Chintz Bread
Do YOU agree with this? And why?
Do you agree with this quote from “An Old Fashioned Girl” by Louisa May Alcott (one of my favourite books!)
“Well, dear, I’ll tell you. In my day, children of fourteen and fifteen didn’t dress in the height of the fashion; go to parties, as nearly like those of grown people as it’s possible to make them; lead idle, giddy, unhealthy lives, and get blasé at twenty. We were little folks till eighteen or so; worked and studied, dressed and played, like children; honoured our parents; and our days were much longer in the land than now, it seems to, me. (….) Yes, and we all learned to make bread, and cook, and wore little chintz gowns, and were as gay and hearty as kittens. All lived to be grandmothers and fathers; and I’m the last,seventy, next birthday, my dear, and not worn out yet; though daughter Shaw is an invalid at forty”
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That’s so true, all teenagers want to go to partys and do stupid stuff, some become pregnant before they even reach eighteen. I think that life would have been so much simpler around fifty years ago. Teenagers from that era would have learnt good cooking skills, and I’d say that they were probably happier in general, because they were innocent. It’s a really good quote, I’d like to read that book!