Never trust a man who doesn't drink (A Stanyan book, 32)

. "Never Trust A Man" centers its interest in quotations by Chairman Fields from numerous sources. Perhaps we have reached a point that we look upon the alcoholic element of the Fields character with a cynical eye given what we know now about the disease. What started as something kept about in order not to be lonely along the vaudeville road turned into an escape when things went not according to plan. The quote that ends this book concerning saloons is thus poignant: " I don't know why I ever come in here. The flies get the best of everything."