The Pulaskian., 1919-01-17
The Old Order Changeth
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 By JANE OSBORN
1918, by Mcclure News
 Syndicate.)
By JANE OSBORN

Syndicate.)
 "You may be only a poor typist," snug little Aunt Caroline had told her niece Babette, but don't forget that you are lady-or are entitled to call yours elf one so long as you don't do any things that are unworthy of a real lady
 Aunt Caroline had never done any of those things; in fact, she had work ed at rather trying odds for the last ten years in the uptown fiat where She kept house for her own four Sons and daughters and her niece Babette.
 And they had all remained ladies' sbe and her daughter and the niece, and the three boys had, so far as the mother knew, remained perfect gen. tlemen"-in spite of the three flights up and the dingy, bare, painted walls of the kitchen where Caroline's work never seemed to be done and in spite of the debts there had been to pay Dfter the husbands long illness.
 On the parlor table there was copy of a well-known book on so-called so- cial usage, and although the chapter on caudle parties and the advice the writer of the book gave on 'how to act when meeting the English royal Family" and how to write to the archbishop of Canterbury had been of little real use to Caroline, she found much of it immensely helpful to her tn her task.
 The fact was that Caroline had as she said, seen very much better days in the years when she and her cousin, Babette's mother-for Babette was not a real niece-had, for one brief Season mingled in a society that never found it's way to Caroline's poor lit tie widows fiat
 Then came the marriages of Caro- line and Babette's mother and the death of both Babettes parents, the death of Caroline's husband, the bring ing up of the five children in the ways of gentlefolk and then, year ago, Ba- bette's engagement to Carolines eldest son-who, to be sure, was only a sort of third cousin.
 The eourtship was conducted along lines that would have been approved by even the author of that book on Social decorum on Caroline's parlor table. The young people, reminded that it was not well-bred to go to the fheater unchaperoned. never went to The movies on a Saturday night with put Caroline in tow, though poor Caro- line sometimes endured all kinds of Torment fearing that she was him. drance to their good time. And Caro- line remembered that when Babette's mother and she had been engaged they bad not permitted their lovers more than the meagerest kisses. and those on the cheek
 Engagements are sometimes broken, They had been told, and a "real lady, would never cease regretting the fact if she had ever allowed any more pas sionate salute from a man who did not become her husband. So Caroline had told Babette and her son and, Enough they had been engaged year, fhere was but one salute a day, and that very decorously upon the cheek. 2 When the first Christmas of their Engagement came about Caroline had Reminded her children that 'well-bred < engaged people did not give personal presents" The young man, besides the engagement ring, should give noth- Ing but flowers, books and candy" Her own husband had given her copy of 4ennyson'S poems on the Christmas they were engaged, and the Tennyson now reposed beneath the book on good form on the parlor table.
 He had given her roses on all holi- days and candies every weekend. 8Ihere was no reason, Caroline said, Mhy her son should not do so much for Babette. He could afford it. for z he was now getting generous salary.
 Babette didn't often protest but she was a practical bit of a girl, and when She might have been making collec- lion of useful household things given her by her husband-to-be-as other girls she knew did-she took small Pleasure in the little bunch of roses that faded on her bureau after every holiday nor in the candles that she Shared with her cousins every week. end.
 @ From her own slender earnings she Knight have bought things that would Eventually have helped feather the nest, too, but Caroline assured her fhat would not have been in good Form The great authority especially cautioned young women against giv- < Ing anything of a personal nature to their fiances
 Books, desk accessories, accessories of sport-a riding crop, or something of that sort-were the things suggest ed. And as Caroline's eldest son. Stephen, had no desk save the office one he toiled at eight hours day.