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Show &MEMBER" From An Old Timer, Jackson, Mich.: I remember back in the days when it was fashionable to pay respects to elders and to ladies. Nowadays, neither seems to be too much in style. Time was when a lady stepped onto a streetcar, every man sitting sit-ting would rise to his feet and offer her a seat. Now, all men do when a woman boards a bus is to look the other way unless, of course, she is young and pretty. That's a different story. A pretty girl usually is offered a seat. An old lady, who really needs to sit down, is often ignored. Kids? You can still find some with proper manners and respect for their elders but too many of them are rude, arrogant and self-centered. self-centered. I've heard all the arguments and excuses. They say, "If a woman wants to work and compete com-pete with men for jobs, then she gives up some privileges." How so? Unless a woman is doing illegal ille-gal or immoral work, she is no less the lady because she works for a paycheck as well as she works in her own home. And the kids. Parents will say you can't expect them to act like the kids of yesterday, that times are different. We are just as obligated, obli-gated, in this space age, to teach and to train our children as were our ancestors In the horse and bue?y days. (Srnd rentrlbstlsns Is this seisms In The Old Timer, Cemmsnltr Press Srrvtre. Box M, Franktsrl, Kentseky.) |