The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-02-11
TO BEWILDERED
PARENTS.

Old-fashioned parents of new
tangled girls have never had deeper
misgivings over daughters amuse-
ments, recreations and general out
look upon life than they feel today.
1t is not that they grudge daughter
her harmless fun or harbor any
grabbed wish to clip the bright wing
of youth-for that is not the way of
parents; but they find themselves IL
a state of real bewilderment over the
commonplaces of newer world that
did not exist when they were young.
They simply do not know what to
make of the young admirers who take
daughter out to ride in motor cars
that can cover hundred miles in an
afternoon. They feel strange
embarrassment when they see movies
that make them blush while daughter
merely giggles; and they are frankly
scandalized by those evening dresses
and dances that are so contrived as
to be devoid of beauty and dis
tinction as they are of modesty and
good taste The craving of such
things is but one of the problems that
many a new-fashioned girl is thrust
ing upon her vainly protesting
parents.
"And what" a bewildered mother
is reported to have asked at Lon
don dinner table sis modern girl?'
"A modern girl" replied her
shrewd neighbor, sis a girl who is
determined to have good time,
whatever the price"
This rather severe definition, with
its implication, perhaps confirms the
fears of the old-fashioned mothers
who do not regard jazz, georgette
and pictures as the only good things
in life, or even as the stuff wherewith
to make the type of motherhood
most to be desired for future genera
tions of young Americans.
Doctors have found that they can
cure many destructive addictions by
offering the patient substitute that
allays the craving and is beneficial
rather than harmful. For growing
girls who are merely nibbling the
pink frosting off the cake of life and
think they cannot exist without the
cheaper and more tawdry amuse-
ments, it would be impossible to find
hntfnr rhct ifr1fa fhon Gicl
Scouts and their really interesting
and wholesome doings.
If any superior young lady is in
clined to turn up her sophisticated
nose at the Scouts, let her get copy
of Scouting for Girls-the official
handbook of the organization-and
discover in its pages the amazing
depths of her own ignorance about
the commonest everyday things, in
doors and out, that every bright girl
should have at her finger tips. If
she knows good thing when she sees
it, she will make an effort to join
the nearest troop, and very lucky she
will be to get in, for the nominal
dues do not begin to pay the ex-
penses of the maintenance and ad.
ministration any more than they be-
gin to measure the real value of what
they buy.
Any parent or elder brother who
will take the trouble to spend ar
hour over Scouting for Girls will be
amazed by the amount of interest
ing matter it contains and the skill
with which it is presented. 1t is moi
much to say that the brain power
behind the Girl Scouts is as great and
as efficient as that behind the average
college. 1t is a pity that at present
only about ninety thousand girls car
avail themselves of the pleasures and
benefits that this admirable organi-
cation has to offer.-From the Sat
urday Evening Post