LEVITVOR Well golly, gee willickers, and gaping galoshes of green gumbo, it’s the Other Press’s ode to the roaring 20s. We've all heard the adage, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Well, we got to thinking about that, and also about what period of time we wanted to feature the latest Other Press Theme Issue. After a quick consultation with the I Ching, two visits to a Voodoo Priest, and several tealeaf readings, we decided it was going to be the 1920s. From talkies to horseless carriages, stock booms to stock busts, Lil’ Abner to Big Ben, the 1920s were a time when ideas were as big as the open plains. Prohibition helped make Al Capone and Murder Inc. into household words. Flappers were flapping, gin- joints were jumping, and cocaine had only recently been banned from Coca Cola. They didn’t call them the “Roaring 20s” for no reason. Babe Ruth had just been traded from Boston to New York; the Vancouver Millionaires had hoisted Lord Stanley’s Mug just a few years prior. Silent films were giving way to “talkies,” and ladies pinched while only whores used rouge. Women’s suffrage (the right to vote) was a new idea just gaining momentum. William Randolph Hearst’s newspaper empire made Conrad Black, Rupert Murdoch, and Canwest Global look like rank amateurs. Stovepipe hats and sequined dresses were all the rage. Tight-fitting caps covered women’s heads, while rising hemlines began to unearth the North American desire for smutty treasures. Good kids had been lost to World War I, and the coming “Black Thursday” eco- nomic collapse of 1929 was the furthest thing from Joe Average’s mind. But enough reminiscing, we’ve got paper to put out, see. There’s gems enough to make this paper a real darb. The first thing you’re going to need is the 1920's Slang Dictionary on page two. I don’t wanna be a Killjoy, but you'll be looking up words from time to time in this fine edition of the Other Herald Sun Times Colonist Gazette. If you see a term you don’t recog- nize, don’t get in a lather. Just look ’em up. News starts on the cover this week, and you’re gonna get the skinny on us prom trotters and the fine we've been issued by the torpedoes we’ve been cavort- ing with. There’s also the Monopoly Railway merger and the News of Future, which features some great dame named Rosa Parks, the Douglas Woman’s Centre, and body counts from desert climes. Opinions is a real cake-eater. David Suzuki talks of turning Canada around, while resident Columnists J.J. McCullough and IW. Reevley use their Point/Counterpoint columns argue about why we should love President Harding more, for his politics or his personality. The Culture Section features review of Merropolis and The Black Pirate! Thete’s also a teal sockdollager on Django Reinhard, a letter from Flapper Jane, and Reevebuckle’s ever-popular I Happened upon it at the Library. Feature will astound and amaze you with tales from the 1926 Philadelphia World’s Fair. You'll also get hip to the Hobo jive with a debunking of the elusive Hobo alphabet. Sports will take you from the Dames in soccer making it to the big dance to the tomatoes singing the blues in Women’s Rugby. There’s also Men’s soccer and a tale from the Bambino’s big trade to the Yankees. So cozy up to your favourite looker and kick up your dogs, because this week’s rag is live wire. Now, if you'll excuse me, “I have to see a man about a dog.” —‘Trish” Colin O’Malley, Managing Editor THE GREAT GATSBY OF CONTENTS « Aa am Opinions9 Culture 12 Features 17 ie Sports 2 0) | Last week, we inadvertently cited the wrong lauthor in one of our news pieces. The article "Les Belles Souers" was actually taken from the Douglas College Website ( www.douglas.bc.ca), and was not written by | News Editor Nicole Burton. We feel just ee labout the mixup, So we’re sorry.