Sven digital books

It was marked by an
almost feverish gayety, as though, having apparently determined to
pursue a policy dictated purely by self interest, the people wished
to forget their anomalous position. Like a woman who covers her
shame with a smile. The vast number of war orders from abroad had
brought prosperity into homes where it had long been absent. Mills
and factories took on new life. Labor was scarce and high.
It was a period of extravagance rather than pleasure. People played
that they might not think. Washington, convinced that the nation
would ultimately be involved, kept its secret well and continued to
preach a neutrality it could not enforce. War was to most of the
nation a great dramatic spectacle, presented to them at breakfast
and in the afternoon editions. It furnished unlimited conversation
at dinner-parties, led to endless wrangles, gave zest and point to
the peace that made those dinner parties possible, furnished an
excuse for retrenchment here and there, and brought into vogue great
bazaars and balls for the Red Cross and kindred activities.


Pages:
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85