Walt Mason ~ Iowa
Decatur County Journal-Iowa
Thursday, August l6, l9l7
Walt Mason, in the expression of his disgust with the modern way of bringing up a family, in his parody on the song "I Stood on the Bridge at Midnight."It goes like this:I stood on the bridge at midnight and looked at the dizzling town where the pleasure seeking people were holding the sidewlks down.The moon rose over the city and shone on the dames and gents, but the glare of the light electric made it look like twenty cents.The windows of the homes were darkened, for no one was staying there; the children as well as the grownups, were all in the great white glare.Deserted were all the firesides, abandoned the old-time games; alas, that the old home circle is naught but an empty name.The father is out chug-chugging, the mother is at her club, the kids see the moving pictures, and go to the hotel for grub.How often, oh, how often, in the days that seem so good to me, have I looked at the children playing at home, where they ought to be, how often, oh, how often!
, in those days of the proper stamp, have I gazed on the parents reading at home by the evening lamp.But the world has gone to thunder, forgotten that elder day; so I took up the bridge and broke it, and threw the pieces away.
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