In Mary's personal letters....

[eperon]

Simple courtesy, decency, gentility -- gone with the wind. I blame the baby boom generation, Betty, of which I'm part. We thought our parents too strict and stilted, so our children were raised with laxity, winking at behavior our parents would have never tolerated.

After all, it's difficult to be a lady when a young woman is "sexting" on her smart phone.....

Mary simply would not believe what her country's come to.

But I better not get started!! .....LOL!