Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-08-07
The Home Circle
Thoughts from the Editorial Pen

attempt to tell you. This New
Young Woman belongs to the Pro-
gressive Party, and is glad of it
though she has not a vote for two
reasons, one being that she lives in
darkest Missouri, and the other be-
ing that she is too young to vote
even if the hateful old men gave her
a chance. She has been heard to
state that she is a gist, and not a
gette, but she has such strong con-
victions that l believe she would not
hesitate to use force to obtain what
she wanted, if it came to a pinch.
But it is not of her political con-
victions that l am here to speak, but
of her love affairs. Oh, dear, yes,
the New Young Woman has love af-
fairs the same as the Old Young
Woman, but of a different variety.
The difference might be defined
as the difference between the waltz
and the tango, the old fashioned and
the new.
AS you know, the Old Young Wom-
an waltzed in this manner: The
man put one arm lightly around her
waist, holding her at arms length.
Then they slowly and gracefully
waltzed to the dreamy music of the
Blue Danube and other waltzes of
like character.
The New Young Man now grabs
no other word will suffice-the New
Young Woman as a bear might grab
it's cub. Both arms encircle her in
a, close embrace, and her arms find
their way around his body. And
then they writhe through what is
called the Tango, or the Turkey Trot,
or the Grizzly Bear, or the Fuzzy
wuzzy, or What-not, or Dear Knows
What, with inimitable awkwardness.
But you all know it-possibly
some of you dance it, if dance is a
word that can be applied to the con-
volutions of the modern movement,
and a glimpse of which would send
the shade of Terpsichore scurrying
for cover.
Neither did l start out to describe
the indescribable, but to point diff
ference in the Now and Then.
The Old Young Man and the Old
Young Woman used to go star gaz-
ing together, and in spirit wander
hand in hand along the Milky Way
They talked as they strolled, of the
heroes and heroines of fiction, and
of their hopes and aspirations, and
oh, well, you of the Then know what
they talked about, and, what is more
to the point, what they did NOT talk
about.
The New Young Man and the New
Young Woman talk in Tango par
lance, with an ease and freedom and
lack of conventionality that some
times brings a blush to the cheeks OF
Middle Age.
The particular New Woman / have
in mind came avisiting friend oi
mine, who was some kin to her. The
New Young Woman had small pa
tience with her kinswoman, who be-
longed to the Then. She thought
her narrow and prudish and stupid
and she did not approve of her cous-
ms John.
John was too oldfashioned to suit
the New Young Woman. She be-
lieved in the Right of Individual Elk.
preston and ali that sort of thing
and she pitied Johns wife, who was
| too engrossed in her husband, hel
children, her house and her souls
good to give two whoops about the
ballot, or to worry about microbes.
She did good deal of TALKING
about her "Suitor," as she called
him. Johns wife, who had married
her ideal, after having duly faret
forth along the Milky Way with him
was somewhat awed, and rather
dreaded meeting him. She hardl!
knew what to expect, but she was
led to believe that he would be a.
least seven feet tall, and that HI
would combine the wisdom of Socra
tes, and the power of julius Caesar
and the beauty of Apollo in his make
up.
He came, she saw, but he did mo-
conquer. To the eyes of Johns wife
he was just an ordinary youth. H'
wore clothes that screamed, and HI
blew his nose frankly and noisily
He talked in modern, up-to-date par
lance, so much so that Wife of JohI
could not always follow him. Yol
see, it was a different language from
that spoken along the Milky Way.
To the Wife of John it all seemed
so different, and it did to me wheI
l began to tell about it. But thu
Wife of John has just come in will
the shining eyes of one who love
a romance, and has told me she wa
mistaken, after all.