Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-25
The Struggle
Truth md Myth.

-he week ENDS at the Ferrol homo
became periods OF intense work on
| the part OF Faith and Miss Solden.
who camo down Friday afternoons
and stayed iii Monday morning, re-
writing with Edith t-The Question OF
Iifo."
The Ferrol children caught the
spirit OF tho work their parents and
the nee new Miss Selden" allowed
| In the book that was bein~ created
under their roof.
Nor was 1t long toforo children
| ne nsed the theme OF the book. Tho
Terrols did not believe In keeping
tho children out OF satisfying every
healthy curiosity y-arouslng ovcnt
that occurred. when nlnc-ycar- oh
Virginia asked the inevitable quos-
tions, tho Fcrrols and Miss Selden
told her. according to the story In
| the book.
Tho result was that sex education
precipitated itself into Arcadia long
before tho Ferrols dreamed II would
DO. Out OF tho mouths of nclGhbor
children came questions which
parents did not know how 10 answoS
land blamed tho ferrols FOR their
dlleinmnu
II habYencd src nttornoou when
, Edith and Mia Scldcn wcre at tha!r
work They heard the approach OF
excited Chlldron's voices, tho con-
| fused tramp OF little foot, The Ddyt
moment tho two Ferrol Children and
those OF a nelghbor burut In eSchud-
ly.
"'Bcuse us, mother and Aiss Sol
d~n," young Virginia l'crrol c'ted.
| but we wunt you to tell uH who's
right winnie and Roy say their
| father IN n As~yer and knows more
a stork or something. We told WIN
and Roy n whole lot OF silly things
| about babies being found Indu- cab
| bages or brought from fairy land by
| srnk or something We told VIA
nie and Roy tn. story about tho
| flowers and rollcn and all that in
Ms- Selden's book. WinniO ami
| Roy My we're crazy But we know
| ~e're right, mother, Its 80 much
more sensible, mother, Aren't wo
-!sht?" And oil the kiddies stood
looking eagerly. w1do-sycd and
breathless-
Edih and Ms, Goldon' exchanged
xhncos, II WAS an interesting di
lemnn and ono they had somewhat
foreOern. EdiLh and tho author ut
'"rh. Question OF Late, stook the
ttx.rS rather seriously. II seemed 10
them OF such moment that thSy IN
sllnctivuly felt other grown-uVS who
had chllurcu's welfare clo,u ~ heart
tuus, fool ,.kcwinr.
80 yau kiddins will como back in
hal, an hour" said Edith. ksalng
zach " the four in turn. ON get
your mothers and daddirs 10 come
over here. ana wen all tell Sou
ahou; II toErthC~."
WHOM uhe children romped out
Ed-;h Spid to Miss Hrldcn. ut. docr
3ecu nH = their own parcuts should
h. mo ones . tel them. I'm sure
they % 500 Il our way n va tain
,.lioly shsu; 1t and show tNcm Now
tulpo';hnt IL ta 10 proa"nt the truth
In n sScoi. honest way"
Eut 10 her turp"iSc and dismny
Mrs Racog. molncr uf Winnie aud
Roy. ioos 10 Nuch vicw lcr Ia
dlgtan' V,lvc r1mc over tho tc'c.
phur- ~.5~, vh!lhr' Edith had called
hor'
II rhoulI ;h,uk Sou woGld know
eNtcr MR. ferrul utNu to Let M
chiiicen aEnin" nc Hri tell them
,hc.r pp'onts 10 60 them. | am
an lD,te d.ssus,cd"
"Ccruily" Ed,th said h6t'y but
want to- say to Nuu that have As
much rSht to Inform my children ON
vital matters AS you have 20 mislu-
| fu'in yours
~Nou have, Nra fgrrol" Mrs
| 7acOn said, "Bui Wo have tho righ,
| 20 Soc that our children are mott con
! 'auir1tcI with your Immoral teach,
J iaEs'
Md she hung up the receiver with
n slam
| (To bc continued