The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-10
AMERICAN. JUDGE PAYS TRIBUTETO
 BRITISH WOMEN

(By Judge Ben Lindsey, of Denver,
 U. S. A. The American Children's
 Courts Expert, now in London.)
 I do not blame the British girls if they are frivolous and flighty," so much as I blame others.
 Whom do I mean by others? Pa rents, the church, the school, the State. I do not mean to remove responsibfl- ity from the individual or relax our insistence upon the use of judgment and will power by the individual, but I do mean to say that the virtues are not inherited.
 They are acquired, and how well they are acquired depends upon how well the parent, the home, the school, i the Church and the State do their part for a child as a result largely of the work of these institutions. It may l be very fine that the British girls are frivolous and flighty," as it is a very fine thing sometimes that a boy | lies.
 | We should remember that we are dealing with human qualities and hu- man emotions that are merely misdf- I institutions referred to as the unfor- tunate child-especially the girls.
 Life, energy, .vivacity is fine thing in girls, and when this civilization is responsible in large part for it's mis- direction, let us not dismiss it with appeals for prayer for the frivolous and flighty young girls" but rather indulge in appeals and prayer for our selves and for better understanding of what frivolous and flighty" means.
 What Should Surprise.
 The amazing thing to me is that the girls in London are not more 'frivo- lous' and not more "flighty." As walk about the streets here, my won derment is not that there are so many "bad CD" girls, but that there are SC many good girls, so many wonderful lively girls here in England, so many who have turned alright the impulse that sometimes finds expression 1T what we call frivolous and flighty."
 My solemn conclusion is that the girls of London are the best girls 1T the world. I cannot go into detail! here as to just what I mean, but suf flee it to say that, given the same con
 ditions, the same abnormalities in al 1 most any other country - especial! our in our country-I feel quite satis fled that the conditions that are caus ing so much alarm to some would b. , even worse than they are here.
 But this does not meaH to slight tn, problem of British girls-"flappers' , as some of you call them. It is on of the biggest problems, and since feel that there is just as much neet } for a moral alliance of the Allies a
 a military alliance, would like to se
 the two countries appoint a Commis <, sion for mutual conference and help fulness in facing and solving thi problem, for it means so much to tn 2 future of the human race.
 , But would want that Commission
 made up of people who are akin t 2 what I would call human artists.
 think that there is one great fault i
 England, if I may venture a word o , kindly comment rather than criticism 3 for 1t is a fault with all of us. W
 deal too much with things when W should deal more with people; bu
 how can we justly and helpfully dea
 with people unless we understan
 them?
 The Britons must get rid of the for r, malities in their courts when it come to dealing with the girls especially } Where now they are mechanical, the
 must learn to be human; where nov
 they use forms and writs of paper: 1 they must learn wisely to use the di
 vine forces of sympathy, kindness
 love and understanding. By this
 mean to avoid brutality on the on
 hand, with it's response in lies an
 hate; and sentimentality on the othe
 with it's response of contempt an a ridicule. 43lf fM E