The New York herald., 1920-01-04
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WAR HAS CHANGED YOUNG WOMEN
OF FRANCE INTO DIFFERENT
BEINGS, SAY PRIEST AND PIANIST

suited by numberless young girls during
and since the war. and her opinions touch
ing their so-oalled transformation 60 not
entirely harmonze with those OF the Able
MuSnier. She agrees with him in noticing
a development of personality and desire
to fit themselves for a practical life, but
she goes further than the priest in MAIN
radical and permanent change-and are not
the mere surface bubbles of n passing
disturbance. Said Nine. Fraya:-
The war has not r.aGe young women
sentimental or romantic. Many VINO come
to consult me give signs of the most
marKed practicalty and of forethought
for the future. There are few OF the type
who dream over their fancy for their
music master or thei~ big cousin. Rather
they are capuvated by strength and sue
cess and they are inclined to be mercenary.
Now it is the fashionable dancer who
occupies i'm their thoughts the place form
erly held by tho American aviator. The
younger the girls are the more br'lanf
the life they demand. II is only among
girls above twenty-five that one now finds
romaLtic notions.
LAS for their language. il has n decidedly
military flavor Some speak the curren'
slang without being aware OF il. Those
who have worked In canteens or military
hospitals say they now miss the excite
ment of war service ami they seem to find
family life and it's duties tasteless and
tiresome. Decidedly the young girls OF
the present generation are independent
active and thirsty for adventure. They
crave an emotional. varied life. They are
afraid Of neither work nor effort but they
are very much afraid of being bored"
When asked If young women Of today
are as much Interested I'm marriage as
formerly Nine. la Chromancienne re-
Piled
I'm my opinion they are. and in spite
OF their apparent frivolity they seem TO
be willing TO undertake the responsibilities
of maternity. Many of them express to
me their desire Cor large families. Though
liking display and excitement they are not
lazy or morbid. They have also acquired
a kind OF philosophy during their expert
ence OF the last five years, and are there
fore better able to stand disappointment.
For instance, many young girls OF gooo
families became engaged during the war
to Americans in the army WHO, after
their return to the United States. failed
TO givo any further sign to their fianceos.
In most cases tho girl, though dlsap.
pointed and mortified. rebounded promptly
and turned hor mind to other things. The
inconsolable Ophelia type is not of our
generation
In speaking Of Che debut on the scene
of a new type of young girl. Mmes Fraya
expressed convictions In harmony with the
brilliant dramatist and essayist who
claimed that nature initiates art and not
the reverse. 81 have had ns clients In my
atalier, after long runs OF certain plays
by Bernstein, Batailo and others. young
girls of the same type as tho Voleuse. the
Foolish Virgin and Man'un Colibri In my
opinion, impressionable young women have
deliberately initiated those creations OF
the dramatlsts. Perhaps those vivid and
dramatic types which will inevitably ap-
pear in our postwar literature will also
find their initators among the youth OF
France, and thus now types will be
launched"