The evening world., 1921-03-01

sure she doesn't do that to-day. The
classic joke of that era was the story
of how little brother opened the par
lor door and peeked at big sister sit
ting in the lap of her beau II has
not remained for the youth Of this
generation TO discover lOve-maklng
Or 'petting parties to use the mod.
ern nomenclature"
BY this time you must have realized,
as said at the beginning. that Mrs.
Norris is not one of the "prunes"
from her farm SO you shall have
the criticism of the modern girl.
which she puts in a separate division
all by itself, the warning in which
she joins. Even on this point | think
it is the girls mother rather tban
the girl, that Kathleen Norris holds
responsible.
''If l were the mother of daupb-
ter she told me, inCisively Il would
say to her: You may fight, you may
cry, you may leave home to work in
a cotton mill--but as long as You are
in your home, under my care, you
will not 80 to a party where the
young men or the girls, or both, carry
refreshments In TASKS. You Will not
so, even If YOU stay at home from all
parties for two years
"On that point / would he ada
manL" she added Personally, Ifal-
ways have been G teetOtaller, but I
can see two sides to the subject OF
Prohibition for adults. AS regards the
youngsters, it seems to me there is
only one side. And as told New
York mother just the other day, any
woman who allows her little daughter
and booze TO come together will reap
whirlwind
Booze is the one real danger In the
path Of the modern girl. \ man wei
known in New York told me recently
Of going to WeStchester to attend the
coming-out party of his debutante
niece. He arrived at the party littlo
late And he found every one Of the
girls and young men drunk. They
had not merely taken liquor he in
formed me, they We're drunk | had
20 steady my little niece when | took
her out on the floor
81 know of another case in which
two cars filled with New York debu
tantes, their escorts and a pentiful
supply Of alcohol left a party at mid
night. The girls reached homo at 4
o'clock the next afternoon. Thee were
tears, scoldings,' and the mothers
hushed the matter up. Nobody knows
exactly what happened.
Let me tell YOU" added Mrs. Nor
ris, the story Of a coming -out party
recently given for her daughter by one
Of fhe most prominent women in san
Francisco society II was held at a
hotel and the girls mother and father
had provided champagne for IN,
quests But tho young men had then
flasNs, they. mixed champagne high.
balls and other things and the scen,
became uproa rious. The mother Gale
her daughter aside and said: Dear
get your things in the cloak room and
go home. Your father and / will end
this party
Daughter obeyed. When the guestl
came to her mother and father Il
thank them for the delightful eveninl
, and TO ask where little daughter haC
gono. mother said: 4 sent her home
, because / did not care to have ne
see what is going on here And d,
you know-of course the story spreai
like wildfire-that girl acquired socia
prestige for the rest of the season
q Just from that incident.
: Another thing the San Francisc,
p hoStesses are discouraging is dRyish
dancing" Mrs. Norris added "As
r heard one woman say to her daugh
/ ter, Any young man who has nOthinI
4 to do between four and seven in tn
r afternoon but dance simply ism
, worth your attention.
Y "If the New York girl OF to-day,
' the novelist ended, land her mothe
r would not countenance socially tn
private flask at her parties, I be
5 lieve she would confute the ono jus
0 criticism OF her actions and do
o splendid thing for herself. As for ne
. so-called immodest dress aud tn
a other indictments against her, thos
are unimportant items In The stat
!, OK Transition IN wnlch she finds her
a self--from which, nave faith, sh
r Will emerge as a Girl OF To-MOrrol
3 nobler and finer than the Girl OF Yes
a terday."