Sue has started collecting temperance postcards. Â Some cards humorously portray the horrors of the DTs. Others gently mock the behavior of drunken men. A favorite theme is the battle axe wife waiting at home with a rolling pin as her drunk husband tries to sneak in at 3 AM.
Alcohol consumption in 1910 was  about 1.8 quarts of whiskey per week per capita, much higher than it is now. Prohibition, even though it didn’t work, was a desperate attempt spearheaded mostly by long-suffering wives, to get their husbands sober.
