Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-29
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| newspaper, the novelist and the col
leEe professor. 1t took all the power
OF the New York city police depart
ment to keep the photographers away
from the reunion of the Titanic sur
vivors with their loved ones. More
than one bridegroom has proved his
prowess by smashing newspaper
camera. In the bright lexicon of to-
day there Is no such word as reserve
That some of the great sentiments OF
life may be held in reverent silence
is contrary to the present mode. 1t
may become the fashion for men to
advertise in the personal column
of the newspapers that they really
love their wives. Nothing nowadays
goes without saying" So we have
Mothers days, and everybody who
loves mother must wear white car
nation In his buttonhole, to the shame
Of the rest Of US who do not.
If we are to have celebration and
a society for every virtue, we shall
have no time for the exercise of these
virtues, but must give ourselves to
the important business Of keeping this
admirable machinery going. obVl-
ously, and indisputably. If we have
Mothers day we must also have a Fa-
thers' day, for dad pays the freight
and makes possible the buying of fioW-
ers that adorn the holiday. Also he
fulf1ls various other useful functions,
although it is not greatly the vogue to
talk about father. He Is merely DacK-
ground.
OF course, and beyond question. II
we give mother and father their due,
we cannot go back on grandmother,
bless her heart! Perhaps If we hire
enough bands and adopt the right
floral emblem-the Wayfarer noml-
mates the chrysanthemum. as SYM
bolizing at once the autumn Of life
and the unostentatious character OF
these special days-a Grandmothers
day will help restore to us the race
Of dear old women who We knew
when we were young, and who are
ever so much more desirable than
the numerous massaged, pompadour-
ed, tailor-made, sophisticated. never
grow-old ladies who awe US now at
swagger restaurants and social func-
tions.
And shall we not have a Big Sisters
day? Her day seems long in coming.
and she tolls and sacrifices for the
whole household Especially would
the Wayfarer insist upon honoring
her, little later on in her career, by
an Old Maids day. This is really es-
sential to any equitable adjustment OF
the scheme of things. Some day IN
orator or essayist will win immortal
fame by setting forth in terms the
office and works Of the Maiden Aunt,
the prop of dependent or selfish par
ents, and the slave and guide and
friend of the children of those par
ents. There Is a high seat in heaven
for the unhonored and uncommon
Grated Old Maid Aunt. In passing, let
it be emphasized that there is to be
no honor shown the Old Bachelor; he
is deserving Of no consideration what
soeyer. He Is the saddest word OF
tongue or pen.
Resisting the temptation to extol
the glories of Faithful Lovers day
and a Husbands day, and more par
ticularly of Wives day (for to merge
these into Mothers day and Fathers
day is to assume, modern fashion. that
the standpoint of the children Is
the supreme concern Of matrimony,
the Wayfarer moves on to indicate
the high Importance Of founding GER
tain societies to commemorate the
cardinal virtues; since nowadays vir-
tue seems not to be virtue unless it
wears a badge, possesses a diploma
and employs q press agent. The way
farer is we'll aware that he is not
pioneer in this project. 1t was but
few days ago that the pastor OF
large church proposed in all serious
ness IudC u0 WOulu llhO W 6iNS op AAS
charge and devote himself to estab-
fishing a Society for the Promotion
of Democracy The dearth Of associa-
tions for the furtherance of the obYi-
Gus probably had appealed to his pro-
gressve mind. So the Wayfarer has
contemplated the glorious future OF
Society Of Men Who Do Not Beat
Their Wives; and of allied organiza-
tions OF Men Who Do Not Smoke, OF
Devotees Of Non-dancing, OF the Vir-
tuous Company OF Gentlemen Who
Never Stay Out Late.
The crude, unsocial, old-fashioned
scheme CT private virtue, more care
fully veilad than a Moslem lady, has
persisted long enough, say we up-to-
date folk. The world has struggled
along for several millenniums, cum
bering mer and women with the bur
den of responsibility for the cardinal
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