The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-03-10

worthy. "and for that reason I think
the old times were better than the
present. ! only wish the old condi
lions could be restored. A hundred
years ago the married man had no
reason 20 dread the pocrhouse II
was practically impossible for women
10 be extnvagant then n they want.
"a to blow themselves they had e. go
10 town. and IN order % get 90 town
they had to ride In old coaches which
weren't as comfortable as modern
hayrack.
The woman 81 hundred years ago
couldn't lean hack IN an easy chair
and order a hundred dollars worth of
junk by phone. IL she ordered by
letter. u took the letter three weeks
to get Rnyw her, and by the time the
goods arrived they were out Of date.
and she had 90 send them hack. u
would be great blessing II things
were that way nov.
''But the modern married woman
has the softesi snap ever invented.
Mrs. Jamesworthy. II she happens a.
be- too lazy To put on her brass-moun,.
81 harness and 20 downtown 10 d. her
shopping. she has that great modern
convenience at her elbow. II isn't
necessary 10 make herself pr.ssntable
TO do her shopping She sits down
with nm old Wrapper on. asd her top
knot askew. and her mouth full NJ
hairplns. and calls up the butcher and
baker and candlestick maker. and or
ders everything they have In their
joints and has 10 charged TO her hus-
band.
AS your sway-backed professor
said. q short journey was a serious
business In the old days. and as a r.
suit people stayed home and attended
To their knitting. II a woman jour
neyed nine miles In one Of the old
time coaches she had a tackache foe
three weeks and - the Idea Of going
away from home didn't OIL her with
enthusiasm. Hut nowadays travelling
IL a luxury. AN a woman has 10 do
IL 10 hold up her husband for the fare.
aud then the urbane railway people
do the rest. and make everything ~
comfortable for her that she hates the
idea % ever returning home And be-
cause of this luxury. women arr for
ever hunting up excuses for trip
somewhere. kersmith told me the
other day that his wife Travelled three
hundred miles and back "a match a
ribbon. the local stores not having the
exact shade she wanted Kersmith Ii
just about three cubits ahead Of the
sherifY. and his wife knows H. but she
wouldn't let a small matter like that
interfere with her trip.
''In the halcyon days people used 90
taliow candles and were all the better
for II. There was no satisfaction In
reading by a candle. 10 men didn't
blow In their substance for fool books
and magazines The candles kicked
up such smell that they were extin-
guished NJ early AS possible. and 20
no money was wasted. Now We have
the electric light. which IL o great con.
yenience. II IN such a laundering con-
yenience. Mrs. Jnmesworthy. that II IL
grcasing the road 60 the poorhouse for
innumerable heartSick husbands. The
average citizen finds u impossible to
convince his wife and daughters and
other female relatives that the electric
juice costs money. and 50 his home Ia
Illuminated from basement 10 garrett
every night Few women remember tn
turn on the light after having Il turn
Ell on. II I drop dead ~ heart failure
one Of these days. IL win he when look
ing over the electric light bin. In the
old days"
"Oh. bother the old days. and the
young days. and the middieaged
daysi" cried Mrs. Jamesworthy.