The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-16
Evening Chat
Mothers Of ctrIs-Wake Up.

Mothers Of GiFls--Wake Up
I'VE had the best luck! In the shape
Of a fine story for you today which
happened upon quite by chance. The
usual order Of things has changed and
the mothers of boys are going to take
hand in the city toward solving the
problems OF allow to keep the youns
folks straight" 1t ID surely looks as
though something were going to nap
men. Yesterday group Of boys MOTH
ers held an impromptu meeting ana
| went over the subject carefully. From
the number of intimate stories winch
have been coaf.ded to these mothers by
Young sons somewhere around sixteen
wears of age, it will be decidedly
worth the while Of mothers OF girls
to get togeteher "instanter" ii not
sooner for there seems to be some IN
teresting material available for I'M
travelling. why is it?" said one moth /
er of a boy, that young girls are per-
mitted to go Joy riding with my boy
with the consent Of their mothers.
Don't mothers know this is not prop
err? | think it is the duty of the CIR!
or the girls mother to furnish prop
err chaperon in such case. l can't
run around after my boy Listen
what another boys mother has to
say: ~ know mothers who consent
quite readily to have their gtrls-glrls
not much over IA years of age-go-
ing automobiling alone with boys. Also
my boy came home last week and
poured into my ears such tale OF woe
regarding a certain well known young
girl in the city who had not only tele-
phoned him asking that he take her
riding but who had bombarded him
with kisses out on deserted road not
far from town after he had reluctantly
consented to taking her. "Why moth
err" he said, Il didn't want to go at
all but she insisted and thought just
had to take her. She grabbed me so
tight l couldn't steer the car right
and we nearly ran into ditch! And
she isn't the only one" continued the
worried lad "They all want to go rid
ing and there aren't half enough cars
to go around and we boys are bothered
to DEATH" Now. what do you make
out of all that,-you mothers OF girls
Another mother Of boy said she
1 didn't believe the mothers Of girls
realized all that went on. She said
she knew of several instances where
girls informed their mothers that they
were going to q certain home to study
after dinner. In none of these cases were
the girls where they claimed to have
gone. Instead, they were either joy
riding or on the streets or at the pic
ture show with young boys. One OF
the girls laughed about 1t to friend
of hers saying, ooh, mother Is the east
est thing 10 fool. She believes every
thing l tell herr"
Another mother of boy contributed
this Mothers are simply too dear and
sweet for these days. They are IN
able to comprehend what is going on.
They trust their children absolutely
and because they never did such things
in their own youth, they don't suspect
their beloved daughters"
The party question was given con-
sideration. 1t was affirmed by every
mother Of a boy present that there
were entirely too many parties given
by girls in the course of school year.
Said one mother: "My boy has an in
vitation nearly every week and some
weeks two and three. II he goes he
doesn't get home until nearly midnight
with school to attend the following
day. have finally put my foot down
and he is not to go to parties this year
except on Friday or Saturday. 1t
wouldn't be so bad il the party could
break up by ten. Why do mothers of
girls permit this? They are surely
responsible" At the close Of the
meeting It was agreed to the last
mother that number of young girls