Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-04-26
GIRLS OF TODAY ARE
BESET WITH MANY.
NEW ADVENTURES.
Y. w. c. A. HEAD SAYS LOUISA
NJ. ALCoTT is OUT OF DATE AS
FLAPPER BRINGS FORTH PAN.
ooRA's BOX OF EMOTIONS,

Hot Springs, Ark. April 26-The
horizon of an intelligent girl oi "lrn-
teen to-day is wider than that OF the
sayant Of 1900, Mrs, kober, g. spec
o'' of New York City, president Of the
'a naGona! board of the Young No'
s' mems Christian Association said ln
presenting the report of the board
TO the national convention OF the as
ISOLATION her today.
/. .. Motions OF girls derived from
... Louisa NJ Alcott are out OF date
..... she said.
Girls are best with interests;
Pandora's box OF new emotions ana
.s" experiences ills the air with thrills
20 and things for them. The sense of
1g 49, adventure, OF something lost beyond
the ranges. something calling for US,
summons them out of the hishroad OF
custom. Unless they are led Alright,
there may be weary years OF wander
ling in the wilderness
,"H There could be no greater Chai-
lenge We are interpreters of lIe
for young women The negative OF
.,..,,, Sinai no longer has power with
world where curiousity has displaced
fear. Our place is not with the tables
Master who sat on a hillook in Cali
VI lee and told the listening crowd
where the satisfactions of life are TO
be found.
1T was voted to adopt the social
ideals of the churches, to use orr re-
sources in preparing women Tor re-
sponsible citizenship and after study
ing social and economic conditions al
RI htV D..
ditions could he helped by legislation,
-. pledging ourselvec to WORK for such
a.. legislation as might promote the wei.
fare OF young women.
,a "Our much criticized stand for so.
cial ideals has borne widespread
fruit and has brought the ndo-se
ment Of practical men and women as
no other action we ever took. Conf
: trary TO widespread impression, :.
did not bring US financial loss. 1t has
influenced popular opinion, and oneI
finds in newspapers today as common.
place statements that would have
e. been regardless dangerous three !
& years ago. Ideas that had their
d germ in the social creed are now in
tegral parts Of the reports of merl
chants associations and state cham
Der Of commerce.
Science now reinforCes what COM
mon sense has always said, that
where the girls lead, the boys will
follow, and the race in turn will grow,
1t was this. commonplace of present
day thinking that made the govern
mental authorities turn in 1917 TO
the Young W0mens Christian AssO-
citation as a Woman'S organization
that could be- entrusted with spec
ial responsibilities The nation put
millions into our hands not primari-
: " to help the girls. but that the girls
! might not hinder the boys in their
task. With 1919 the welfare Of
young women died out of the heart
Of the average American, but abated
y zeal did not mean decreased need
Girls did not go back to the accus-I
toned life at home.
in addition to the fact that il has
grown up since 1914, in years when
Older men and women were preoccu-,
pied with attempt to salvage civiliza.i
ton, this generation is the first to
feel the impact Of many new forces
in the worlds life, The camera and
the illustrated paper have brought
the world TO the girls door. The
morning paper brings her the worlds
politics and scandal. The movie |
with its crude lights and lines. tends
to destroy the fine edge of magma
4 ton. or would if God had not made
-- residence one of the attributes of
youth Modern science pOurs into he
lap OF young people great stores of trea
sure. along with the alloy: WHY
AayShould they not want to try every
e.thing, explore all the avenues of