The citizen., 1913-01-23
STHELt.
.QUIEfT
"HOlY OF HOLES"
OUT OF FASHION


world is bound 10 respect.
From the bed OF birth to the bed OF
earth, mans life-and even woman's
is NJ subject for copy" for the
newspaper the novelist and the col.
lege professor II took all the power
OF the New York city police depart.
ment TO keep the photographers away
from the reunion OF the Titanic sur.
vfvors with their loved ones. More
than one bridegroom has proved his
prowess by smashing a newspaper
camera. In the bright lexicon OF to-
day there 10 no such word as reserve.
That some OF the great sentiments OF
life may be held In reverent silence
10 contrary TO the present mode. II
may become the fashion for men 10
advertise In the personal column
OF tho newspapers that they really
love their wives Nothing nowadays
"goos 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.
II we are TO have a celebration and
. 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. obvi.
ously. and indisputably. II We have
Mothers day we must also have q Fa-
Tiers day. for dad pays the freight.
and makes possible the buying OF now.
srs that adorn the holiday. Also he
fulnls various other useful functions,
although Il 10 not greatly the vogue to
talk about father He 10 merely back
ground
OF course, and beyond question. II
We give mother and father their due.
We cannot 20 back on grandmother.
bless her heartl Perhaps II we hire
enough bands and adopt the right
foral emblem-the Wayfarer nomi-
mates the chrysanthemum. a. sym
boliIing at once the autumn OF life
and the unostentatious character OF
these special days. Grandmothers
day will help restore TO Us the race
OF dear old women who We knew
when we we're young. and who are
ever 90 much more desirable than
the numerous massased. pompadour-
ID. tailor made. sophisticated. never
Grow-old ladies who awe us now at
swaggsr restaurants and social func-
tions.
AuA .h.n -. M, h.v. . MT etstars'
dayf Her day seems long In coming.
and she tolls and sacrifices for the
whole household. Especially would
the wayfarer insist upon honorinG
her. q little later on in her career. by
an Old Maids day. This 10 really es-
sential to any equitable adjustment OF
the scheme OF things. Some day an
orator OF essayist will win immortal
fame by setting forth In terms the
once 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 high seat in heaven
for the unhonored and uncommon.
GRATED Old Maid Aunt. In passing. let I
Il be emphasized that there Ia TO be
no honor shown the Old Bachelor; he /
10 deserving OF no consideration what. |
soever. He 10 the saddest word OF
tongue or pen.
Resisting the temptation to extol
the glories OF q Faithful Lovers day
and Q Husbands day. and more par
ticularly of q Wives day (for to merge
these into Mothers day and Fathers |
day is 10 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 II
wears q badge. possesses a diploma
and employs press agent. The Way
farer is well aware that he is not q
pioneer in this project. 1t was but a
few days ago that the pastor OF a
large church proposed In all serious
ness that he would like to give up his
charge and devote himself TO estab- /
a Society for the Promotion /
OF Democracy. The dearth OF associar
tions for the furtherance OF the obvi.
Gus probably had appealed to his pro-
Eressive mind. So the Wayfarer has
contemplated the glorious future of q
Society of Men Who Do Not Beat
Their Wives; and OF allied organiiar
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-fAshionsd
scheme of private virtue. more care
fully vsilsd than Q Moslsm lady. has
persisted long enough. say We up-to-
date folk. The world has struggled
along for several millsnniums. cum
bsring men and women with the bur
dsn OF responsibility for the cardinal
noralitiss. Let ~ improve upon this
b. diving svsSy virtue IL ooTSspoad-
Ing publicity. II pays 70 slvsyttsa
Avsy with those hidden rscsssss In
human hsartsi Oct into the line
lisht with the sssrss Of holy piasss'
-DycAangs.