"Izzie" Einstein, who has the most widespread reputation of any agent of the Prohibition enforcement department, was reported to be the author of the following statistics. They are the length of time which it took him to obtain a drink in twelve leading cities.
New Orleans .........35 sec.
Detroit ..........3 min.
New York .............3 min. 10 sec.
Boston ............11 min.
Pittsburgh ..............14 min.
Atlanta ...........17 min.
Baltimore ............18 min. 20 sec.
Chicago ..............21 min.
St. Louis ............21 min.
Cleveland ...........29 min.
Minneapolis ..........31 min.
Washington ............2 hrs. 8 min.
The story of the low and high records:...