Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-22

THE GOOD OLD DAYS"
(Under the above title A. G. McClurg & Co, of
Chicago have just published book from which we
take few paragraphs).
How would you like to return to "The Good Old
Days before the bill collector turned loose upon
an innocent unsuspecting, and unprotected public?
Before person knew that he had concealed within
his anatomy that dreadful and worthless piece Of ma
chinery known as the veriform appendix?
When every doctor had his saddle bags with him,
and no matter what allied you, gave you calome and
quinine?
Before we were informed that countless death-deal-
ing microbes lurk in everything from Loves first
honeyed kiss to hunk Of Limburger cheese?
When invitation to a wedding didn't have to be
responded to with seventeen dollar cut glass punch
bowl, twenty-three dollar chatting dish?
When girl could make up her bed and sweep her
room without having nervous prostration?
When boy could split little kinding and carry
in arnful of wood without having pain in his side
the headache?
When you didn't have to sell good horse to buy
your wife hat, and two to buy her coat suit?
When boy at Christmas time was satisfied with
package Of fire crackers and three hog bladders and
girl was delighted with china doll and candy sheep?
In the Good Old Days if you had pin scratch or a
sore toe it not deemed essential to send for three
doctors and two trained nurses and sterilze every
thing the place. from the babys rattle to the bath
room outfit.
In the Good Old Days mother was not able to play
as skilfu game Of progressive euchre, or bridge
whist as the up-todate woman, but she powerfully
gifted in the sewing and knitting line. She may not
have been able to "play the worries" perform like
pri1na donna but she could produce melodies with the
frying pan and the skillet.
In the Good Old Days girls wore sun bonnets that
were as sweet and simple as they were inexpensive.
oir+ no Of Gal
analyse the rings that encrcle Saturn can solve the
intricate problems of algebra geometry and calculus
and demonstrate the fourth dimension; can compute
the return of Halleys comet and explain the gynastc
stunts performed by it's evanescent tail; can even
forecast with comparative accuracy what small boy
most likely to do under given condltons but cam
not tell you why young woman married or SINGLE or
even woman whose age is enshrouded in halo Of
mystery will CAD about the streets, take horseback
auto rides in all sorts of weather with nothing her
head but collection of store hair while that same
maiden or matron will attend church wearing hat so
large that full grown man has to stand on the back
of the bench to the preacher Neither explain
why she will appear the street with her sleeves
rolled above the elbows she had just been washing
dishes and forgot to roll them down. while the day
she will attend pink tea, nobody present but women
with gloves as long as parasol handle.
In the Good Old Days mother made cherry pre-
serves peach preserves pear preserves, ounce pre-
serves, plum butter apple DutIer, peach marmaiaue,
blackberry JAM raspberry jam, nine kinds Of jelly and
several varieties of sweet pickles. pickles and cat
SUP Nowadays loving wife hurries home from the
whist club and sets before her hungry husband at
tractve layout consisting Of bakers Bread canned sal
mon, a factory made pie and some sliced bananas
dried prunes
And now want you to return with me to the Good
Old DAYS. and pay visit to the old homestead Yonder
IS the pool where you used to fish and go in swimming
Hard by is the woodland where in your boyhood days
YOU hunted squirrels and possums gathered haws wild
grapes, and -paw-paws, and dug ginseng But what
changes have taken place. The old log stable where