New Britain herald., 1922-11-04

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 tutes betting party" This subject
 has been brought to the attention oi the public through the announcement that more than hundred girls spoke to Dr, Charles F. Barker after ms lecture here Wednesday and declared their intention to light this SO called modern evil. .t
 'Petting parties" are something new on us. We know what spooning is all right, all right, because we held all the long and short distance records for spooning in our neighborhood when we were of spooning age. We even had an invitation to send our photograph to the Sunday supplement editor of the home town newspaper once, but we modestly declined, Frankly, we are stumped by the term "petting parties" Immediately
 upon hearing the term, we conjure up picture of sweetly- scented male individual, correct as to attire. and with bloom of youth on his cheeks and the fuzzs of youth upon his north lip. He is sitting in the moonlight on the steps Of a school, preferably | holding hands with the beauty of the class of Umpty-ump. It is the lunch con hour, when they serve silver of 'ady's finger and a spoonful of some thing that someone says ia ice cream, There is music playing-the orchestra fiddler Is doing his best to make ! ''Trnumerei" sound like 1t is written | That's as far as the picture goes Ii 1t was ordinary spooning that would
 be another matter, but the light of
 our imagination sputters and fiickers
 out when betting party" Is mention-
 ed.
 | Judging by the action of the girls
 in deciding to stamp out this king of
 modern sport, 1t is something tha,
 should be investigated by the Mothers
 Brigade, and perhaps it wouldn't hurt
 any to invite Pa along to wield the
 biych. it such thing iS necessary. Times and customs change, some
 times, 1t seems, too rapidly. The diz-
 zy pace dazes person, The forerun-
 ner of the betting party" was usually
 held in we'll lighted parlor. Over
 in the corner grandma was knitting a pair of wristlets for grandpa to wear when he went out to the woodlot with the pung to bring in logs. for the new barn which he intended to build as soon as he could spare time from his regular labors. On the table was 2, large glass dome underneath which wax flowers bloomed regardless Of the season. A wood fire crackled in the stove and the cat purred on the rug near by. The principals were seated On horsehair sofa m no home was complete without horsehair sofa. They were at respectable distance. Occasionally grandma peered over her steel trimmed spectacles to see that they kept that way.
 The young man didn't seem to know what to do with his hands. He held them in his lap and then folded them for change. He had red knuckles and big ears, and few cuts on his cheek. evidence that he had had his weekly shave. A collar with rough edges threatened to cut the core out of his Adams apple, which kept bob. ping up and down like thing pos sessed.
 The conversation centered on the sociable held at the church. They thought the parson was awful daring because he was seen to wink at the pretty widow who recently moved to town and who was in charge of the lemonade booth. At 9:30 the young man rose, blushed, gurgled something about it being late and time to go home, paid his respects to grandma, put his hat on hindside fore, and took his departure.
 At 9:30? Yep, that was considered the polite hour in the old days Mod ern standards of propriety have es- abolished any old hour before sunrise as the time for departure. The daush- ter of the house makes the decision. Ask the man who owns one-a daugh | ter, not a house.
 Now it Is the betting party" Long strides have been made since mother was a little girl. After all, perhaps 1t isn't as bad as 1t sounds
 Some schools boys and girls have
  In New Haven, for example, they ex- amine statements made by politicians and woe be unto the candidate for of flee who doesn't get his facts straight
 The American history class of the New Haven High school read poliu- cal advertisement in the papers re- gently to the effect that James Madi- son introduced the first protective tar if measure. So the class said to It. self, Tets look into this Maybe 1t isn't so.' After looking long and deep, they found that the first tariff bill was sponsored by Alexander Ham ilton. So that's that.
 The Board of Education in the Elm City, was recently asked to con- i duct an investigation into a charge that the teacher in class in civics showed pictures of candidate for of- flee on only one ticket, ignoring tho candidate on the other ticket. For a while there was quite stir and some old codger on the board is said to have remarked Well, that's what you get for letting womenfolks git into politics" After the investigation | was completed the teacher was clear ed of any suspicion to discriminate gainst the complaining party as 1t was found that there were pictures of men on both sides
 Peter Agostino. who recently be- came the sole proprietor of the Arch street jitney line, claims that he Is not getting a square deal. Pete ap- parently is suffering from the truth Of the old adage. anent giving a dog had name etc. and despite his efforts