Show THEY DO CHANGE 4 styles change so 10 lo do customs if rip van winkle were to awaken now after a twenty year nap and walk down clown fifth avenue in new york michigan avenue in in chicago or main street in any merican american A town or village he would be more than amazed at the change chang ge in styles more than amab amazed ell indeed perhaps shocked although those of us who have seen the change come gradually now accept it with little comment but other styles have changed too even the style 0 of political campaigns there are still a great ma many ny of us who ho remember the old fashioned campaign with its great spectacular parades showing a replica of the log cabin in which the candidate was born bom followed by prominent citizens and candidates on horses ladies in carriages and school children in white dresses c carrying flowers we remember too the great torch light professions procession process ions is the monster mass ma ss meetings which were held in every town not only once but many times during the c campaign campaign ampa ign then there were the street corner comer arguments always attracting a crowd men took their politics straight they were either republicans or democrats from principle or bec because aue they followed the faith of their parents but now it has all changed the great and spectacular parades are seldom if ever held and the gasoline torch has given away to the red fire whenever he never there is a procession at all which is not often there are still mas inas meetings to be sure but they do not compare with thoss those of the old days and are getting scarcer each campaign year and most of the people are too busy now to stop and list listen en to street corner comer arguments were there any street corner politicians to lead the arguments A great many things have brought this change to pass one reason perhaps is the growth of the newspaper newspapers are so plentiful and cheap now that every family has at least one and the political news and extracts from speeches and statements are lead fresh every day then later has come the radio with the result that one may now sit at home in the evening and hear the candidates speech more clealle and more comfortably than in a crowded croN ded hall and the lay day is not far distant when we shall see hini him as well as hear him by wireless party lines are not neaily so rigid as formerly men and women do not take ta ke their party faith as seriously as they once lid did the primary has helped bring this change about and the so called independent newspaper has added to the new condition whether this change from partisanship is a good one remains to lye be seen there are still a great many people who bej lieve that the loss of partisanship will mark a sad pad anti and undesirable change in american 9 government overn ment at any rate the style of political campaign has changed and there is nothing much that we can do about it |