The Washington times., 1932-12-09

dom had too much beer and often not enough. hope
that answers the question contributor did not ask
Overheard
As to the question he did ask, think that the best
thing to be said about the recent campaign is that the
problem of prohibition dropped early and stayed
dropped. The campaign sank to rather low level but
1t was concerned for several weeks at least with the
actual problems of country. Beer (even beer for
taxes) seems to me a side ISSUE
I hope am wrong, but do not think we will have
good beer promptly; think it even less likely that
will have wines; do not expect to the Irritating
Amendment repealed within 10 years. Perhaps am
tramping my hopes in order not to be disappointed
It was good thing that the Democratic party (as near
certain of election any party has been in years chose
to be specific about drinking instead of vague The moral
effect is good There is chance that snap vote may
give beer by re-definng Intoxicating but the vote
on repeal is not favorable sign.
More Doubts
On the other hand l am dubious about the taxation
we will raise beer drinking. l skeptcal of the
destruction of the speakeasy; think the rackeeers will
be with us for long time STILL suspect that beer has
been thrown to the lions.
Good beer at present costs about dollar bottle in
New York Boston and Chicago paatabe and not danger
beer sells for 25 cents smallish glass in certain
places in New York-sometmes you get near beer instead
of real beer, but usually six glasses will give you very
slight glow The situation is therefore, not desperate
doubt whether it will get better
Plain Bad English
Writing plain English gets harder every day. Years
you not know now TO write ana naQ nOCnlng
particular to say, you could still make living by being
what called "a graceful essayst using style which
sent the reader into pleasant doze and prdng yourself
on correctness. All that has changed.
group of specialists in language has announced that
"ts me- is good English (Which it always was and
other has broken down the distinction between "sha
and will" and still another has given approval to 'oan
me five dollars" Ito the wording not to the idea) If
this goes last point of distinction will be gone
At the same time the noveists who listened to the talk
of ordinary people began to their pronunciation not
only in dialogue but in other passages. And, to make
the circle complete there has been fierce attack all
forms of refinement"
Back to Photographs
Perhaps it's WELL hundred, or thousand, years
from all writing may be superfluous Instead of
publishing book will publish million copies of
record of 500 prints of talking film, just below into
the microphone for Is minutes day. Few people
have than Is minutes worth of conversation to
make daiy)
The pleasant side of this future is that it takes
right back to savagery. Students of the rise of cvza
on convinced that the first step learning to talk
the second by far the greater learning to wrte for
the written word catches the past and makes it eternal
the written word is history is culture, is everything
Just before alphabets picture writing. In Kip
ngs Jus So Stories the advantage of letters pic
lures is charmingy shwon, and clearly Kpng holds to
the theory of civilization based aphabets With Ian
guage going to pieces and radio and the talkes trium
phant, eventual return to semi-barbarism is
tainty. have heard that already there.