Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1933-05-04
The Fable of 1875
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By GEORGE ABE
g. Bell syndlcate.-wNU Service
By GEORGE ABE

ol re,rni aay Re, Wh9 9vr, had ers oess
Second Administration. sat
back watching the Antics of a re-
formed and purified World. wondering
what 1t was all about She was like
every other living Person beyond Six
ty. Ii seemed to her that all the hon
ored Traditions had been hit In the
Head. that Civilization was being
vamped by frivolous Innovations and
that the whole Works had gone blooey.
One of her important Discoveries
was that Young People are not what
they used to be. She didn't suppose
that any one else had noticed 1t but
she simply couldn't get over the Way
In which the Jlmmies and James were
taking 1t for granted that they owned
the Universe.
This honored Hold-Over had
Grand Daughter and Namesake who
was mere Slip of Thing 10 years
old. who was endeayoring to estab-
lIsh q Worlds Record for Speed and
very uiltA aHdiboihIi
would ask. Haven't her Parents any
Control over herr" The correct An
swer to the above question was. MOI"
1t happened that One Day the Old
Lady couldn't stand 1t any longer. Lit
tie Genevieve, the Child Wonder. had
been to an all-nlght Party. Along
about G. NJ. she had brought Pack
of Comanches into the House and had
shown the Ice-box how to take Joke.
She came up for Air at Noon and was
propped up In her theatrical Pajamas,
having the whole House wait on her,
while she found Fault with the eggs,
the Toast. the Coffee, the Weather and
all of her Relatives. For one thing
the Service was not up to the Ritz
and she didn't like to have the Cur
tains lifted SO high and her Name was
mis-spelled In the Paper and every
thing looked dark for the Princess.
Queen OF the Flappers.
The Old Lady sat In fixed Amaze
ment for while. surveying the Eighth
Wonder OF the World. and then she
said: hen was Girl and went
to Party. | always came down to
Breakfast next morning and. what's
more, / came down early and helped
Mother. =
The Queen OF the Flappers gave her
respected Grandmother the cold Once
Over and then said. You were
Simp."
POSSIBLY so, from the Standpoint
: OF q modern Snipe who has become SO
/ superficial and selfcentered and sci
fish that she regards her Parents as
House Servants. In my Day 1t was
an imperative Rule that Young People
should respect their Elders"
"Mebbe you had a better Bunch TO
work on. said little Genevieye.
"When they were giving out Relatives
| almost drew Blank I've tried to
put up with Nom and Pop, but you'll
have to admit that they're couple
OF Cities. Both OF them can sleep
standing up. They don't seem to be
hep to what's Transpiring. | told them
q Month ago | wanted a Roadster just
like Bernice Is driving. 1t Is one Duck
and the price Is only SHbO0. Do you
think | can get those two Swozzies to
buy one for me? The old Tight-Wads
keep talking about the money. Don't
they know that Cutie can't hold the
Boys any more unless she has her own
Bus? And you know how these fiat
haired papas are. They don't like to
ride In a Lizzie. You can't blame
them, can you? No. | want some
thing that will cut across Lots and
climb Tree and II those two ki0odes
think they can work off Fliv on me
they've got another Guess coming"
All during this Rave the kind-faced
Relic of by-gone Days stared at her
dainty little Daughter and
sighed Deeply.
The Coy Debutantc and the Bustlc.
81 am wondering" she said at last
World, such thing as q Chaperon.
| saw one last Season and she was.
IL you will pardon the Modernism.
Pip. She was a Grass Widow, aged
%. painted Creamy White, with n
shinged Mob and she wore about eight
4 Ounces of clothing. AS Guardian
for Young Girls | would say that she
was hand-picked. In 1875, when had
my Coming Out Party, the Girls were
brought by their Parents and no
Young Gentleman even asked for Per
mission to Call until he talked with
the Mother and had flashed his Gre
dentials."
II get you" said Genevieve "You
are now going to pull line Of Chat
ter about the Good Old Days of 1875.
but you will never get away with It.
have studied Ancient History and
am wise TO that Golden Age Of Chiv-
airy, when every popular Bachelor had
the map covered with Trailing Arbu.
tus and the coy Debutante wore a
Bustle which made 1t practically I'm
possible for her to sit down. You are
banning me because | don't want to
play the Melodeon and attend Lectures
on the Holy Land. You think / am