The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-30
Cynthia
Grey's
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ter. He did right to whip her,
but he was wrong in doing 1t
before her companions. !
spanked my daughter as l
wrote you, but only her moth
err. the girl, you and myself
know 1t.
You are wrong when you say
a girl of 16 is woman. That
Is a great mistake the major
ity of parents make in allow
ing their young daughters to
believe themselves to be wo-
men when they are still chill
dren. 1t makes them wear an
air of flippancy and independ-
ence, and they think they are
too old to be told anything.
One of my daughters friends,
girl of 10, one OF the flip
pant kind, put some old ideas
in my daughters head, which
! promptly expelled with a ra-
zor strop, we'll laid on.
Even suppose a girl of 16
rs a woman, a good spanking
is an appropriate punishment
for q woman who needs cor
recting. During the early years
of our married life, my wife
and l had many a spat, and 1t
generally ended with her over
my knee. She never complain
ed of any indignity. The
spanking Is what hurt. She
used to be peeved for awhile,
but always finally admitted
she deserved 1t. Must a man
take a lot of talk and abuse
from his wife and do nothing?
Talking back doesn't do any
good. Actions are better than
words in a case Of an unruly
wife or daughter.
And my wife agrees with me
in my punishment of our girl.
She is too tender-hearted to
whip the girl herself, but she
never protests when l do 1t,
but upholds me in it. I am not
q brutal father, and only ad-
minister a correction when my
wife and / deem it necessary
for our girls own good.
No, Miss Grey, you are all
wrong about that woman's cor
poral punishment proposition.
My daughter shall be child
till she Is IS, SO as such will
he corrected over my knee, and
IL she marries, I'll advise my
son-in-law to do the same
thing If she needs it.
FATHER.
However much you may cam
and rave and roar about MANS
rights, your 18th century meth
obs of women tanning would not
be upheld in any Goth centur!
court. But it is useless to waste
time and space arguing with yot
because you arc one OF these SUI
per-egotistical, might-mskes-righ
know-it-all, do-it-all male relic
of the dark ages, so blinded BY
your all supremeness (?) thai
you haven't discovered that thii
old world has advanced sevea-a
laps since the days Of wife-beat
ing.
You have the nerve to say thai
your wife thoroly agrees will
you in your punishment Of you
daughter. Poor woman-whal
else can she do? Her individu
Atty was gObbled up years ago by
your dOmineering rule. She mus
either agree with you or take O
beating. But there is just one
little rule i'm the game you have
Mr.. Man. What II
sauce for the goose Is sauce for
he gander. II good spanking
IS the best medicine for unruly
wives and daughters, then q good
beating is the best cure for over
,earing husbands. So for the
likes of you I would suggest a
lice, big, straight post in q pub
lie place, like the ones they had
n the 10th century, and an Of
'icer Of the law to administer the
lose with q cat-o'-nine-tails. You
must fight q barbarian with bar
,arian methods.
Dear Miss Grey: I'd like
very much to get information
regarding where Troop B Of the
Seventh Cavalry has gone?
Can you tell me? l.. s.
II you will write to the war de-
partment you will be able to find
Dut where this company it. can
not get the information for you.