Evening star., 1922-12-04
EDITORIAL DIGEST.

.ndecen, clothes. and whose mind is
logic and philosophy and a lot Of
other stuff not only utterly useless.
but absolutely harmful" 1ndic.ins
women's colleges because studen;s
smoke aud swagger and paint is
about on a par with blaming mee's
colleges for iasinesH. the Wheeling
Register thinks. because the college
girl knows all he accuses her of
there. II she doesn't she's behind the
timee'
Like most commentators on the
now famous See Illumination. lay as
well as editorial. the Waterbury
Republican finds "a serious refutation
teresting. from the papers viewpoint.
TO speculate upon what caused him
to become 50 bitter toward higher
education for women. Our own guess
is. that back in the 's6s he one day
caught glimpse Of n Vassar girl
never recovered from IT." The col
lese woman "at whom he rails docs
not need defending" the Philadelphia
Public Ledger declares. and so far as
the colleges are concerned. the Boston
Transcript is sure they will not in
the least mind Mr.. 4. L. Sees bull
against them."
Nevertheless. there Is something
piquant in the charge that appeals to
the New York Globe slncc heretofore
the objection to higher education for
women has been Its failure to teach
the young the use OF the lirsticke and
high heels and other aids to beauty"
the development not of Sybarites but
of too many young women who have
learned to wear sauare-toed shoes
and sensible clothes and other such
things. II Mf. See can prove his case,
the Globe suspects that ''he will en-
courage mahy who now sadly observe
the wide gap between higher learn
ing and those frivolous attractions
which women have long found ralu-
able in dealing with mankind"
Terrifying Etiquette.
With all due gratitude to the COM
pliers and publishers OF books on
etiquette. a humble representative of
the struggling public feels like utter
ing one wall of complaint. Cannot
the advertisers of these life-savin5
works present their volumes without
throwing such abject fear into the
hearts and minds of eligible readers?
One may have partaken of the
pleasing olive-both green and ripe
for many years; one may have riden
countless miles on Pullman ears; one
may have dropped daily forks in
restaurants, or even accepted intro
duction with untutored self-assur-
ance, without ever knowing oneself
ridiculous, conspicuous or a boob;
Yet. when aske ed sudden and personal
questions about these matters from
the almost human pages Of an adver
tisemeht of q book on etiquette. the
hypnotized reader Eazes at the words
in awed fascination, and the mischief
Is done.
From that day on. his banquets and
travels and social activities are
haunted by the fear that he's going to
slip up on some trickery little con-
vention. Sooner or later. as the
Psychologists warn him on other ad-
ers OF concentration will lead him to
perform the very acts he has been
dfeading.
A new problem ariees. Should he
purchase the six weeks course In
practical psycheloky and acquire poise
ana etiquette BY overcoming this fear
thought, or should he end 1t all by
b,iyifk the handy etiquette volumes and
learning all the rules therein with
the help OF a de luxe memory course!
Ruide the public in this natter
Tacoma News-Tribune.
why not buy father q ton of coal
for Christmas?-SanA Antonio Express.
The first snow Of tne year is newA
but the next snow is nuisance.-Al-
bAhy News.
If any one really wants to gain the
Nobel peace prize he ought to find
a substitute for oil.-Worcester Tele-
gram.
Intelligence tests" would undoube.
edly be all right If . little intellf-
retics were used in making them
Boston Transcript.
Now that the fiapper and jazz are
practies OF blaming adenoids for
evefything.-1ndianapolis Star.
Pola Negri's movie contract, it is
sinlFle. She still retains her con-
stftutional right to loke her jewelry,
however.-Philadelph North Amer
lean.
Somebody intensely interested in
the external application of water
asks: DO we bathe too much?" The
obvious answer is: Not unan-
Eighteen feeble-mfnded wards OF
Ohio have just been found mining
coal in Penneylvania. Nobody feeble
minded or faint-hearted ever goes
OF the coal ndustry.-Boston Traveller.
It was back In the days when a
meat dealer didn't charge for a piece
Of it that Il got the name of "suet
puddjng."-Detroft News.
Sometimes we suspect that re.
ligion would become more popular If
half the energy wasted in trying to
get men to church were bestowed Oh
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