Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-29
|Lovemaklng
IN Public
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

It's all right in the Summertime"
was the refrain of song popular a
few years ago. 1t is almost the re-
frain OF Summer Stiffness itself.
Nothing is all right in the Summer
time that would be all wrong in the
Fall.
"Spooning in the parks; flirting at
the beaches; relaxing standards OF
clothes and manners everywhere seem
to be a part OF the cult Of Summer.
They are a most unbecoming part.
A girl who pulls down her dress
when she is conscious that her crossed
knees are showing bit too much
stocking runs merrily out on the
beach in scant little bathing suit cut
we'll above her knees and clinging
where its few brief inches Of material
do exist.
Summer relaxation has deadened
her common sense and her powers OF
observation. Worthwhile people pity
her for her evident lack of modesty,
and the wrong sort OF men and wom'
en- classify her as one OF their own
ilk and treat her accordingly.
Later, her own modesty and de-
cency may be shocked at things that
are said to her or little indignities
that are offered to her. And it never
occurs to her to trace her unpleasant,
experiences right back to her shock,
ing little bathing suit
The Summer spirit brings out q
whole crop OF young lovers. You see
them on benches in the park, in the
cross seats OF street cars, on excur.
sion boats and scattered about on ths
! beaches.
Unrcstrained public love-making i:
menace to the community as wei
as to the individual At its best il
is cheap, and at its worst it is NOR
ally dangerous. Real love is fine
seli-respecting thing which does no
carry its manifestations in public
| beg OF all my boys. and girls te
respect their feelings if they are genu
inc, and to resist them If they are
cheaply emotional. Don't exploit
your love in public for every passcr.
by to laugh at. Learn little fine
self-restraint. Don't Spoon on park
benches or anywhere out in the big
| world just because it's summer and
you think anything goes in summer
Anything goes in the sense that
| It passes and ceases to be. The sort
of emotion that exploits itself cheaply
is worth nothing and ends cheaply
J Your self-respect demands that yor
refrain from public loye-making.
The third i'll OF the summertime
which adds its dangers to immodes
clothes and immodest love-making i:
taken more lightly but has equally
grave dangers in its train. 1t i:
misunderstanding acquaintance--ir
vulgar parlance, picking TIP" a com
panion.
Don't do it. Well tailored blue serg,
suits may be the proverbial sheep
clothing that hide vol. No girl car
! he sure that man is gentleman be
cause he looks like one. And no mai
is likely TO believe that girl is lad,
or that he is called on to act like +;
gentleman il she let's him scrape &C
auaintance with her, ....
The girl who wouldn't dream of let
ting a stranger come to her table il
public restaurant in the winter sea
son and pay for her luncheon some
times relaxes her standards in tn
summer time enough to permit jus
that situation to arise when she goe
down to the beach for days outing
There is spirit OF informality an
youth and gayety and desire for t
. good time" in summer, but it is S
likely to lead to a bad time, either i
damaged reputation for modesty an
good behavior, or in unpleasant c,
periences with dangerous people tn;
, no sane boy or girl wants to risk it.
"It's all right in the summer time,
If it would be all right at any seaso
of the year That must be the onl
safe test for your own conduct.
t Modesty, dignity, recognition c
, the rules OF society, and even deceno
. are at stake too often in the SUNNI,
t conduct OF boys and girls. Don
r gamble with them idly. They al
: too valuable to risk for the sake of
r passing whim or fancy which wi
. die long before the leaves fall in ii
v | autumn