The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-04
OH. WHERE is MY (CIRL) BOY TONIGHT

ro,,e car in which were two young men and tw,
Young women the latter seated upon the laps o
the former
No. they were not married nor were the,
brothers and sisters. They sons and daugh
tiers of some fathers and mothers. and therefore
entitled to care they were not receiving from so
cietv as a whole. as we'll as from their parents OF
guardians ,,
Did you see themp They not Difficult
to see nor were they seemingly embarrassed by
reason of their attitude out there on the city
most prominent street,
IT, these girls had been your girls instead Of
the girls OF some other parents, what would be
your attitude about itp
While Amarillo has no monopoly it. there
IA polite laxity of moral attitudes and standards
here. that is detrimental to the best interests o
society This is largely result of the prevalence
Of fact: What's everybody business is no
bodys business Men and women will not fee
hardened by responsibility for young people, out
side their families.
1t is not necessary that reference should be
made to the undesirable psychological effect oil
such action as young people sitting in each other
laps when both involved. Men and
women know the evils of this character of con
duct. and they likewise know that it should be
stopped in the interest of the individuals involv-
ed and in the interest OF society at large
When reference is made to incident on
Polk Street let it be known that while this is a
fact, and not fanciful sketch. il is by means
an isolated case. On the other streets. the
country roads, on the inside of fenced enclosures
in close proximity too and in points more remote
from the city. these things witnessed, and al
ways to the detrment Of the community.
Girls of tender years mere children who are
not out of the grades in the schools in in
stances i, is reported dress and deport themselves
in manner farmery attributed to hardened brazen
women of the streets. With carmined lips.
rouged cheeks, with betweezered eyebrows with
frowzed hair. with the swager OF daring attributes
of the public characters. invite attention to the
coarse grosser members of the opposite In
view of these facts. and they facts, and only
part of the repellant facts at that what are
the parents the teachers the ministers. the pub
hcsts going to do about itp
Yes we must admit that this is not very polite.
not aesthetic matter to place in print, and
yet The News feels that it has duty in connec-
ton with the public morals and particularly as
to those dangerous attitudes affecting the young
life OF both sexes. 1t is for this that this
newspaper dares to bring the existing undesirable
state Of affairs in this manner the minds of
those who concerned for the welfare OF the
community
Amarillo has duty to perform in the interest
OF public morals-duty that is not being dIscharg-
ed at present Question: What going to
do about itp--Amarillo Daily News
Yea it is an awful condition The statements
made in the article above regarding Amarillo can
be duplicated to Lubbock, and it is only mat
ter OF time till some dire calamity will befal some
OF Lubbock young people, in fact it has already
befallen some OF them but others will be in the
awful predcament If the parents OF the
young folks of this community do not show
concern regarding their boys and girls
The very same capers pulled in Lubbock
as in Amarillo The parents seem unconcerned.
They allow their girls to frolc till late hour with
young men. and auto ride till late in the night.
and 4 nofk aks ham, f,,rth
than to turn them hog wild and let them
BILE
They to think it nothing wrong for their
girls to go to the dance halls. auto ride and attend
base ball games. what not They let
them go when they want to and where they want
to. and what they are sowing now will reap
harvest OF heartaches will be badly fooled.
The days Of restrictions are no more Many
parents know nothing about where their children
are where they going when they leave.
they guard not their character because they are
not careful who they go with how they go.
Never in the history oil lives have we seen
conditions just as they are at present and we Of
Ter this warning that many hearts will be
broken a result OF the seed that is being sown
now,
Take this for what it is worth but parents you
should think Think deep and lonsl Think far
into the night. and yourself now as to
where your girl is, and call halt Il is time
This bit OF prophecy If something is not done
you will regret it, Trouble is sure to come Will
your home be undsturbedp Will your good name
be blightedp Will itp Il will IL the breaks are
not applied and that Immediately on some Of the
girls Of this town. They are going entirely too
FastI Slow down. Be LADIES' Be nice Be mod
sstl Be refinedl
The commercial organizations in Dallas have
adopted this slogan. Its in Dallas, which is
not bad one. The thing is to live up TO the so-