Show not like mothers flother s make like mother used to make ah met what memories are mine of the old das and the plain way ways revived by that brief line in these degenerate times I 1 wear the trousers of the day with creases down the front of them and colors grave or gray they re built upon the latest lines and cost a pretty stake and yet ah me those pants are not like mother used to make my coats are done by tailor men of such artistic taste that if the slightest wrinkle showed they d think themselves disgraced they turn me out in fashion fashions s form in which there theres s no mistake and yet their coats are not at all like mother used to make my shirts are cut by skillful hauda hands from linen of the best and fitted to roe me perfectly by every fitter s test and eke my socks in every hue the rainbow dares to take and yet those shirts or socks are not like mother used to make my hair Is cut by tensors trained to wield the shears with skill that gives to every customer A high esthetic thrill A hirsute harmony Is mine in which no discords break and yet the a cut Is not like mother used to make like mother used to make ah met what memories are mine of the old das dabs and the plain ways revived by that brief line william J lampton in chicago record herald magazine |