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November 13, 1940.
By Walt Disney
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She Was The WILDEST
of the BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
KNEW Elizabeth Pelly, the
Iite daughter
Ponsonby.
of Lord
It is nothing to be proud of, for she was a woman who wasted years of her life on, the. maddest, most stupid merry-go-round that has ever marred the social life of Britain.
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Sho died suddenly some-
remembered time ago, "Playgirl No. 1" and leader of the Bright Young Things, who were a feature of the roaring, boring 'twenties,
Her death is important, for it marks the end of an era which, thank God, will never return. It was n post-war era, peopled with young men and women with time and money to burn and a complete luck of responsibility to them- selves and society.
We were children of the jazz age, a period when we trlod to blame the last war for our hysteria and stupid follies. We rode on a crazy joy-wheel and some of us, thank heaven, managed to Alide off in time to get jerked back to sanity.
Parties! That was the key- note of the twenties. Parties night after night, and ench trying to outdo the other in fantastic originality. Bigger and louder parties! Anything
FUNNÝ SIDE UP
June 1930 by Dinlet treslání Špaddy
The late Elizabeth Pelly, who was known as Playgirl No. 1.
for a cheap thrill, anything for a laugh, anything for a .stunt.
I well remember the sensa- tion when Elizabeth Ponsonby -as she was then-conceived the "brilliant idea of a mock wedding reception. Cocking a snoop at marriage-never a very popular state among the irresponsible Bright Young Things--seemed a first-class
kng.
And so to a Piccadilly hotel came Elizabeth-Ponsonby--as- the "bride," dressed in white and with a huge bunch of pink
roses.
With her was her "bridegroom," John Rayner. Everyone thought that actual wedding breakfast was in progress, and a clergyman from nearby table was in- vited to join the party. He gave them his blessing, never dreaming that he was being completely fooled.
Pointless? A bad joke? It didn't seem so to the Bright. Young Things. It was some-
thing that had never been done before.
IT was never enough for Elizabeth to throw a straight party. One took place at midnight in a swimming bath, and the guests alternately swam and danced. At - other every guest had to ar- rive dressed as an inhabitant from Mars.
They were noisy, wild af- fairs. The music was loud and syncopated. It helped to stop us thinking. Champagne flowed like Niagara Fulls. Everybody talked too much, too loudly, too pointlessly. It was a giant, nightmare.drug.,
The folly and stupidity of 'the Bright Young Things found other outlets. There was one party which was aud- denly interrupted by a terrific hubbub. Every fire engine in the district of Celsea arrived' at the house.
Somebody with a curious sense of humour suddenly conceived the idea of issuing a false alarm. To hell with in- convenience to the fireman Send and the neighbours.
'em out on a false alarm. A "joke", like that would be something to talk about for days at the cocktail parties and lunches!
ONE of the most out- rageous forms of lunacy that, in the late twenties and early thirties, suddenly became the rage was the Treasure Hunt or Night Scavenging.
Dozens of cars with noisy
and Alled exhausts
with screaming young men and women would rush through London and the suburbs in the carly hours of the morning, recking not whose sleep they disturbed.
This midnight imbecility took several forms. Some- times the competitors had to Eccure various old articles-a red policeman's helmet, n flannel petticont, a used four- penny bus ticket, a baby's
By Abner Dean bottle and so on-within a
WATCH
BHAT & CONT
DEAN:
"How much do I owe you?^^^1 had two extra tough pork chops, burnt fried potatoes, and a cuppa coffod that tasted like water!"
limited time. We'd go to any lengths to make sure that we did not return empty-handed. I once saw two young women unscrew a door knocker from n suburban house. Another impetuous young hooligan laid out a policeman and went off with his helmet,
THEN there was the Under- ground game of hide and seek which again toucneà a new low in stupidity. This was played in the subways and trains and escalators of Lon- don Tube stations. The "haro" was given a short start and then the "hounds" were in full cry after him. Bewilder- ed passengers were harassed and hustled 'as the Bright Young Things rushed madly around like a lot of stupid schoolchildren.
