Evening star., 1936-08-21
Familiar Fruit Desserts Begin Lose Favor This Time of the Y
Essentials
Of Living
Before Deploring So
Called 'Deprivations'
of Ll1x11rv
of LUXURY.
BY ANGELO PATRI.


TT is really too bad. We had
planned so much for the chill.
dren, and now they have to be de-
prived of it all. We were going to
let them ride. Horses are such a de-
light to children, and riding is such
a wonderful experience and recreation.
Too bad.
And we wanted to take them
abroad. Now that is out of the ques-
ton. 1t is all we can do to keep the
car and take them out week ends to
the farm.
I'VE had to give up all notion of
private schools after the elementary
grades. They will have to go to the
public colleges unless we can find
some money somewhere soon. Maybe
things will pick up. But it is so hard
to see them deprived of everything
that would make their lives pleas
ant
And much more in the same strain
from the ladies of the clubs, any
clubs, anywhere. The deprivations Of
Youth are deplored.
When the deprivations are con-
cerned with food, shelter, clothes and
education I deplore them louder than
anybody. But if We can secure these
fundamentals for children, secure
them in the right quantity and quail
ity I, for one, won't lament too Bit
terly.
Riding horse is delightful. True.
Think minute. This childs grand
mother, and certainly her great
grandmother, rode horse. Rode him
because she had to in order to get to
school, or to market, or anywhere
else she wanted to go. His long legs
kept her out of the mud. his broad
back carried her safely over the dis
tances she had to cover. I have heard
grandmothers say, MY, what a COM
fort it is to step into a car and ride
along smooth, firm road. When I
was girl there was only the horse
to depend on. Life certainly grows
easier as time goes by" Think about
that.
Life on the farm had its good
points. The sweet, clean air, the
smell Of growing things, the food
right from the earth, the farmyard
pets, yes they were all lovely. But,
my. the inconvenience we used to
have to put up with. No water in
the house, no bathtubs, no central
heat, no electric do-daddles. I re-
member when We used to be washing
all the time. Now the washing ma
chine eats it up. No wonder you
think going to the farm today is a
vacation. You have all the treats
with none of the hardships" Think
that over, you lucky ones who can
go to the farm week ends
Deprivations are relative. The
mental attitude of the individual con-
cerned has a lot to do with them.
If one is distressed by the loss OF a
recreation, one is distressed and that
is all there is to it. But is the dis
tress necessary? Cannot the mind
be adjusted to see the thing in an
easier way?
Youth can adjust itself easily if
age will permit. Each generation has
its standards Of living, its ideals and
its longings. They work them out
very well if their elders do not try
to impose their own standards and
ideals and aspirations upon them.
would not give up single mod
ern machine. We need every one of
them. Neither would have a child
feel that because of a lack of any
one of them, or because of a lack
of special recreation or luxury, he
was handicapped. Life has been
made more comfortable, easier, by the
modern machines and the customs they
have set in the people But--and this
is important to this youthful genera
tion-with it all how much better
in character, intelligence and behavior
are the modern generation of fathers
and mothers who enjoyed it all than
were those who knew nothing of
them?
Life can function under simple
ways and even reach heights of glory
through them. Study the depriva-
tions before deploring them. Deplore
the lack of essentials and let the rest
90 as they may.