Did You Know?

• Roaring Twenties: It has been unlawful to distribute any Òintoxication beveragesÓ with considerably more than 0.5% liquor. This drove the liquor trade underground-now, people simply attended nominally illegal speakeasies rather than normal taverns where it was controlled by bootleggers, racketeers as well as certain organized-crime figures such as Chicago gangster Al Capone.
• Roaring Twenties: There have been numerous boomers throughout this era. Among the high-flyers was "Radio" (Radio Corporation of America) going from around $15 in 1927 to a top of $114 in 1929; following the stock market crash it went under to under $3 a share in 1933. Regardless of prohibition, people went to outlawed "speakeasies" to drink alcohol, funding an underworld and creating stars of gangsters like Al Capone.
• DIY Costume Idea: Fuzzy Dice - Take two square boxes, cut holes for head and arms and cover with felt in the color of your choice. Add dots. Connect together with cord or rope.
• DIY Costume Idea: Quailman - dress yourself in a white long-sleeved shirt, and a green vest with a big red Q on it. Don a pair of briefs over a pair of khaki shorts and tie a belt around your forehead. Use wire to make the end of the belt come straight out away from you.