El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-13
Would You Want The Good Old Days" To Return?
They Are Moaned For And Berated-Take Choice

other tender things that made a fell
lows heart iii up. are ditched, while
our sopranos shrek, He Took Ne out
in an Auto, but Rode Home IN a
If She Loved Ne as I Love Her Non
ey. How Quickly We'd Agree with
jazz orchestra accompaniment and
jazz chorus"
The Modern Defender.
And here. on the other side OF the
shield. is M WriEhts Eatircal pic
ture OF the old contrasted with the
beauties OF the new:
Religion has become more sensi-
bic, more Intelligent. more human.
and, above all, more tolerant. IL no
longer holds whatever pleases and en-
chants Is a vile Of the devil and.
therefore, TO be avoided II one would
lead a righteous life.
And as for education, Il, too. has
become broader and more human and
more practical
The Gingerbread WhatnOt.
Gone Is the gingerbread whatnot
in the corner with its riot OF shells.
gone with the wax flowers IN the
glass case resting upon a knitted
wool dolly, the marble topped center
table with the plush album and the
stereoscope with scenes from the
Grand Canyon and NIAGARA Falls.
Gone. too. Is the haircloth furniture
with its prickinE stray hairs and its
slippery surface. The stuffed owl
has disappeared from the wardrobe.
and the Moody and Sankey hymnbook
the square piano which was always
out OF tune and which had at least
four keys that didn't strike.
surely the absence Of these abom-
nations is sign Of progress
and Advancement Today the shell
covered whatnot has given way to
the sectional bookcase. with here and
there a readable book among its con-
tents A cloissOne vase stands In the
place OF the wax flowers A mission
table, simple and sensible in design,
occupies the center or the drawing
room. and the album and stereoscope
have been replaced by travel books
Better Furniture Now.
One may now sit upon chairs and
sofas without sliding off or having
sharps points penetrate one.
And regard the books that were
once read and the authors who were
held in high esteem, The great writ
crs Of Europe were unknown our
grandfathers contented themselves
with the pallid chipping OF such mild
and uninspired old gentleman as
Longfellow, Bryant and whittier.
Uncle Toms Cabin" wss regarded as
a literary masterpiece: and James
Fenimore Cooper was thought 70 be a
greater genius than Balzac. Flaubert
OF De Maupassant Why should one
wish to return to such barbaric con-
ditions2
"An dancing was based on the
theory that the emotions were Grim
inal. Hence. the uuarille. the min
net and the preposterous polka
TOday's Mental Attitude Frank.
The young. people Of today have
outgrOWn their horror OF all genu-
inc instincts. For this reason I think
the modern dance Is desirable. It is
at least more honest, just as Jazz
music Is more honest than the elegant
and genteel dance compositions Of
yesterday.
This honesty and frankness seems
to me to be the crux OF the whole ar
gument The mental attitude today
is cleaner than IL was: 81 is less hyp-
ocritical and more natural
This Is shown by the fashions Of
today as compared with the fashions
OF yesterday What is there so ter
rible in the fact that a woman re-
veals her curves and angles2 The
false mOdesty Of our grandmOthers
appears to me to be the real immor-
atty. And do the weepers for yes
swathed in bulging garments. which
conceal and disguise her utterly, TO
the close fitting and abbreviated at
tire Of the modern woman.
LOOK At Inc haAnlnS SUITS
"And the bathing suitsl Come with
me to the beach. General. and 7 will
convert you 20 the modern Standard
There Is more freedom today than
formerly greater mental and phys
ical tolerance.
"As for the comforts. there can be
no comparison between the new and
the old regime. Steam heat and open
plumbing are not TO be shifted at.
And ] viii WAGER that even the old
fashioned gentlemen use elevators in
preference to the stairs, safety razors
in preference 10 the naked blades. and
typewriters in preference TO Quill
pens. And what Is this I hear. Cen
eral. about your recent ACQUISITION
OF an automobile2 What With all
the Dobbins available and all the one.
horse shays7" ~