Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-03-16

these go wrong you must put the
blame where it belongs-upon the
shoulders of the fathers and moth.
ers into whose hands plastic soul
was given and who ofailed to mould
it into a character of strength and
use, and beauty.
Nine time out of ten when
child goes wrong, its sins are upon
very, very few fathers and mothers
who do not earnestly desire to rear
their sons and daughters into good
men and women. Their duty to
their children lies heavy on their
consciences, and they make more or
less effort towards trying to con-
troll their. youngsters.
But they find their efforts are
thwarted by other peoples children.
Their authority is set at naught by
the girl next door. All of their
teachings are laughed to scorn by
the boy across the street. Their
opinions, their wishes, are as moth
ing in the face of what everybody
in school 81 doing.
No mother can want to see her
daughter go forth half naked to a
ball. No father but must shudder
as he thinks of his innocent little
girl dancing with her cheek resting
against the face of some rouge. No
man but knows that the old name
of the automobile, "the devil
wagon" is well chosen when young
boys tear madly around in them
at all times of the day and night.
No mature men and women but
realize how demoralizing to the
Young are the lewd pictures, and
sex plays which mere children go to
see. ~
The Individual parents would
gladly keep their children unspotted
from the world, but thev can't do it
as individuals Mamie will roll her
stockings and show here bare knees
because all the other girls are doing
it, Sally will dance cheek to cheek
because she will have no partners
if she doesn't. All the other boys
have the use of their fathers cars
and johnny considers himself a
martyr unless his father lets him.
use his. And so it goes all down
the line of the wild, uncontrolled
young, hurting to destruction.
The only remedy for it is for pa
rents to get together and form an
ron clad union, for what the indi-
sidual parent cannot do, the collec-
i've parenthood of the country can
10. Especially is Mothers Union
needed because mothers can rule the
world if they want to, and make it a
it place in which their children may
safely live.
Mothers can even control the
and they could make red
flannel underwear just as smart,
md as much desired by their
daughters, as orchid tinted lingerie
S at present. They could make de-
,ency as much the mode in dress as
is now.
For in mothers little black bag is
he money that makes trade pros
porous, or dull, and if the Amalga-
mated Order of Mothers would
ssue the fiat to-day that hence,
'orth they would buy nothing but
designed gowns for their
daughters, tomorrow the show win
lows would display nothing but con-
tections built on conservative lines.
and modesty would be the vogue.
Picture houses and theatres would
yvie no more improper exhibitions
# they knew positively that not a
single young person would be per-
mitted to attend them. There would
be no more vulgar dancing if faith
ars and mothers put their foot
down good and hard upon it. Let
the parents of the country see that
theri childrne only patronize clean
places Of amusement, and nothing
but clean amusements will be Of
fered.
In union there is strength. The
children are already members of a
sort of bolshevik Organization, SWORD
to resist all authority, and to know
no law but their own desires. and
it is only by the parents getting to-
gether, and standing shoulder to
shoulder that they can hope to re-
gain their lost authority, and save
their children in spite of them
selves