The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-05


some little distance from the
house and the same girl stood
on the sidewalk in front of
my gate and screamed to him
to come back and kiss her
and he came and kissed her.
l say, thank God my girl is
not like other girls, l think
she is better off as a wall
flower. l have not neglected
to try and teach my boys just
the same as l have my girl
and they are we'll thought of
and are fine boys. 1t seems
this must be the style or
something and l have been
puzzling my brain to discover
what caused them to seem
that way.
| am delighted for the sake
of the boys and girls that
"Rebel' brought the subject
up as she is not in the boat
alone and | hope the subject
will be well gone over.
A MOTHER.
Dear Miss Grey: Please al
low me to say in answer to
"a. ID. Rust Does not "Su-
preme Power" belong to God
alone? And why (if the de-
signs "fasces" belong to Ro-
man antiquity should we as
patriotic Americans submit
to seeing our former dimes,
quarters, etc, whose designs
were at least patriotic and
American, subjected to this
antiquated change? I would
like to suggest that every
American with the true pa
triot's enthusiasm, would be-
stir himself with a petition
miles long, to nip this
"fasces" thing In the bud.
What is Burke of the treas
ury department trying to do
with perfectly good American
coin?
AS for me. I am an Ameri-
can through and through, and
what was good enough for my
patriotic American ancestors
Is good enough for me. | can
not at all agree with Mr.. Rust
about the "fasces" symbol
being a very appropriate one
In a very appropriate place,
when it is placed as 1t is on
money of the United States!
We do not want to progress
backward. There seems to
be a tendency that way, how
ever, when one walks down
the street and sees such signs
as Colosseum, Hippodrome,
Stadium, Ceaser Olive oil,
Arena, etc. Why not forget
all antiquity and substitute
good American symbols and
names instead?
No "Valerius Publicolas"
for me. thank you. Good old
democratic America and all
her joys and sorrows are
enough for all her sons and
daughters who love her. This
rusty article has gotten on
my nerves. 1t sounds so sim
lister. Why, oh why, will not
America wake up? God have
mercy upon her if she does
not. f. S.
Dear Miss Grey: In my
opinion and from my expert
ence, "virtuous, clean girls
are out of date" l have been
out of date these past few
years simply because | was
taught to hold myself away
from the class of people who
were always out having a
good time, and | was not held
away because of economic
conditions either. 1t has been
shown and has been proven
to me that men, as a whole,
care more for a girl with her
head full of frivolities, than
one with clean ideas and
good thoughts, and when he
DOES marry a clean girl, it
does not take long for him
to tell her she is too old
fashioned for him. He must
go to meet gayety and a good
time.
I'm glad Rebel" wrote to
you for | have wanted to
shout this to the world for
years. / expect to still go
on through life out of date,
for that is the way | was
raised, and to scorn what
was not clean. | am as poor
now as a church mouse,
while the girls with their full
of frivolities have married
men of wealth and do not
have RI worry Whafhar it