Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-24
Please Tell Me
What to DO
by CYNTHIA
Say You Are Sorry

lear Cynthia m n young girl and
have one sister. who. though older. looks
Younger than ]. My sister has very
pw boy friends, whereas I have manS
Well. recently met very nice young
man. whom my mother liked as well as
did. Now there are only three in
our family, and the other day my sister
asked me to go out for a walk. Well,
lad no spring hat. aud didn' { like to 90
out when the sun was so bright in a vel
vet hat. especially since my sister has
II beautiful new spring one. Consc-
quently l refused on these grounds.
Sunday night the young man came
aud he asked me to go out. I told him
the same thing. but he said. Come on.
l'lmples. no one can see whether il is
velvet or silk in thc dark" 50 went
out With him. ..'
Now my mother.an sister are angry
Mt me. and are treating me very mean.
This is very uncomfortable, seeing that
there are just we three. ] have cx-
planned to them. just as | did to you.
But my sister just says she hopes that
:.
and mother does the same.
They Just, snubbed my friend when
he brought me home and he feels bad
about it too, though he has promised to
call again. Won't you please tell me
what to do. Cynthia: Mother and sister
have had the ease put before thcm just
as / have written to you.
"DIMPLES.
II was n pity you refused to 60 with
your sister. \ velvet hat is certainly
rot out of place in March. Simply say
YOU are sorry you let false pride keep
!ou from going out in the daytime.
Condemns Shady Stories
Dear Cyntha--A little cool thought
and delibcration has brought me some
what to your point Of view. Cynthia
] believe that the unrestricted circula =
ton of the book which choose to
champion might indeed result in II
harmful effect upon some. who would
not be able TO digest it for what it is
worth.
Might | add here. however. in plain
justice to our own social conscience,
that | think that other printed matter
now widely advertised should be also
placed under taboo. There seems to
be a great amount of periodical litera
ture advertised prominently at every
newsstand. which sells merely because
of its promise of .isQuc material. to be
disclosed at the turn Of the cover II
is true that none of these monthly gut
ter" sheets are ever guilty OF plain.
outspokcn ribaldry: their i'll effect is
accomplished. II seems. mainly through
innucndo and faint sugS 'Stion. There
anything in thc rstuff' that they print
They merely. il seems. afford an un-
wholesome opportunity 'of wading
through mud made more muddy by
the suggcstvcncSs which il conjurcs up.
With the book we have a reflection of
life. S0rdid and unexcmplary as it might
he: as ! have said before read with
the proper eyes this docs leave on those
capable Of apprcciating it an clcvating
effect.
Let me assure you. although | could
not and would not want 10 boast Of
being an energetic moral reformcr. ] do
want to SEQ things really detrimental to
the public good come in for their lion s
share of ccnsurc. The tainted periodical
trash. sold every month on false
promise of being shady. should be
pointed at with finger Of Srorn: it
should be banishcd from circulation. and
then the people would be free from
truly poisonous library. so tainted as
rot to make even suitable company for
the forbidden book. How about it?
$. NJ. II.
$. NJ. H.---lou are quite right in
condemning the wave of stories, filled
with sex problems, which are ut present
flooding the land.