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Show OLDEN TIMES MODERN TIMES. Some friend mailed the following "Season's Greetings" to Anthony Madsen, manager for the C. W. & M. Co. Tony admitted that he believed ''in the days gone by:" This may reach you a little late for Christmas, but in time to extend our Best Wishes for a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year. "Do you remember thirty year" ago when eggs were three dozen for 25 cents; butter 10 cents a pound; milk 5 cents a quart; the butcher gave away liver and treated the kids with bologna; the hired girl received two dollars a week and did the washing; wash-ing; women did not powder and paint (in public), smoke, vote, play poker or shake the shimmie. Men wore whiskers and boots, chewed tobacco, spat on the sidewalk and cussed. Beer was 5 cents and the lunch was free. Laborers worked work-ed ten hours a day and never went on a strike. No tips were given to wa'ters and the hat check graft was unknown. A kerosene hanging lamp and a steroscope in the parlor were luxuries. No one was ever operated upon for appendicitis, or stole monkey glands. M'crobes were unheard of; folks lived liv-ed to be a good old age and every year walked miles to wish their friends a Merry Christmas. . Today you know everybody rides in automabiles or flies, plays golf, tunes the radio, shoots crap, plays the piano with their feet; goes to the movies nightly, smokes c:gar-ettes, c:gar-ettes, blames the If. C. L., on the Republicans, never go to bed the same day they get up and think they are having a helluva good time." These are the days of sufferagct-tinsr, sufferagct-tinsr, excess taxes and prohibition (maybe); and if you think life is worth living, allow us ppain to extend ex-tend to you A Most Cordial Season's Greetings. |