Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-19 | Page 29 | French Decline Cocktail but Not as Drink

FRENCH DECLINE DEGLI E t I COCKTAIL BUT NOT AS DRINK PARIS PAm Oct 18 B By A P P.- P. The French academy does does' not want th the word cocktail in its dictionary onar says Maurice Donnay who presided ed th the session of the dictionary committee that excluded the word but not because the academy has gone dry dry- n nor r because America Is no longer wet Some people are wondering why the word was was ever ever proposed Many others are inclined to i regret egret that hat it wasn't adopted while those who are familiar with the quality of mixed beverages served in some of the American bars bars' of Paris are giving their hearty moral support to the academy I voted against it though I used the word in my piece Education de Prince more than twenty years ago ago Mr Donnay said Id I did so because its us use is limited and has no more moie claim to to to- toa a II plate place e In ft a French Trench dictionary than scores of t other American and arld English expressions x ex- ex expressions that hat are common in certaro eel tain taro circles in in France If Ie w we e too c cocktail there would be no reason for not taking ice cream cream r m ms s 's soda a along with it It