Page 103 - 1920 February - To Dragma

186 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMIC RON PI

TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY Gazette.

Ladies wore bustles.
Operations were rare.
Nobody had seen a silo.
Nobody swatted the fly.
Nobody had appendicitis.
Nobody wore white shoes.
Nobody sprayed orchards.
Cream was five cents a pint.
Cantaloupes were muskmelons.
M i l k shake was a favorite drink.
You never heard o f a " t i n lizzie."
Advertisers did not tell the truth.
Most young men had "livery bills."
Doctors wanted to see your tongue.
The hired girl drew one-fifty a week.
Nobody "listened-in" on a telephone.
Farmers came to town f o r their mail.
Folks said pneumatic tires were a joke.
Nobody cared for the price of gasoline.
The butcher "threw i n " a chunk of liver.
Strawstacks were burned instead of baled.
There were no sane Fourths nor electric meters.
Jules Verne was the only convert to the submarine.—Hotel