Now There Is A Society

Things On The Whole Are Much Faster In America; People Don't 'stand For Election', They 'run For Office.'

Things On The Whole Are Faster In America; People Don't Stand For Election, They Run For Office. If A Person Says He's Sick, It Doesn't Mean Regurgitating, It Means Ill. Mad Means Angry, Not Insane. Don't Ask For The Left-luggage; It's Called A Checkroom.

In Childbirth, As In Other Human Endeavors, Fashions Start With The Rich, Are Then Adopted By The Aspirant Middle Class With An Assist From The Ever-watchful Media, And May Or May Not Eventually Filter Down To The Poor.

Alas, Poor Yorick! How Surprised He Would Be To See How His Counterpart Of Today Is Whisked Off To A Funeral Parlor And Is In Short Order Sprayed, Sliced, Pierced, Pickled, Trussed, Trimmed, Creamed, Waxed, Painted, Rouged And Neatly Dressed - Transformed From A Common Corpse Into A Beautiful Memory Picture.

One Is Only Really Inwardly Comfortable, So To Speak, After One's Life Has Assumed Some Sort Of Shape. Not Just A Routine, Like Studying Or A Job Or Being A Housewife, But Something More Complete Than All Those, Which Would Include Goals Set By Oneself And A Circle Of Life-time Type Friends. I Think This Is One Of The Hardest Things To Achieve, In Fact Often Just Trying Doesn't Achieve It But Rather It Seems To Develop Almost By Accident.