Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-25
DRINKING FALLS
OFF IN ENGLAND
REPORTS REVEAL
Decrease Of 18 Per Cent
for the First Half Of This
Year as Compared With
Same Period in 1921.

London, Sept. "a (by the Asso-
ciated Press) The astonishing
decrease of eighteen per cent Is
shown in England's bills for
Alcoholic drinks for the first half
of this year as compared with
the same period of 1921. The
experts ara unable to account Tor
this drop which is a record ex-
cept for the period of the war,
but it is generally thought to be
due to the unemployment sttua-
ton and high prices.
The falling off in drinking has
caused great satisfaction among
the prohibitionists, who claim the
credit. The decrease amounts to
100000 pounds from the 1921
figure of 195,O00,000 pounds.
The largest falling off Is shown
in the consumption of beer and
hard spirits, while wines and
elders show substantial in
crease, probably due to their low
costs. The report of spirits from
Great Britain reached its high
est mark during this period since
America went dry, increasing fiji
teen per cent. The largest in
crease was in exports to Canada.
Before the war London was an
evening dress town, with true
English regard for custom and
propriety in sartorial embellish-
ments such as white waistcoats,
starched shirt fronts, and dang
ling coat tails, not to mention
silk toppers which after dark
. l.,
district and clubland like Chin
ney pots dot London's roofs.
But economy is shown in dress
as in other things, with the re-
suit that there is widespread use
Of the dinner jacket. The style
dictators have decreed dinner
coats dressier than those prev
iously worn in England, with
wide silk lapels, broad shoulders
and a waist defined, but not too
form-fitting, and with no lines
suggesting stiffness.
However, England frowns upon
the soft shirts which the warm
er weather makes popular and
even necessary, in America. Like
wise the double collar with the
dinner coat is banned, despite
the fact that such a prominent
parsonage as the Earl of Balfour
always wears a folded one which
looks like modified Elton.
But styles in England follow .
royalty rather than diplomacy,
and the popular handsome
prince of Wales could have the
Beau Brummels of the capital
wearing kimonas and turbans if
he desired to set such new
style after his recent eastern
trip.
The princes father recently
contributed to the style of the
world by appearing at race
course with his trousers pressed |
at the sides instead of the front, |
but this innovation by the king
has not succeeded in supplanting
the general custom in this coun-
try of wearing trousers I'M
pressed.
The age old fight between man
and machine has broken out in !
the Kent hop fields where thou
sands of Londons poorer popu
lation, taking their annual holi- |
days, are picking the pungent
clusters which are the basis of
Englands heavy beers.
The holiday workers are up in
arms over the Introduction OF a !
machine modelled after an Amer
lean invention which does the
work of score of people and
can be operated by a woman,
1t is just 100 years ago this
month that another Yankee con-
traption," known as the thresh-
ing machine, was introduced in
England's agriculture countries, |
resulting in miniature revolu-
ton.
Many of the rioters were In.
dicted in the Norfolk sessions and
sentenced to Imprisonment. one
country squire sent a circular to |
his tenantry In Suffolk recon-
lnending that they abstain from |
the use of the threshing ma
chimes. Then various farmers
organizations decided to intro. |
duce the machines gradually. and
the laborers, as usual found
other work to exercise their