The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-06-23

''ten today are exactly like those of one
hundred or two hundred years ago.
Regardless of what you think of
this girl, the flapper.'' you cannot
Genv that she is Intelligent, that she
is game and that she is level headed.
If you do think her all wrong, if you
will not concede these few points
nevertheless place the blame q. this
creation where it belongs.
BY far the largest number of COM
plainants against the modern girl are
men. 1t does not seem possible in
spite Ct their arguments against her
and their strictly virtuous horror of
her that they are so upright in ma
ture and that their conduct is sub
timely inspired. For you see men are
generally most strongly attracted to
that type of girl these days, who dis
play the very qualities. fashions, and
vanities which they codemn. In the
meantime she has discovered what
attracts men and then her logic makes
her capable and INSCRIPTIONS. She
dlsregards her purely ethical views
and starts out to satisfy the man!
Every girl wants a partner, a friend,
a lover. When she sees that she is
not receiving attention and that a
certain pretty flapper is, she will be-
gin to pluck her eyebrows and flap
She is exceptionally rational about
this
You have blamed the girl, you have
run her down, yet always in every
age and in every kind of society, the
quality and character of women are
determined by men. When men ad-
mired the delicate, fainting. sentiment
tai type of girl she did her best to
acquire the necessary qualification
Now when they have shown so plain
ly by their actions what they want
the up-to-date modern flapper has
been turned out. What more could
one expect? In the words of Helen
Rowland, ''Verily-I say for the wo-
man. whatsoever may be, 1 am
now and forever, the woman thou
madest me-and quite good enough
for thee, o masculine nly!'
Although 50 much time has been
spent In talking about the fapper, in
writing articles in defense of her and
against her, in counting the girls of
today, she is in the minority She
Is fed from the homes of the wealthy
is not the type of modern girl. You
or those initiating the wealthy. She
merely think she is because being
ton.
The real true type of modern girl,
whom SO many authors omit when
writing about her is the college girl
or the business girl, who may be
working in an office or al home. in a
factory, or at a school
If you take the college girl for an
example you have all sections of the
country and all classes of people rep
resented. The college girl represents
every environment to be found in
American life, from the daughters of
humble homes, who are working
their way through college with the
aid of scholarships, to those of some
of the wealthiest men of the country
This modern girl does not say that
she is perfect. She has many faults
and is ready to admit them and try
to correct them.
College girls are lust human beings
and there are many kinds of them,
but they are not the light, frivolous,
scatter Drained type, that are pic
tured in the mems college weeklies.
This modern girl likes pretty
clothes, but is modest to the last de-
gree She is clever. not only men
tally, but also with her fingers. I'M
portant neutrality-suspicious. which
help a girl in future life are discuss
ed by her intelligently. She is train
ed in a practical manner as she
ought to be. She is "just a girl'-
an open, hearty wholesome girl,
reaching out for the best that life
has to offer, training herself to be-
come the highest type of American
citizen wife and mother.