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Show Well sir, it seems asthough the miniskirt and the minibottle are on their way out. Could be that they caused more problems prob-lems than they solved. Just like the reason the man gave for buying his wife such a large diamond ring: "Every little thing upsets her." Regarding the miniskirt, most of the criticism has come from the cloth manufacturers, who saw the demands for their yardage growing lower and lower as the ladies legs were exposed higher and higher.. Also, the folks who set the styles and make women's clothes cloth-es said, "down with the hemlines; hem-lines; how else can we force the ladies to purchase complete new outfits, again?" If we can believe what we read in the gossip columns, only on-ly two classes of people are speaking out against the demise de-mise of the short-cuts, viz: The girls with shapely legs, who wear them and girl watchers, who enjoy them. The reasons for the clamor for the death of Utah's mini-bottle mini-bottle and the repeal of the law which gave it life are many and varied. In fact, almost two full pages of Salt Lake Tribune's Tri-bune's last Sunday business section were devoted principally principal-ly to moral and economic reasons rea-sons why the minibottle law should be killed after less than two years of life. Chief among the reasons for demanding the law's repeal were the following: 1. Minibottles ere at more drunks, say club operators, simply because the little bottle holds more liquor than is served ser-ved in the average highball or cocktail. 2. Minibottles: annoyance or plain insult to cafe customers. Cafe customers object to all the red tape required to get a pre-dinner drink. 3. Utah's minibottle law is decreasing rather than iocreas-ing iocreas-ing tourism. Statistics show that Utah is not getting her share of the ouernight tourist trade when compared to states who offer "liquor by the drink" 4. Utah minibottle law is closing clos-ing the door on the building of resort hotels by local and out of state capital. The minibottle law doesn't allow attractive profit in the sale of liquor. However, the Tribune stories did give one ray of economic sunshine to the dismal minibottle mini-bottle picture painted by their writers: Utah has gone into the glassware business. It now sells 270 tons of glass annually. The minibottles are not carried away in long paper bags. The sale of the empty minis amounts to $100,000 annually. So it would seem that the miniskirt controversary will soon be put to rest, women being what they are. The minibottle problem is something else again. It will be right back in the laps of Utah's Legislators come next regular session. So long 'til Thursday. |