The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-20
ANSWERS CYNTHIA GREY

| OJneT night IL was quite lAto
when we got our work finished.
This young man was to bring
me home, but our employer in
sisted on coming along with us.
At last we consented.
| The next morning he made
the remark that he did not con-
slider 1t safe for me- to come
home alone with this boy.
Now | have not known the
boy very long, but / know his
family, and have for two or
three years. / have come home
alone with him times before, SO
| don't see why / couldn't do it
again without this man starting
| talk.
lam a decent girl and think
this fellow is good. Anyway,
every one speaks well of him.
| want your opinion of this.
Miss Grey, and hope to see~my
answer very soon.
SEVENTEEN.
Instead of denouncing your EN-
plOyer, you should be thankful
| that he takes an interest In yOm
welfare. Under the circumstance
IL was right and proper that III
should see that you reached hOm
safely, regardless of whether thu
| young man was the prOpeft sOr
of escort. In the first place, you
employer was responsible for you,
remaining late, and in the secon
place, both you and the yOuni
man are under age. You must re
member that the man for whom
you are working is years olda
than either of you and has thess
years Of valuable experience bo
hind him. In this instance you
will do well to heed his advice.
Dear Miss Grey: l have been
reading your letters for some
| time and l find great many
of them worth considering. l
have recently tested some of
the facts stated in the letters
regarding the friendship of
boys and girls.
After a fair trial and due con-
sideration l made the following
| conclusions. If the girls are
respectable and use common
sense when they go out with a
young man, /. e., do not see how
much money he will spend ON
them, but how much enjoyment
they can get out of the least
amount, then the young men
will enjoy their companionship.
It is often asked, why don't
men respect the girls whom
they meet on the street or in
public places?" My answer to
this is, they do. If the girls
prove themselves worthy OF
their respect. In a great ma
jority of the cases l find the
girls are to be blamed for any
serious misfortunes which may
result from forming such ac-
Quaintances. It is quite true
that the larger half Of you
young ladies of today are seek
ing only to have a swell time
on the other fellows money re-
gardless of the rights of others.
Girls, don't you know that
the young men have your num-
ber," as they often term 1t? A.
young man can tell Immediately
what sort of gin you are and
lust how far he can go. Your
speech, your actions and your
manners give you away. Usu-
ally it is the little suggestions
that come from you girls that
| oonvinces the young man.
All men are not evil-minded,
and even the lowest class will
respect a decent girl. do not
mean by decent one who sits
around with folded arms and is
afraid to speak her own
thoughts. No, II there ever ex-
listed such girls, they are far
out of date now. But l do
mean a girl who has a clean
mind, noble thoughts and all
the virtuous qualities which lay
the foundation for strong
moral character.
Reader, do not misjudge me.
l do not lay all the blame ON
the girls. Far from it. This
question involves forethought
and consideration Of both par
ents and educators. IL the
courses of study in our public
schools we're revised, and in the
place of so much mechanical
memory work course In sys.
tematie moral training be in
stalled. the results cannot DO
overestimated.
1t is an EVIDENT fact that we
cannot reform our young men
without having our young
women undergo an equal refor-
nation. AS long as our girls
insist upon being the "fast-gee-
whiz" type, we will certainly
find a similar type of boys. we
do not often find modest and
dignified girl associating with
the fast boy, neither do we find
the best type of our young men
associating with the "gee-whizz
girls.
Girls and boys when forming
acouaintances with strangers,
beware-evil may result where,
good aboupds. But IL you are
both the same class, l. g., equal
in intelligence, social standing
and in morals, and IL you both
have good intentions l see no
reason why you should not be-
come acquainted, without the