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This poem satirizes the decline of old-fashioned propriety and respect among young people. The repeated refrain "they have gone, hand in hand, with the old-fashioned..." laments disappearing social norms: obedient children, respectful girls, gentlemen who surrender seats and quit smoking around women, and maidens who appreciate modest behavior. The author contrasts a vanishing era of deference and restraint with a "new world" of casual impropriety. Young people now talk back to parents, smoke cigarettes (shocking for women), listen to "suggestive" songs, and generally disregard traditional courtesies. The final question—"Can you think of a better beginner...Than inspiring respect in the kids?"—reveals the satirist's conservative worry: that modern society is losing moral discipline. The humor is gently nostalgic rather than cruel, but clearly judges contemporary youth as disrespectful and crude compared to their parents' generation. This reflects early 20th-century anxiety about rapid social change and generational conflict.

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