The result of Volstead can be summed up with one infamous name: Al Capone.
“There's nothing in the Volstead Act that says a person cannot drink,” he said.
Even before the Volstead act liquor was spiritually a prescription rather than a beverage.
This is the wisdom which moves them to secret laughter when they find their brothers in the throes of Volstead and Krafts.
This was long before anybody had ever heard of the now illustrious Mr. Volstead.
You may remember that King Cole called for his bowl just as if there were no such thing as a Volstead amendment.
And now with this Volstead act being pushed so hard it's kind of inconvenient gettin' a crowd of men into the right frame of mind.
