Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-29
By ANN Isle.

They didn't do such things in my
day. Nice girls sent their callers
home at TO- o'clock and didn't hang
around the front door saying good
by, at midnight. It's scandalous.
don't know what the world is coming
to- says Mrs. Parker.
She is frightfully shocked at the
outrageous things girls do nowadays.
She says it's no wonder young men
don't respect them. But then. young
men don't respect older women either.
Why only the other night at the big
charity dance her club gave, she tried
to get the Ainslee boy to come over
and meet some sweet little girls who
weren't Having any partners and he
said, No, thank you. No backwoods
frumps for him 1t was hard enough
dancing with a girl who hadn't mas
tered the London Taps yet--but he
didn't care to meet any who had
never seen the fox trot before"
Mrs. Parker simply cannot under
stand what the world is coming, to.
The old women dress as giddily as
the young, girls, and the girls wear
such immodest clothes that she is
actually ashamed Of all of them. Her
husband says its very bad policy, for
all this frank revelation destroys wo-
mans real charm-her mystery.
Have you heard about young Davis
and his wife?" asked Mrs. Parker,
with an air compounded Of horror and
delight They quarreled so loud last
night that I.simply couldn't help hear
ing them.
'He said he wouldn't have her run
ming around to bridges every after
noon. and she said that was a good
deal better than chasing around tango
teas the way he did whenever he could
get away from business.
And he said he'd do what he
darned pleased, and she said she
wished he'd please come home once
III a while in time for dinner. x And
he said if he ever had decent meal
at home he'd be moro inclined to
come, and she said that If he gave her
decent wages for the cook they'd
have good meals, and he said if she d
been brought UP decently she'd know
something about cooking herself and
be able to teach the greenhorns she
hired. and then she cried and said he
needn't go critfcising the way her
mother brought her Up
"And just then the window curtain
| was trying to pull down flew up
with a bang and he swore and said
something about all the cats in the
neighborhood listening. and sos Of
course, shut the window and didn't
hear the rest. ] don't see what the
world is coming to. Young people now
adays haven't anything to interes'
them except gossip and good times
1t wasn't like that when / was young
Mrs. Parker is properly shocked by
all the improper conduct she. sees
around her. Of course, a. woman Of
her age has perfect right to live in
hotel. Her daughters are married
and Mr.. Parker would be so lonely
in big home. You see he's in the
banking business and he's through
! by 4 o'clock, and If he came home and
she weren't there he'd be so lonely.
She really owes it to her husband
to see that he has plenty of interest
and company, and he can always find
companions somewhere around the
hotel, She leads such busy life her
self and she can't break off with her
old bridge crowd, which meets twice
week, or the afternoon musicale,
which meets once, or the matinee
club, which takes her Wednesdays
and Saturdays, or the sewing circle,
which meets every Monday! And she
isn't like the young wife Of today who
has no conscience about how her hus-
band amuses himself.
She can't bear to feel that her hus-
band is neglected. So she lives in a
hotel where he can have plenty Of
companions, and if she's delayed at