good 'un
To mix with fruity syrups in our toil
To give our social meetings after dark
Their necessary spark!
And you, most heavenly twins,
Born of one mother--
Although our woe begins
When, through our mortal sins,
We can't tell which from 'tother--
Ethyl
And Methyl!
Like Ike
And Mike