The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-02-29
~ ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.


When ! went to Sunday-school.'
said the other person, I'VE repeated
the Golden Text and recited the
Psalms In concert
Don't they do that now" inquired
the cynic.
mot according to the things you
read In the papers," said the other
person. Listen to this
"'The ideal girl was defined by the
Rockefeller Bible class OF the Fifth
Avenue Baptist church In the second
Of the series of it, discussions on
"the facts to be known about engage.
ment and marriage"
1.-THE class prefers . girl with
straight hips and OF good form. but
nothing was said AZ to any preference
for blondness or brunettes.'
isn't that q queer thing for . Sun
day school class to discuss?"
why It isn't nice!" interrupted Sal.
"Oh. my dear SAL" expostulated the
cynic. I'm this day OF realism and SCI
entific exposition you must cast away
those inherited traditions"
Traditions" exclaimed Sal. Il don't
know whether they're traditions or
not. But when It comes to Sunday
schools I'm conservative. ! don't think
Sunday school Is the place to discuss
female anatomy"
Where better" said the cynic.
"Here are lot OF masculine ingenues.
guIleless and innocent of the ways OF
the wicked world. 1t 10 not better to
fortify them with accurate diagrams
Of the ideal fair one than to spend the
time idly prattling the Psalms or
neaninglessly Grating the Golden
text"
"Ingenues!" jeered the other per-
son. Rather sophisticated ingenues.
Hear this" she reads
THE ideal Rockefeller girl 10 set
forth in the following table:
"'She should do the proposing. have
straight hips, be well formed. be heal.
thy. 90 to bed early, have mental quail
,ity, be modest. have high ideals. at
tend lectures, read good books, like
serious plays. admire the opera. have
good table manners. avoid flirting.
have social ambitions, have distinct
purposes. avoid good times. abhor nm.
cry, be homelike. love babies. study
mans nature"
Il still maintain" insisted the cynic,
shat they are ingenues-they
wouldn't be attending Sunday school
n they weren't" he grinned.
Il don't think Sunday schools were
Invented for old people," said Sal.
They're all right for children-the
fact ID / think all children ought to 20
--it supplies the place Of the religious
discipline they used to get otherwise.
II instructs them in" l.. MI
"sYou'rs- talhiag Nike y Asschsr's N.
stitute." said the cynic.
"Oh: that's all right. Sarah" said the
other, person. "but that isn't what
we're talking about. maintain that
discussing sex problems at Sunday
school ID an abomination. The idea of
those men sitting round on the Sab.
bath day saying that women should
conform to the advertisements Of the
new eorsets."
In the name Of my sex, I must pro-
test" interrupted the cynic.
"Your protest amounts to nothing"
said the other person. and. besides.
WAS made with frivolous intent
you're never serious" she added Sc
verely.
win no one come to my rescue"
murmured the cynic. "Sarah-my Sa.
rah-will thou sit by and hear me
thus lambasted and brow.beaten?"
Don't full back on me when you
get into . hole.:' said Sarah some.
what graphically. Besides this isn't
your day-a man who will support 9th.
er men in the position that these Bible
-class creatures have taken deserves
no sympathy"
Il should say not" cried other per.
son. 1T makes no difference whether
you admit II or not, when the men
agreed on the straight-hipped girl they