The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-18
Modern Girl
a Real Pal
Ana so Wen hear them

DER and Ger
The generation has gone before
Our modern decadence deplorel
NEW YORK-The modern girl
stands acquitted.
No less an authority than Rachel
crothers playwright and author, OK
tends her a clean bill of health as a
ners1n OF good sense, bully pal
and the very highest type OF femin-
unity
The modern girl, according TO Miss
Crothers, is far superior. i'm every
feminine attribute. to her sisters OF
byrone days. Her advice to the girl
Of today is uphold the best stand
ards OF 1921 young womanhood If
you would be popular" While she
does not give her unqualified ap-
proyN 10 the "flapper,' this eminent
woman author includes this much.
sbusad young girl in her general
designation OF the modern girl.
The girl of today deserves the cen.
Ter az the stage from the stand
point Of both progress and human
interest" said Miss .Crothers. "She
Is 80 honest, so sensible, so sane.
and she understands what you are
talking about. She has valuable
opinions Of her own on important
subjects. if she does not under
stand you can explain, and she will
grasp your meaning with certainty
and speed.
There were so many thing the
od-tashioned girl did not dare
fathom, Nicely forbade her being
human, She missed that beautiful
freedom OF living and OF expression
the characteristic charm OF the
girl Of today. There Is nothing quite
as magnetic as naturalness in girl.
Nine times out Of ten the nat
ural young girl is abundantly popu-
lar The tenth time happens TO be
a misfit, in which the unhappy pos
SCISSOR OF a splendid courage of self
expression Is handicapped by wrong
instinct Propensity for doing and |
saying the wrong thing I'm an obvi- /
Gus way ID an inheritance with some |
OF US.
There are happier birthrights. |
however. For example. that strange. |
Intangible, yet very real something /
which We call personal magnetism |
is positively innate. We either have A..
1t or We do not. It can never be ac-
CURED IN tha seed. though possessiO on
OF the seed Of it permits of propa-
CATION We can become more mag
netic by exercising and developing
our gift.
The old-fashloned girl had this
blrthright Of magnetism. There was
the most popular girl in the crowd
In the hoopskirt days as there IS In
short skirt days. There was always
me toast OF the town--the belle Of
he ball.
The difference Is old.fashioned
girls were compelled, BY construct
ng bonds OF convention. to SUPPRESS
heir effervesceuce. TO subdue their
originality and personality. They
we're popular as playmates. as
iwecthearts, as wives,
Today's Girl Different.
The miss of today is all Of these
ma more--she is companion. She
nay not show all the conventional
leterence once the prerogative of
igo, but she gives immeasura blv
raderie. the contagion
" youth. Instead OF shutting her
lders out from the magic circle of
Ter rainbow world she accepts them
y part Of 1t. Her mother Is her
'ig sister. Her father is her escort,
haIirg her fun and froliC."
me lady VINO came into the spot
lghL of public favor via Blooming :
on, Ill, chakted moment Of the
Big Sticks-advantagcs of the small
own as background to breadth
Il understanding and analysis. Then,
Imte suddenly, she returned to her
,irl subject.
Just think" she enthused "of
he material with which the modern
Mss can work, She may have an
he sweetness, the daintiness, the
of her old fashioned
lister, but with the addition of the 1
reedom Of thinking. acting and be-
ng herself. She begins where the |
liner stood half way along llfe's |
Quincy
TO those addicted TO pasts Miss
1odern Maid may appear bit Grass ,
u times. But better Grass than ,
ringing"