The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-10

duced evidence to show that the good days. distinguished
from those of the present time mythical He went back from
century century and found always the most reliable records
the queruous complaints about the feminine obe OF h
period the references the good old days until he had
chased the particularly golden and happy back into the oD
security of the Middle Ages
reasonable suppose that the line of Investigations
applied solely would reveal the thing Men OF to-
dav are not inferior to the men DID, morally intellectually
physically They certainly have equal virtues with their ancestors
they preserve of the odme faults Applied TO the
professions which human activities divided SIM
liar research should disclose very interesting comparisons
There complaint last that certain manufacturers OF
ees and other table decace aduterang their to an
alarming Constantly hears of the tricks OF trade
Yet for the the tricks not Going back 50 years
complaints about adulteraon OF food
products but also many sharp practices such COM
blamed about great deal now With improved methods or de-
ectng great many Frauds and with comprehensive laws
for dealing with them there be any doubt that the public is
really less liable to be deceived today than before The con-
inspection of foods makes risky business the manufacturer
his goods under false Then too may be argued
that the disposition to deceive is becoming less
The good old days in the law and the ministry probably
good days all in the that they superior to
the present times those cangs 1t does possible
that ministers class could have been enlightened
they are today The general movement has been toward higher
and better equipment for the who preach the Gospel
pick flaws here and there with the clergy he cannot fail
acknowledge that the good works that spring from proper
understanding OF Christian ethics becoming greater and more
common.
Sometimes people are heard 1amentng the good OH
papers, They do take the trouble place the modern
paper beside that which they read 80 years ago and thus
study and compare the and articles that appear EACH and
the Of their presentation They rely the impression
formed of the old papers when thew first saw them forgetting that
the mental attitude different then and that time has the trick
of causing the dsagreeabe be forgotten and the good be
membeed Thus the good old paper when brought before the
again differs great many respects from the image of it
that preserved in mind The skepca but admit
he turns from the old paper the that the today
tar more fully recorded and presented in vastly better manner
In other words the newspaper gives greater value for the
received than did before The directors the modern
newspaper will be found may be applied with equa
the old while the former has its advantage the greater breadth
that the improved methods of newsgaheng and printing have
made possible.
The truth is, these good days There have been
countless good days But may be pardoned he maintains
that there time when conditions for living happily and
well favorable they the beginning of the twentieth
century Mankind has attained before quite high