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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3438, 3 March 1932, Page 7

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DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE. , The days that are no more, are dealt with by a correspondent in a London paper. Shevhas been reading a book written by a lady very prominent in a previous generation, and has come to the conclusion that, with all the gold and glitter of which we hear, only the few and not the many were fortunate and able to enjoy the advantages of the time. She points out, as an instance of the greater formality of the -days that are no more> that she shocked „her 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 her legs before -the men of the family, as her ankles ("and they were nice ones, really," says the correspondent plaintively) could be seen. Pink candle shades and potato chips for dinner were regarded as not quite nice, or, at least, as signs of a revolutionary disposition, in the circles in which she moved, and she ends wistfully, "I never remember praise; it was always what not to do!" The free, young people of the present day, brought up in an atmosphere of appreciation, at a time when rules were few and individually studied, will find it 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.