The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-24
FRIENDSHIPS
 ARE THE STRANGEST OF ALL
Miss Ane Bellum and the Major Discuss the Subject They Certainly Do Make Cowards of Us All-The Last One of Us Swells Up Ridiculously if There's Even
 a Couple of Them In the Family
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ways,' suggested the Major" "are travelling on high speed and have left your generation far behind. Dorothyis and the Lardson's generation Is far ahead of us"
 "In $10.000 car, painted red, with something they call thermos bottles,' and silver plated tea basket under the back seat that lifts up and reveals lots of other things" said Miss "Ante-Bel- lum," ''certainly."
 why dwell with such painful iteration on Dorothy riding in a big red automo- bile?' asked the Major"
 "rm saying nothing against the ma- chine,'' said Miss "Ante-Bellum," 'it is the folk in the machine
 'Tts just the old adage, love me, love my dog. modernized; if you like the make of my machine, you must pretend to like me-" paraphrased the Major" and chuckled at his own wit
 "The amazing part of the whole thing said Miss "Ante-Bellum," adjusting her gold trimmed spectacles and fastening her dainty nttle lace cap more securely to her pretty snow-wfite hair, and then re- suming her knitting, lis that you are perfectly satisfied with the state of things. You. whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower. who knew more about Plymouth Rock than the histories themselves; who fought. bled and died in all sorts of wars and had to do with rumors of war, and yet-and yet
 "A nouveau riche in Boston said re- cently," observed the Major" as he licked the ashes off of his half-spent cigar, 'she had every right to belong to the Colonial Danes because her an- cestors worked on the Old Colony rail- road. Bah! Ancestors be d-d! I beg your pardon most 11umbly. But the slogan of today is that the best of our an- cestors, like potatoes, are under the ground. It isn't question of who your ancestors were, but how much you have got, and how many automobiles you ownn'
 What would you say if Dorothy were to announce her engagement to one of these?" suggested Miss "Ante-Bellun."
 Big red automobiles7" smilingly asked the Major
 -OeTJalnly HOt, SHdPpcu MISE <ahtC- Bellum." You know I meant Lard son."
 ''Oh, in these democratic days" said the Major" everything goes"
 "If this be democracy" said Miss "Ante- Bellum," knitting for dear life, I'm thinking seriously"-
 "Of joining the insurgents?" the Ma jor'' asked.
 "Perhaps,~ said Miss Ante-Bellum," and began to arrange the tea table.
 Automobiles do make towards of us all," the Major" heard Miss "Ante- Bellum" murmur. "The last one of us swells up ridiculously if there's even a couple of them in the family. Sometimes the notorious black sheep finds that his fleece has been suddenly whitened and he's eligible for family reunions, if he hauls up in a 40-horsepower touring car with a chauffeur and a limousine top.'
 "A girl told me the other day." said the ''Major," that at @ very nice boarding house in town the landlady always holds the inducement to a prospective lady boarter that you'd better come, my dear; the gentleman in the second floor front has a lovely big automobile and he's so kind about taking us all out But upon further investigation the boarders al- ways found out that nobody ever got a ride, except the landlady herself, who nabs him on every occasion"
 q suppose in days to come we will point with pride,' sighed Miss Ante Bellum,' as she handed the Major a cup of tea, ito distant relative in the family who used to own an automobile ence added much to the pleasure of the occasion were visiting workers in the state home missions.