Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-05

.s,ut the lack Of chaperonage here. Il,
: ..unored 10 New York. not only mp.
s..,e ~ hut have even taken the troubl,
!. write and thank me for bringing tn,
.,b,cct into the light once more.
II only confirms what have always
..,,eved and several times have giver
,o,ce to in this column. that the youn,
,.onle are right thinking themselves
NJ course. they are thoughtlcss; tha,
enc, with youth. but they are frank ant
.troiahtforward and innately good, ant
me fact that certain ones among Their
have let themselves be common, for.
card and vulgar Is no reason why ali
should be condemned.
II Is a fact that in all ages and times
there have been certain members ir
certain sets who have overstepped the
murk, and there have always been
others who 20 too far the other way
and see evil where 1t does not exist
They are usually the ones who make
ali the talk and furorc about it. ]
still maintain that the parents Of today
,hould be more careful about their sons
and daughters associates. and there
should be more chaperonage. Not a
ehaperonage that makes the younger
people think they are being watched
that would be very poor but the kind
Of chaperonage that puts even the
thought Of "nccking," "petting pnr
ties and such doings out Of the ques-
don.
T HAPPENED to be one of O group
] Of people who were discussing these
matters recently and one of the mothers,
who is very careful of her daughters,
poke up: II don't think it's quite fai,
10 condemn the younger generation, as
every one does now. I remember lot
Of girls who were very fast and flip
The year ! came out"
And another said: "Yes. do you re :
member Marian l.? I'll never for.
ret, one day. when I stopped there to
zee her sister; she snid she'd walk home
with me. There was students board
Ink house on the way to my home, and
as we passed there she began to look
Into the windows and giggle, and the
first thing ! knew one of them came out
and spoke to us. It was the first time
! had ever had such a thing happen,
and ! was furious, and gave the man
terrific call down. And I found out
aferward that Marian was in the
habit of flirting with those strange
men. If that was not common enough.
! don't know what you would call it,"
"Ies, and remember Ellen K.
Wasn't she fresh, and did not ever,
one attribute all sorts Of bad behavior
to her?' It's always the way, girls
will be gay and thoughtless and other
girls will talk.
During this conversation three older
ladies'. who had all passed four score
years, sat quietly by listening. Then
one. whose dear old face was full of
mischief. leaned forward and remarked
to one Of the others II guess the world
does not change much. Do you re-
member the parties we used to have at
the lis on Fourth street, those
fancy parties when every one went in
such queer clothes? Remember the night
when Mr.. h came as centaur and
Aunt S-- was so shocked?"
Yes" said the other. twinklinr,
100, and it seems to me remembers
'mree girls going down Chestnut street
10 have heels adjusted on their sin.
pers at certain shoe shop. because
mere was such a good looking man at
that shop. And do you remember the
time when Bill T and John bao
9een to party and came home, having
nad 100 much wine, and they broke sew
cray windows along the way? That was
wuen we hved on the river. and they
would come home on the Jersey side
anu wave across for us to row over for
them, because they would have been ar
them." N"'' eausn'
N And do You remember the fight Mr..
y had with Mrs. S on Higb
st street one day, and Mr.. T used a
'VTrSte"hlpI And so it went on.
Inc world has not changed, the bows
sna girls may be freer in their conyer.
Gllohs than they were In the days
Mueh these old ladies were girls, but
, @e sirls were just as full of mischief
sua iuh as they are today. and girls
run sixteen to twenty are always going
sI. oe as full of it. If they were not
|Mey would not interest US one bit.
we want them to be gay and full of
sun, out we don't want them to be
vulgar and familiar.
SAW Mrs. James Francis Sullivan
= IN town the other day looking smart
q gown or gray crepe romaine with
~,.S ,Spe VI the same material trimmed
ts0m .md gray squirrel. She looked per.
.t,sy tuy charming, and her small black
nat was most becoming. She
tImo trs oeeh up in Bar Harbor for a short
An you know, and expected to 70
wb,"b southampton for the Street Fair,
"u'ea was held yesterday.
ME William Barclays have Mrs.
mo,.p Jones Wister's cottage for this
% %%Oa'h at Cape May. And it certainly
Ia wonderful cottage to have. You
Ssmow Mrs. Wister has had that house
H., years, and If she does not 70 down
i,r.ell i,r.ll she gives it for a month TO her
laurent daughters. l don't know who
Ro,,t Ru II In July this .ar, but Mrs.
Salc,a" snd who was Miss Anne Wister.
r. 1 Is a stepdaughter Of Mrs. Wistcr
s,tte tte one for August. The cottage ia
,isht on Beach avenue, and it's also
~ ett w. IN the center of Cape Nav. next
iIcsaue LAFAYETTE Hotel and lust across
l. Itan h street from the Stockton baths
~ 1aS a qulte good sized lawn and lots
i",as npwers and the house is old .fa sh-
n to- ~ ana roomy. Caroline Barclay is
noou Ue married to Muscoe Garnett at
az H. on October 7. She ia the elder
and Iv a,,." Two Barclay girls and as sweet
1u attractive as she can be.
EVERY ONE is interested 70 ho,,
eom,na mat Margaret Dunlap Behn Is
iona ins home again after spending a
Cnlo,oi,' i,'me In Europe. She married
than the' g sosth"nes Behn a little more
mnst war ago and they have snent