Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-04-06
Girls and
Good Times
v, BEATnicE rAInrAx.

letter has come to me from two
high school girls who are very much puz-
zled ~ 70 the differing Viewpoints N
their own generation and their fathers
Their letter reads IL part.
sister and think that IL Il all right
for a eifl TO 10 out even saturday
nIabt atlh different yoans felio
10 matter whether sbo cares for hiH
On not Girls who work hard ~ week
cant afford TO s,ay homo saturdag
evening and sunday and are perfectly at
liberty 70 get hold o. any YOUNG maa
they know IN proper wy ana 90
ont with him. Father who though not
m edgentod man q o. frou being
lsrorant argues TINT n ID ~ nEhi 10
80 out with an acqcainianeo once 80 .
,~ghlle-but once IN . while ouly lie
Chains that n girl had better Dat %
N her own rev pennies fof her enter
tainment rather than III any bot . rsnl
friend spend be money on hcr Nov.
W. respect fathers opinion. bu' rc -
member that he Il twenty Yeefs Older
fhan We and hasn't he up-lo.das
ideasa
Yos2 pther is twenty ears older
And those tweni5 yeofs haeo Fiysp BIN
poise and mental baieBcs and ospfrfnee
and the frait, Of he 0bauqaii9n
hJfdan nature. FaIet hfs learned ~
Distinguish b0tWeen excitement and
pieasifes ne knows HAT rdahiua ABOUT
IN search NJ e&cfonfut Doesn't bring
hepDneas 81 AL tto bu0aa that real
ficndshipa IRE nor cultivated 81 cobaffts
~ thfatefa. 0ut w qtlet talks 10 me
peace Of q home.
Father Knows tlat gil who IL ecsn
9ut each week With = different youth
geif tbf reputation fsf bslrg G'ddy
ond Eighty am ezfra#eRapt ana that
fnsibls young men who mean 70 work
10 get on 81 the world VII avoid her
If knows that ouch o girl wears out
her vouth IN fryeriah quest fof pleas
ure ana that shc never catches up With
Honest iov. Father IL very niso.
The girls of today are II rather dscon'
tented. 6xciiabe act n beings. a brlli0nt
ana distinguished old physician psid 10
ne recently; The city Is . bonfire, Poo
pie como 10 it-and hGfn up"
bonfire burns brightly fof while
ard sends out warm. berlufH R'ow
. II consumes al that falls within lts
flame and leoycS very small heap 81
charred asher.
The Girls ~ to-day actually fiUtter Ike
falling leaves. Premature frost touches
mem they glow with color for awhile
The wind blows them where IL will. and
NJ last, gere and dry before their time
The bonfire Of the city consumes them
No anno human being denies for mo.
ment that youth needs color ami light
10y but II needs them In moderation
and today II seeks them immoderately
Rushing about evening after evening Snf
day after day IN pursuit u pleasure takei
I The fine edge or ones appetite for pleas
IRE, II Is law Of human nature that
when we have enough Of thing w
have too much. Desire docs not end witt
enjoyment and enjoyment circles back
70 end with desire.
Satisfy all desires just as they come
and each return Of them will mean Q
little leFs enjoyment. No human being
ever gets the same ecsiatic glow from 4
second great experience that he got from
the first Just like It. The first time ar
author sees his name IN print he reaches
the heights. but gradually seeing hii
name In print becomes matter Of course
SO with Joy. ..
The girls who 20 out evening after eve.
ming and claim they must have gal
time at the weekend 10 make up for thi
hard work that went before. come after
awhile TO be rather mechanical IN theii
enjoyment. n they were Just a littlt
more discriminating about going out iesi
frequently. and then with selected ant
chosen companions. they would get fai
more happiness out Of each pleasure en-
,ursion and they would avoid the un
pleasant Come back" Of criticism which
always falls 20 girls lot when she II
too much IN evidence,
Father In wise In his day and genera
ton and wise for ours. The girl wht
soeks only 10 cnioy--enioys nothing. u,
wise In choosing your pleasures and So
ectye in choosing the friends with whom
you enjoy them.