Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-05-23
FuPPANcY IN GIRLS
~ BARBARA BOYD.

IT'S all very WELL" the quiet cir
was saying to the little group OF In
innate friends. for mother and aun
and grandmother to insist on a girl
being Iadylike and retiring and mod
eat and all that. But II she does. sh,
gets left"
What's the trouble, Phoebe p
chorused the group.
No particular trouble" blithely re-
turned Phoebe But was Just think
ing such advice is out OF date II a
girl takes Il nowadays, tn make her
wallfower and eventually an old
maid, or. suppose ! should say bach
eIor girl"
Something has gone wrong, said
one of the girls sagely.
Did you know Sue Dickinson is
married again." asked Phoebe.
MOI" calculated the others who
TOT"
Kenneth I.eaYerett"
You don't mean IT,"
Yes, ! do, And that's what set me
10 thinking upon oId-time advice In
spite OF everything her parents said,
she ran away. you remember. and mar
ried Ned Willougbby Then she quar-.
relied with him ard finally got
divorce. And now in less tSan a year
she Is married again. And here are
all Of US. quiet. ladyIike. welI-bred
girls. hanging yet on the parental
stem"
HUH" said one Indignantly I'll
wouldn't want 30 marry either Ned
Willoughhy or Kenneth Leayerett."
That may be" replied Phoebe
But even II you had. you wouldn't
have had the chance You're not for.
ward enough I don't want TO get into
personalities. she said hastily. 20 abe
saw a CLEAN In the other girls eye. |
I'm Just drawing deductions As
you know, | was invited to house |
party last week. out at Whitney's per
fectly superb home. And who do you |
think was the most popular girl there,
quiet. wsli-bred little me or charming
Alice Markham Not a bit of II. It
was loud. giggling individual who
talked constantly, laughed constantly,
played jokes on the men. kept herself
In every way possible In the center
OF the stage. The men simply iocked
around her They lowered over her like
bees over a flower And the rest OF
us sat OF in well-bred and ladylIke
quiet and talked to each other"
That sort OF thing doesn't last"
observed one.
she had a good time while It did
last though. And that's more than
he rest of us did
Il wouldn't care for the attentions
II men like that, said another.
"Oh. they were good enough. as men :
90. replied Phoebe You have to '
AXE them as they are You can't a
make them to order" s
1T seems TO me. then, said a q
ourth. that the men are to blame
or all the forwardness and flippancy
a girls. and the way they dress and
n the other things they do that they
houldn't Il would be sort of COM
ortable to blame the men for Il all.
couldn't ~"
They won't care. Quoth Phoebe
They'll so right on showering all
heir attentions on the girl with the
lost false hair and the biggest hats
nd the tightest skirts aud the
aadiest laugh. whether there is any.
hing 20 laugh at or not
Let them" interrupted another.
There's something more to life
ian merely pleasing the men. II
refer refinement and good breeding
nd good taste. or think they are
ght and their opposites wrong. | am
1t going to throw them over merely
win masculine favor I thilk we
lght to get down to the bedrock fact
what is right and worth while not
erely to whether our conduct will
IN ileeting popular favor. We want
ose things In oar character that are
ting 20 give us lasting satisfaction.
I'd. believe me. none OF US here
'uid ind lasting satisfaction in the
gard or men who like yulgarity in
PISS and manner, Aud. believe me,
}. the incest men don't. And even
they seem 10 for little while, Il is
her out OF idle curiosity, or to put
time. or a mere passing fancy.
stick 10 the advices OF mothers and
hts and grandmothers. They have
n observing human nature much
ger time than we have. aud they
w how Il wears"
Well. said Phoebe. ~ suppose the
with high standards OF conduct
Df more value to society than the
without them. And | suppose It
worth while 70 be OF some value
iewhere"
And I'd rather have my self
'ect. said another. than the alton
OF dozen men for doing some
* that | thought beneath me-"