The public, police and Par- liament were uneasy about this disease that was turning London into a laughing stock
In the over of foreigners. But
nothing seemed to curb tho
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POCKET CARTOON "Nothing
"The Arst Leeson is taken from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah, In view of Section
398.A. of the Defence Regula- · tions we will omit it."
scourged the playboys, but still it went on, touching crazier anu more disgraceful heights.
THERE was the time In 1932 when two cars suddenly descended on country houses in Surrey and at dead of night, the occupants let off terrific barrage of squibs, catherine wheels and rockets.
It was not on that expodi- tion, but I'm told that the noise was terrifle and that the rest of the inhabitants of
Like
Those English"
ALL
rics C. Burling- ha, an eminent. American lasfyer now aving in retire- ment in New York, pays a remarkable tribule to the British spirit in this war in a letter recently received by his friend Mr. Edward Knoblock, tae playwright.
"I was about to write to you when your most welcome let- ter arrived," writes Mr. Bur- lingham. Yes there is no- thing like them-those, Eng- lish. They may be lost at the start, but they are always strong at the finish. Aa St. Paul fought with beasts at Ephesus, so the Britishers will fight with machines on land and sea and above and below them both-and live, ng St. Paul did, to tell the tale. I have wondered that 'ob- servers' and others could not have learned from Spain of the Germans' new methods, but the French had their idees fixes and the English---- well, you know. But the psychological attack has fall- ed thus far and will never succeed.
"Would to God we were helping you more! It is unfor- tunate that we have an elec-
"the houses was constantly de--tion-this year which gives a
stroyed throughout the night.
The police took up that dis- graceful episode, and among the young men who eventual- ly had to apologise and pay up. a handsome sum in "appease- ment" were
peer and, a baronet
Some And so it went on. of us came to our senses and, refusing to live a life that was one long hangover, we got out while the going was But there were others good. ready to take our places.
PARTIES where the guests had to uress as bables and
hrive in bassinettes, all-night
strip poker parties, madden- ing phases when baby talk was the order of the day. It was all part of a fantastic period which now seems like a nightmare..
Now we are at war again, and when it is over there may But be another reaction. nover must it be allowed to tako this terrible Bright Young Things form.
Not that it will. I am con- vinced that the modern young man and woman are too sane, too well-balanced ever to be taken in by such a mockery of "a good timio."
The bad old days of the. Frivolous 'Twenties are dead.
There will be no place for them in the New World for which we are fighting..
By_________
Bright Young Things high DENNIS
spirits.
Questions were asked in
Parliament, foreign journalas MYERS
political twist to everything. But Willkle and Roosevelt are of the same mind toward the war, and our help will im- prove very day in every way. The overwhelming sentiment, however, is against sending troops, but before long we may aid with ships, I joined three other lawyers in a let- ter published on Sunday de- monstrating that we could sell oid destroyers to you without new legislation."
AND THIS IS THE TRUTH
THE Gay Woman
life and only wants night
generally pays the morning after.
The Romantic Woman searches for love and happiness. Only she knows how rare both
are.
The Worldly-Wise Woman secks wealth. She cuts all the trimmings of life right out. They only stand in the way.
The Cautious. Woman chooses. the straight and narrow. Ad- venture has no charms for hor. The Beautiful Woman wante to be wise. After all, she can't help being beautiful, so what virtue is there in that?
The Clever Woman wants. to bo beautiful. She doesn't. want life to pass har by, but how, dull things can be for a plain, woman who knows what nho is missing!.
The Impetuous Woman spends most of her young life trying to choose a husband. She often spends the remainder of it try- ing to get rid of him.
The Generous Woman wants to be loved for that vague thing sho call herself."
But the Wise Woman wants and expects nothing, and is never disappointed.
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