Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-10-10
CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.
A few days after Georges return
to the university 1t became evident
that not quite everybody had gazed
with complete benevolence- upon the
various young collegians at their
| holiday sports. The Sunday edition
of the principal morning paper even
expressed some bitterness under the
heading, "Gnded Youths Of the Fin
de-Siecle"--this was considered the
knowing phrase of the time. espA
cially for Sunday supplements-an1
| there is no doubt that from certain
references in this bit of writing some
people drew the conclusion that Mr.
George Anderson Minafer had not
yet got his come-unance, postpone
ment still irritating Undeniably
| Fanny Minafer was one of the people
/ who drew this conclusion, for she cut
the article out and lnclosed It in n
letter to her nephew, having written
on the border of the clipping, 81 won
der whom it can meant"
George read part of it:
We debate sometimes what is to be tha
future of this nation when we think that
| in few years public affairs may be IN
the hands OF the fin-de-siecle giidad
youths we see about US during the Christ
mas holidays Such foppery. such luxury.
| such insolence was surely never prac-
tieed by the scented, oYerbearing patri-
clans of the Palatine. even IN Rome 5
most decadent epoch With his airs ef
young MILFORD, his fast horses his gold
and silver cigarette cases, his clothes
from a New York tailor, h; recklesstc )
Of money showered upon hirs Ny h,a4.Ecns
mothers or doting grandrathers We re-
spects nothing and nobody. He Is blase
If you please. Watch him at a social
/ function, how condeseendingly he designs
to select partner for the popular waltz
or two-step, how carelessly he shoulders
| older people out of hrs way, with what
blank stare he returns the salutations of
some old acquaintance whom he raay
choose In his royal within to forget!
One wonders what has come over the
new generation. OF such as these the re-
public was not made. When we compare
the young manhood of Abraham Lincoln
with the specimens we are now producing
we see too well that 1t BODIES III for the
twentieth century
George yawned and tossed the clip
/
why his aunt thought such dull non
sense worth the sending. AS for her
nsinuation, penclled upon the border,
he supposed she meant to joke--a sup
position which neither surprised him
nor altered his lifelong opinion of
her wit.
He read her letter with more IN
terest:
The dinner your mother gave for
/ the Morgans was a lovely affair. II was
last Monday evening. just ten days after
You left. It was appropriate that your
mother, herself an old friend, should as
semble a representative selection OF Mr.
Morgan's old friends around him at such
time. He was IN great spirits and most
entertaining
He Will soon begin to build his factory
here for the manufacture OF automobiles
| which he says Is a term he prefers to
"horseless carriages" Your Uncle George
told me he would like 70 invest in this
factory, as George thinks there is a fu-
ture for automobiles; perhaps not for gem
eral use, but as an interesting novelty,
which people with sufficient means would
like to own for their amusement and the
sake of variety However he said Mr.
Morgan laughingiy declined h. offer as
| Mr. NJ was fully able to finance this ven
| ture, though not stating IN a very large
| way. Your uncle said other people are
manufacturing automobiles In different
parts of the country with success. Your
| fSther Is not very WELL though he IS not
| actually ill and the doctor tells him he
| ought not TO be so much at his office, as
| the long years Of application indoors with
no exercise are beginning to affect him
unfavorably. but / believe your father
would die II he he'd TO give up his work,
| which Is all that has ever interested him
/ outside Of his family. / never could I'M
derstand It. Mr. Morgan took your
mother and me with Lucy TO see Mod
jeska IN Twelfth Night yesterday eve
ming, and Lucy said she thought the luke
looked rather like you. only much more
democratic In his manner. Hoping that
yop aTe finding college sim as attractive
f.ctionateiy.
AUNT FANNy.
George read one sentence in fhis
letter several times. Then he dropped
tie missive in his waste baske1 70
JOIN the clipping, and strolled down
the corridor Of his dormitory to Dor
row a copy Of Twelfth Night" Hav-
| ing secured one he returned to his
| study and refreshed his memory of
| the play-but received no enlighten-
ment that enabled him to comprehend
I.ucy's strange reJuark However, he