The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-27

the. atmosphere. Let us come back
TO sanity. Tho sensational papers
have done us harm enough. Some
papers have been courteous and SEN
sible and not spread this hurttul mat
ter and let US do the same and keep
! these suggestive hopes away from the
minds Of the boys and girls. We do
not want any more Evelyn Thaws.
! Il am credibly informed that thous-
ands Of girls 20 TO Los Angeles try
1 ing to break into the movies.
/ There seems TO be an inordnate
desire on the part of many girls to
break into the limelight. The ordi-
nary hum-drum life does not appeal
/ to them They love to feed on the
sensational, and right here l want
/ to sound note of warning to parents
to guard well your daughters. Make
it point TO know where they are
every hour of the day. 1t is a very
serious mistake TO permit young girls
to go to movies and other places or
amusement unchaperoned, and to alt
| low schoolgirls to roam our streets
until eleven o'clock at night. 1t is
also a very serious mistake to per-
nit young girls TO go auto riding with
boys, unchaperoned, especially so
when these auto rides are at night
! ] do not understand what fathers
and mothers are thinking when they
permit these dangerous things TO con
tinue You had better let your busi'
ness suffer than TO allow your daugh
ter 10 go wrong.
There seems TO be an unrest and
a sort OF excitement among the young
Of this generation that needs wise
direction and certainly no one is more
competent and surely no one more
responsible 70 give this direction than
the parent.
There is another thought in con-
necton with this. Sometimes a
shrewd questioncr. like q lawyer or
a reporter, can so frame a question
as elicit an answer that would ordl-
narily not be madc if the person had
time 20 think. l certainly, think that
must have been true in regard to
the statement purported to have been
made by Clara Smith, that she hoped
TO get s4,o0O,0OO from the Hamor
estate, not for herself, but for the
benefit of her father and her brother
surely she never made. such q
statement as that. Surely she
couldn't mean that.
you fathers that sit before me
/ onight,--could you live in luxury
and eat rich food bought with money
like that? God forbid. There ism
"a bat ,,sha would fin(
this food turned to ashes in youl
mouth, and it would choke you. NJ
you would not live in luxury at the
price Of your daughters shame.
"Then, as a final thought, ] an
asking you to remember the limo
cent In the last two or three weeks
, they have dropped entirely out o
sight, and that is unjust. ] am SURE
that Mrs. Hamon is not prosecuting
or in any way responsible for th'
prosecution Of Clara Smith. It's no
{ an issue between the t,'o women a
! ALL Mrs. lannon's only interest il
suppressing the publication previously
alluded to, was because it was hurt
= ing girls So far she has not ex
hibited n single selfish interest.
Every word which l have heard o
5 her or about her has been in he
favor As woman, she is woman
: OF fine character, and splendid in
fluence. Her son IS a young maj
! out Of The extraordinary, fino Chris
. tian character, stalwart and strong
the president OF his Sunday Schoo
4 class in Inc Fourth Presbyterian
4, Church in Chicago, and deserves wei
OF us and not III.
The daughter small innocen
= child Of eleven.
, $50 while We are asitated ove
: this matter, let us remember that th'
innocent are unconsciously made Il
.. suffer through our thoughtlessness.
"AIrs. Hamon and her family ex
! pcct to make their home here. lie
Us give them royal welcome. lie
| us make the atmosphere as kindly
j and friendly for them as possible
Let uS get this disagrecablc inciden
t and these depressing circumstance
= out Of sight as quick as possible
In our conversation let us be helpful
] 10 the innocent. rather than hurtiul
4 Let us realize that it is better to b.
constructive in our affairs than de
= structive. Let us emulate the Grea
r Master of whom the choir has 81
, beautifully sung OF Peace on Earth
Good VIII to Men and may our goo
d will be extended toward this family
/, May our best bc given and not oui
worst, and may the blessings Of Co
, rest upon us. Amen