The Washington times., 1910-09-05
President Hall, of Clark Uni
verSity, Discusses Bar
barism of Childhood.
DENIES ADVOCATING
FLIRTING FOR GIRLS
Young Woman of Sixteen Possesses
Two Souls and Is BAT
fling" Problem.

WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 4.-Dr
C. Stanley Hall, president of Clark
University, scientist and psychoIo-
gist. who gives woman two souls TO
mans one, has found his iuvestiga-
lions into the sphere Of femininity
fraught with trouble
He doesn't even like to talk about
( girls now. Certain reports are troU-
blin~ him.
One IS that he advocates flirting for
/ Ciris as q safety valve FOR their emo
tions. Another makes him say that
Ghc SiIl Of sixteen, with her rats
puffs. pcmpadours and curls. is n
creature absolutely without religion.
: third is that he has written a book
about The Psychology of Cupid.
CIersymen and teachers have been
writing 10 ask about that aud DIT.
Hail says tEeiT letters are not pleas
ant reading
Just see THAR exclaimed DR.. Clark.
He pointed 10 a long article on his
advocacy Of flirting. Il am repre-
scented standing for that have
never discussed that subject seriously
CT Otherwise am reported as N
siSung that the girl OF sixteen IS
utterly IrTeliElOuS- All statistics. my
own included. show. on the contrary,
that This Is the most religious stage
81 life
he also protested with vehemence
that he never under any name, had
written book on love.
DIT Hail stands for the girl Of six
teen-ratS- pUfIS. pOmpadOuTs. and all
just as he stands for the boy who plays
truant. loves 20 go OuI with the gang
and DO other wild things that cityhed
parents consider barbaric-
DIT. Hail considers them barbarlc. too.
and. therefore, logical Something OF
the cavernan s IN every boy. ne be
lieves- The call TO -oye II the WOODS,
the lure OF the first spring days TO the
pool where the GSl bite, the sdVdgeriess
the love OF the bonfire the preference
! for few clothes or Tor none at au-ali
are Teverberayions IN the boys soul Il
those old days when man went forth %
hunt and kill 50 that he might not Da
hunted and killed
city life IS q dollhouse lie that tends
| 10 'Tipen everything before its time" the
doctor said stories and nature. the
field. forest, hiII- shore, water, flowers
animals. should all be big part OF the
But he does not attribute vaEaries Of
the budding girl 70 The call 70 the
/ primitive That IS why she IS the most
intricate and battling problem. perhaps,
that science has faced
Among the insects, birds. and AMI
mails IL Is the male that puts on DeaHu-
ful array when the love season .daWns-
the female This Is the season OF bangs,
curls. puffs, pOmpadOurs. frllls, ribbons.
POSSIBLY E0uEeS ana poFflielSr man LEelS.
Haunting hats. sunsnadess ornamental
purses. bangles, and very long gloves
I Plain soup, vegetables and fish irk her
and she presses on TO dessert as 70 the
last illuminating chapter OF dull novel
But IL IS at this period that her dual
ity Of self begins 20 develop a sort OF
inner shrine soul that contains some OK
the most primitive instincts Of her sex
while the other self is a more social,
superficial one. which Is occupied with
the interests OF her daily life.
The two lives may be entire SLra1E-
erS 30 each other. although the upper
self Is more likely never 10 suspect the
I existence Of tn lower The lower. FOR
instance. often falls in love lOnS before
the upper has any linking OF II, and
when IL does so a crisis arises Thus
woman. who was once thought Soulless,
now comes nearer TO having two souls
than does man
Ia education, Dr. Hall said. not near
IL CROUCH attention was paid 70 the
teaching Of morals The teaching OF
courage vas especially essential
Courage can be taught BY different
methods" he went on stories and