Page 44 - The Heimishe Newsflash Volume 1213

I HAVE NOTICED

Everything is farther away than it used to be. It is
even twice as far to the corner and they have even

added a hill. I have given up running for the bus;

it leaves earlier than it used to.
It seems to me they are making the stairs steeper
than in the old days. And have you noticed the

smaller print they use in the newspapers?
There is no sense in asking anyone to read aloud
any more as everyone speaks in such a low voice, I

can hardly hear them.
The material in dresses is so skimpy now,
especially around the hips and waist, that it is
almost impossible to reach one’s shoelaces. And

the sizes don’t run the way they used to.
The 12’a & 14’s are so much smaller.
Even people are changing. They are so much
younger then they used to be when I was their age.
On the other hand, people my own age are so
much older than I am. I ran into an old classmate
the other day, and she has aged so much that she

didn’t recognize me. I got to thinking about the poor
dear while I was combing my shaitel this morning
and in so doing I glanced at my own reflection.
Really now, they don’t even make good mirrors like

they used to!

44