Show IN NEW YORK By PAUL HARRISON NEW YORK ORK Out Out t of the general uncertainty that has met the liquor control situation only one thing seems absolutely certain therell there'll 6 be plenty of ot moisture for the winter crop of wild oats Hundreds of speakeasies will carry carryon on i a precarious outlaw existence barred doors and all aU The words word's been passed around one one nc proprietor proprietor explained explain d. d that we can keep going for lor a while provided we sell sell legi legitimate I- I mate goods Then when were we're pinched the only charge will be violation of oi the license law and those c cases wont won't come up in Lathe inthe the magistrates' magistrates cour courts b before fore next April Hundreds of former speakeasies p of course have bc been n by licenses They're the larger and more popular ones which with some degree degree de de- degree gree of ot veracity can claim to have been restaurants Still others have been transformed transform cd into private dues dues- paying clubs with an annual assessment assessment assess assess- ment mont of from 25 to a year This change is ls brought about by the creation of a dummy board of governors governors gov gov- and the installation of a card card- room or or ora a few backgammon boards The b bars rs prohibited in public places are permitted to remain and many former patrons are arc now rushing their checks cheeks in order to retain the privilege privilege privilege lege of at putting a toot Loot on a brass rail ralL I Bootleggers Are Ready As for tor illegal sale the bootleggers expect to do a rushing business at least until there is some downward revision of prices and a stabilization of ot quality By devious means most of them weeks ago obtained samples of the new packages bottles stamps and labels are busy with their counterfeiting The booze barons barons ba ba- barons rons claim to be more more expert at cutting cutting cut ting and blending whiskies than are the distillers themselves Many of the cordial shops hops which have flourished openly and by the thousands for tor years are marking time and ad waiting for what they enigmatically enigmatically enigmatically cally call the word Some hope to continue selling their noxious syn synthetics synthetics Some expect to specialize in ingrain Ingrain ingrain grain alcohol and flavoring extracts together with instructions for home manufacture A few already have closed dosed the proprietors distributing little cards announcing that they will willbe willbe willbe be pleased to serve any thirsty customers customers cus cus- who will call at such s a number Real bootlegging in the tion Hon sense of the term has come back backwith backwith backwith with a rush Mountain dew and apple brand brandy brandr are dripping drippin from rom hundreds I IJ J I of ot illicit stills in the Ca Catskills kills and the Adirondacks and the rural fastnesses of New Jersey Jersey all all bent on beating t the he tax One old fellow tellow from the apple country says he prepared for this ten years ago and has nearly barrels buried on his farm Swears he didn't sell a drop during prohibition prohibition tion but declares hell he'll unload it now to keep all them foreign exporters from gettin all the profits Baer to o Broadway Meanderings 1 One of f the large new casinos in Manhattan expects to star Max Baer in its floor show soon The handsome big prizefighter wont won't need much of a punch in his act he can sing a little dance a little and maybe allow the lady patrons to feel his muscles Secretary of the Treasury Treasury Treas Treas- ury Woodin attended a hit melodrama the other night and left right in the middle of the excitement after these the se second ond act Taking a lesson from a speakeasy which had and still has a revolving bar one of the new cabarets isto Is is' to install a lot ilot of ot machinery machin machin- ery cry which will cause the dance floor I Ito to revolve slowly This might forestall fore forestall re- re stall a lot of grievances now voiced I about crowded floors A couple can step on a turntable circle the room and get off again without once having moved from their allotted two square feet of dance space Copyright 1933 N NEA A Service Inc |