El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-17
Watch the Friends of Your Daughter
By DOROTHY DIX.

TERE is tip 10 mothers:
Watch your young daughters
= - friends Scrutinize carefully her
men friends. for many wolves there be
in Sleeps clothing. Keep a wary eye
on her girl friends. because birds Of
( a feather are supposed to flock to-
gether. and one silly. loud. indiscreet
young person can compromise all who
( associate with her. But as you value
your daughters safety, turn a search
light Of investigation upon the char
acter and antecedents Of her middle
aged women acquaintances-
The Real Danger Line.
They are the real danger line
Most mothers have an optimistic the
DRY that any woman who is 40 years
old and who rs not married. or has
been married, and who goes about in
decent society. is an uplifting compan-
ion for a young girl. and that she is
perfectly safe with an elderly chap
erOn- Nothing could be further from
the truth Age and righteousness are
not synonymous terms, nor does the
passage of years inevitably fill a wOm-
ans heart with a sense of material
and protecting tenderness toward
young girls.
On the contrary. age hardens and
brutalzes many women 1t fills them
with a ierce and cruel jealousy Of
have lost, and makes them willing to
ruthlessly sacrifice any innocent little
maiden who crosses their path to for
ward their own amusement
These women have grown Old and
fat. Their joints are stiff They have
lost their good looks They can no
longer attract men Of themselves. Men
no more are willing TO blow in their
money on them for luncheOns. and lit
tie dinners. and theaters and cabarets
and suppers. But the women are still
avid for masculine attention and for
good times.
So the heartless. constituencies wom-
an who looks about her and picks out
some pretty, fresh, innocent young girl
that she can use for bait Generally
she selects a girl who is in a humber
social set than her own. and less well
Off-a girl 10 whom the gift of a pref
" frock or two will mean much, and
who is enchanted at riding in a hmou-
Apparently Mrs. Smartley has be-
come the patroness Of little Miss
DoWdy. and Miss Dowdy is so pleased
and grateful, and little Miss Dowdy
mother is so flattered and bragS about
il to all Of her friends and tells how
Mrs. Smartley just can't do anything
without Mamie. and what a privilege
it is for a girl to have as a friend
middle-aged woman who takes her
about with her everywhere.
eS- MIS- SulaFtleE Is lOoAluE aAtel
Mamie. as the cat looks after the
mouse she is playing with Mrs.
Smartley takes Mamie with her for
the potent reason that Mamie is the
lure that tolls men back to her No
man VIII invite Mrs Smartley alone
out to lunch or drag her avoirdupois
about a dance floor.
Uses the Girl Bait.
Mrs. Smartley is perfectly aware of
this, and so she goes to the telephone
and calls up some man and says: I've
got the prettiest young girl you ever
saw with me. Regular living picture.
Just twenty and fresh as a rose And
dances like bit of thistledown. Don't
YOU want to meet us somewhere for
luncheon. and afterwards we can so
to a dancer"
And the man goes because OF the
young girl He and Mrs. Smartley un-
derstand each other perfectly. And ]