Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-21
HORIZON OF MODERN
GIRL MUCH WIDER

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, April 21:-
| The horizon OF an intelligent girl OF
| eighteen today is wider than that OF
| the savart of 1900, Mrs. Robert G.
Speer. of New York City. president
| Of the national board of the Young
| Women's Christian Association. said
| in presenting the report OF h
to the national convention OF the as
ISOLATION here today.
Motions of girls derived from
| Louisa NJ. Alcott are out OF date.
she said.
Girls are beset with complex in
terests; a Pandora's box of new emo
| tions and experiences fills h air
| with thrills and stings for them. The
sense of adventure. of Something
lost beyond the ranges. something
calling for us. summons them out
OF the old highroad of custom. Un-
less they are led Alright there may
be weary years Of wanderings In h
wilderness.
There could be no greater chal-
lenge. We are interpreters OF life
for young women. The negative of
| Sinai no longer has power with .
world where curiosity has displaced
fear. Our place is not with the tables
| of stone, but with the followers OF
| the Master who sat on q htlllock In
Galilee and told the listening crowd
where the s~atisfactions OF life are to
be found.
ut was voted to adopt the social
ideals of the churches. to use U
resources in preparing women for
responsible citizenship, and after
studying social and economic condi-
tions affecting women to see how
these conditions could be helped by
Y1-sr~&t1- ~laI0inO nfrr<ciVSq 10
work for such legislation as nigh;
promote the welfare Of young
women.
"Our much criticized stand fol-
social ideals has borne widespread
fruit and has brought the indorse-
ment of practical men and women
as not other action we ever took
CONTRARY to widespread impression,
it did not bring US financial loss II
has Influenced popular opinion. ano
one finds in newspapers today, as
commonplace. statements tnal
would have been regarded as dan
gerous three years ago. Ideas tina,
had their germ in the social Greco
are now integral parts of the reports
of merchants associations and stats
chamber of commerce.
"Science now r~einforceS VIVA
common sense has always said, thal
where the girls lead. the boys viii
follow, and the ace in turn WI,
grow. 1t was this commonplace Of
present-day thinking that made tht
governmental authorities turn II
1917 TO the Young Women's Chris
tan Association as a woman's organ
ization that could be entrusted will
special responsibilities. The nauor
put millions into our hands, not pri'
marily to help the girls. but that TIT
girls might not hinder the boys In
their task. With 1919. the welfare
OF young women died out OF tn
heart OF the average American. bu'
abated zeal did not mean decreased
need. Girls did not go back TO IN
accustomed life at home.
I'm addition to the fact thai II hai
grown up since 1914. in years wher
older men and women were preoccu'
pied with attempt to salvage civih
zation, this generation is the nrst u
feel the impact of many new forces
in the worlds life. The camera ant
the illustrated paper have brough'
the world TO the girls door. TIT
morning paper brings her TIT
worlds politics and scandal. TIT
movie, with it's crude lights ant
lines, tends to destroy the fine edg
of imagination, Or would If God haC
not made residence n of the attri
butes Of youth. Modern scienc'
pours into the lap of young people
great stores Of treasure, along Will
the alloy; why should they % wan
to try everything, explore all tn
avenues of hfe?"