Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-15

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/ and I am beginning to believe that
,hirss are actually better in the way
-, behavior at these affairs. At any
rote, among the young people there is
rrore decorum. and think there Is an
.v,dence Of better manners too
suppose when you are young, ana
-ou do n thoughtlcss thing, you have no
,deo of being rude, but you do not stop
% think of the impression made on IN
aTaor nerson and how long that i'm
preston lasts. ,o
Artcr nil. It Is the older persons who
,;ve the entertainments and parties tor
.,o dohutantcs; 30 It is not good policy,
II .ne,' tho older people? Some Of this
~. W ~ nolitencss, am very sure, IS
NO. rc.ult of thoughtlcssness, ana SO
W, sn' cling 10 tell. you something woman
sn suI, another large city told me the
1.pn, . dov She was not unkind nor
o.n,' as she sarcastic: she simply tod me
va, "a and I must say / wanted TO hang
Iue'Ih, had In shame to think that such
ihf do happcn. And / made UP my
nS tntmSS to tell this year girls ABOUT u
,l'n~ aa N helm them to be careful IN tne
T,tie niccties Of life. which meah 81
much.
WE WERE discussing the young
w girls of today and Mrs. -. SAY tHc
",laV I tell you my objection 70 ontIv tI
modern young girl? She is appa,''t pr ar.
Zoo busy seeking amuscmene %,
knowledge courtesieS pr0perE. doya
s,. assu, riri who neglected and overlooHeu
u.: :,o1 co,Irteslcs, as from my expert
socia' .n bere. the Philadelphia girls uo'
Id eneT not have "lasted' her hrSt sea
wUuf sw"nIufor It is the older people VINO arS
sa.,onsible for n dcbutantc soou
.ta,ns~tbose who entertain for her anu
her intimate friends.
NATURALLY ! gespeu, %'' ,a
" could not let PHILADELPHIA girls ."
g;n,sd cI%, and / said: "But YOU, arc
s.'stotsn. so i, our girls are thougnt'sss'
nnrhans. % but they are surely not a;s so
perntap, pntao,,a :, hut I had finally to give
w uuu' tor she told me names, ana places
upii Jntes of one or two occurrences
thot @ had come right under her no'GHr, S;o
and I am again going to quo'e her' DIV
said: h.idoo recently for
.II entertained Dt Drlugc 'cts I;,,
, bride be. She made out ,ne iIn.
- quests, most Of whom were phNh"Mr,
10 me, being younger, ana ny sVS Sna
afHlintions being In. another Guy. n
girI Ia debutantc OF last year. sue l"'n.n NV.
her( accepted. and never hppealeu, NV mU.
have I had one word of apology 1r .,.
pIanation to this day, nnd' you k"om'
Al a bridge party one guest mnop.
~ - oaouyn.iIy most annoy
ing. ou ,ort, only one of
.h. .,,ests called on me. She's evidently
.nnreciatiny my invitation. called WIN
IN the conventional period. One other
guest, after being received ana well
Somed in my home. and winning one OF
tho nrizos. too. refused to acknowledge
rv good morning in the street week
later Life may be buster these days
hut II setns to me If young girl mas
fine to accept an invitation, sne can
make time to pay twenty minutes
call 10 show her appreciation, especially
70 one who Is comparative stranger
in the city.
AND, my dears, all she said was true,
n except that just such things. no
doubt. happen in other cities. | can
believe that the girls in New York or
Boston or Chicago or baltimore arc oil
better bred than our girls. That state
mcnt fight. but l cannot fight the
facts. for know them to be true.
Don't you think it's time for MS TO
call halt on these things? Don't you
think, perhaps, the mothers had better
exact courtesies from their daughters:
Surely. we do not want it said of our
girls that they "get all they can and
give nothing in return Don't let 1t
Re possible for any one to make such an
Indictment Of the girls of this year.
Somehow. when ] see how sweet and
pretty and darling they are, it would
make me feel very low in my mind II
any one could say such things about
them.
WHILE on the subject Of politcness,
w did 7 tell you of Miss Bunny. who
went to visit auntie when she was three
years old. and was. therefore. at the
grown uns dinner table for the first
time? She had finished her ice cream
and Runtie said: "You may run out and
play now, dear" so Bunny slid down
from her chair. looked at auntie md
her guests and said: "Plcath 'thcuse
me, everybody" Then spying th" fin
ger bowl, added: ooh. auntic. what's
rhem?" NANCY WYNNE.
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