Enjoy the day! What happens today must be seen as reality. If we live in a fantasy of how we believe things should be, based entirely on make believe, life will truly be an unhappy place. You can't go back to yesterday, it's gone.
What did people do in 1919? ''Live like this is all there is.'' ''Walk to the edge.'' ''Choose with no regret!" As today, that was the only options anyone has.
Century differences... Very interesting for all ages. This will boggle your mind! The year is 1919 "One hundred years ago." What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1919:
* The average life expectancy for men was 47 years
* Fuel for cars was sold in drug stores only.
* Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.
* Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
* The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
* The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower .
* The average US wage in 1919 was 22 cents per hour.
* The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
* A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year.
* A dentist earned $2,500 per year.
* A mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
* More than 95 percent of all births took place at home
* Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! (Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as substandard.")
* Sugar cost four cents a pound.
* Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
* Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
* Most women only washed their hair once a month, And, used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
* Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
* The Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke
* The American flag had 45 stars .
* The population of Las Vegas , Nevada was only 30.
* Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet.
* There was neither a Mother's Day nor a Father's Day.
* Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write
* Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
* Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at local corner drugstores.
* Back then pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach, bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health!" (Shocking?)
* Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
* There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A.
From here it can be sent to others all over the WORLD all in a matter of seconds! It is impossible to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.
We've come a long way.... OR have we? ( Everything has to be seen in the perspective of those living in a time when they had no knowledge of what was to come. Why worry about something we have no control over or better, why not just enjoy what we have and live as best as we can! Enjoy the day! Tomorrow will take care of itself)
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