The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-06-01
FATHERS BLAMED
FOR GIRL ERRORS
Girl Should Not Be Under
Financial Debt
to Men

rmCAGO, Nav y While speak
.,y =. an audience OF 900 prominent
trs.r..s mon at a local club here to-
a., Mrs Helen u. Paulsen. lecturer
md r.ychologist, created a decided
s,,..f.on whom, in discussing the
,,u-,- Tor girls going wrong, she
cr...tpcally stated that, II parents.
,ri ..pccially fathers. would teach
,H.- daughters. from tn" moment
,ha, u. gin going with young men.
IV,. 'u pay their own way. whcr-
eve, .n.y go, very few girls would go
vrou-.
,p,rr. but many OF thcm begin what
on,r .osults in an unfortunate eli
,,, nv allowing their boy friends
,1 l... ,hom good night" said Mrs.
p,Y.s,u They do 1t because they
,,H they owe something for the
rur,. the boys have spent on them.
Ifr.r.nts were to teach their daugh-
tor. tu pay their own way, the girls
vau.d not feel that they must give
.b.r perfectly beautiful selves to
ever. man who pays them attention.
. Girls Everywhere, when urged 70
keep themselves pure and sweet, say
fr perfect innocence, We'll, what
can pr do for the boys for all the
W.Uft. tltN NItIl On US anu lH'
hoy. say 20 our girls what do you
suppusr We are spending all this
money IN you for anyway Since the
sirl has entered the business world,
,hcr, is no reason why We should
NOT train her TO pay her own way
wher u high school and college. II
will make her q better business
woman and certainly a better wife
and homokceper."
Fathers TO Blame.
Mr. Paulsen accused the fathers
of Young girls of being the chief
contributors to their daughters
wildnoss. She stated that fathers
have moro important home duty
ir this day than ever before In their
iivss as6aa U1U
"Thc woman Of yesterday was pro-
'ectod hy her father then married
ynd vas protected by her husband
br m case she did not marry. her
brothers protected her" Mrs. Paul
cen said. The girl Of today goes
into different environment and
surroundings.
FATHERS know the conditions that
surround the girls in the store. the
offio, and the factory They know
the dangers Of tho automobile as
moth,rs do not. It Is not "A square
dca' 'o tn" girls for the fathers not
n teach them to know lii" So we'll
that they can hc sweet and pure
and SIN earn their own way. one
often hears men Critici2ing tn" way
girls act and dress in the business
world Il would be well for some
70 ask them this pertinent question.
Aro your daughters going to dress
and act any differently when they
20 out 10 work for some one Then
answer tho question by say ing, n
they do, II Is going To- be because
You teach them. they cannot got this
intimate knowledge from books nor
schools
Female Company Costly.
'Tn" twentieth century boy IL
complaining very bitterly OF the
girls YOU and are raising. and the
girls ar, not to blame as much az
We ar, Tho boys say. There is no.
body home. They say that they go
10 tho home Of the girl knock at
the door she comes to the door and
without even asking him In says
Wei whore can we go tonight
She has TO 20 to a movie. "A thea
'c~ have box of candy and some
thing 'u cat after II Is all over. The
Young men say their perfectly good
wage rs practically gone by the time
the evening l. over. 10 you know
that M, worthwhile young men.
those who are trying TO establish
thomso YES. are doing They are
Just not going with the girls. they
say thoy cannot afford It, and So
cially We are all losing out. as we'll
as morally and from the standpoint
> fh0me idealas arf5 ~