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Politics today is poorer by the loss of the word " liberal." Fallen into disrepute because of its association with ineffectual angels, it no longer connotes the large and rhythmical grandeur of the Gladstonian and Rooseveltian days...
...direction seemed to be an impromptu affair, varying from night to night with the spirit of the entertainers. But it had real Negro jazz music, real dancing and a quality of speed and verve which was unique and refreshing. Strut Miss Lizzie and Liza, which followed, were progressively poorer. The naivete was gone, the speed became a deliberate mechanical effect instead of a natural exuberance, and the delightful " high yella " and " brown skin " flavor, degenerated into a cheap imitation of white musical comedy plus extravagant caricature of the native jazz tradition. How Come, in the opinion of most metropolitan reviewers...
Suffrage now is limited to male taxpayers of not less than 25 years of age. The press almost without exception supports the people in their demand that younger and poorer men be allowed to vote. The Kato government has opposed the demand, but has yielded to the extent of appointing a commission...
...Although there are now many arrests for drunkenness, these are for the most part the extreme alcoholic addicts, and do not represent as large an amount of drinking as there was before. I have noticed that in the poorer parts of the city especially there has been a vast improvement. Last Christmas, for example, it was the department stores that dealt with the wage-earners that enjoyed an enormous increase in trade, while the fashionable shops did no more business than usual...
...recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the drive, it was decided to continue the collection indefinitely until the $5000 quota is raised. Although the showing to date with only 13 percent of the allotment obtained is much poorer than had been expected, the Committee feels that the goal originally set out for will be reached when every collector has finished his canvassing...