Drinking was illegal in twenties and the law was a bad jest, since everyone was aware that the local bar that alcohol may have. Last year, the cities were governed by organize crimes that the police seemed no power to do anything oppose it. Classical music was forgotten while spreading throughout the land and people by jazz, and the heroes of young people were Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie. The symbol of teens was in her twenties were her bobbed hair and short skirts, maybe more than anyone or anything else, accommodation of America with the past. "From Kathleen Yancey, owner's English 102 (1989): 25.