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DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE. Yor.\<; |>|\< MM,K MOUK rOUTI'XATR Tin' 1 1, -i vs I h;1 1 ;11■ c m> nnn-c. ai'O fie,'ill wifli !>> a eiirrespomienl in a Lmnlnn j >;iiuer. She lias been read-

in<j; o book written by a lady very pro minenl in a previous generation, anti has route to Hie conclusion Ilia!, willt all the gold and glitter of which we hear, only the few and not the many were fortunate and able to Oil Up a dviinlages of Hit- lime. She points out. as an instance ol' the greater formality of the days that arc no more, I hat site shocked tier family by driving in a hansom alone, which was then regarded as “fast,’ while, as a bride, she was asked by her mother-in-law not to cross tier legs be I ore Hie men ot

tin' family, as tier ankles (“and they were nice ones, really," says the correspondent plaintively) could he seen. Pink candle shades and potato chips lor dinner wore regarded as not quite nice', or. at least, as Signs of a revolutionary dispnslion, in Hie circles in which she moved, and she ends wistfully, “1 never remember praise; it was always what not to do! ’ The I'rer. young people ol the present day, brought up in an atmosphere ol appreciation. at a time when rules weie few and individually studied, will find

il hard to realise such a state of affairs. They can drive their own cars, fly in their own Moths if they are lucky, enter any profession or trade they choose, and feel, moreover, that they are taken seriously and their opinions regarded as important, whether offered to us in print or in private conversation.