The New York herald., 1922-05-08
ASKS BOYS TO help
REFORM FLAPPERS
Mrs. Grant Starts Fresh
Crusade Against Trans
parency in Dress.
MODERATION is SOUGHT
Mothers Asked to Aid and
Fathers Also-Amuse-
ments Essential.
RADICALS FORM MENACE
Unpatriotic Teachers Enjoy
Opportunity to Destroy
American Ideals.

Mothers aee so discouraged over
flapper frivolities that they have about
decided to start little crusade for
the moral and sartorial regeneration
OF jazzing daughters by making di-
rect appeal to boys. TLis avenue of ap-
nroach to the conscience and modesty
or the young girl is being seriously
considered by the New England
Women. whose president is Mrs. Eu-
gene ]. Grant of Brooklyn. Mrs.
Grant appeared deeply grieved yester-
day when she enumerated the alarm
ing errors of the modern young
woman.
The society Mrs Grant represents has
sent an appeal to every one of it's
colonies to help in starting wave of
moderation in the direction OF the fap-
per. I'VE do not want to reform her."
said Mrs. Grant, merely to urge her
10 moderate her dress, her dancing and
her manners. Girls these days don't
seem to have any clothes on from the
waist up, and skirts are so short there
Is little below the knees. But we don't
object so much to the short skirts as
TO the almost invisible waists, because
we are used to the abbreviated bathing
suit.
Developed In Few Years.
The immodest dress, boisterous be-
haviour and indecent dancing of the
young girl OF to-day is appalling to
n
last few years. ! don't know whether
Il was born during the stress OF war
time as sort of escape valve for over
strained emotions, or whether there
has been q general let down in cur
standards Of life. or whether the spirit
or rccklessncss and unrest has been let
loose over the whole world.
"The family ideals are Breaking down,
Sunday Observance by young boys and
girls is thing of the past and all they
think of now is pleasure. They have
n freedom never before given to young
people. They fail to consider any one
but themselves.
"As l told the members OF our club,
parents must start a wave OF modera-
tion. It would be useless to try re-
forming girls, they always resent that
and I myself do not like reforms. 1t Is
UP TO parents 10 provide more amuse-
nients in the home.
Partly Fathers job Too.
This can be done better in the West.
where there are more homes and less
congested ones and fewer public amuse-
nlents. It's the fathers job just as much
rs 1t is the mothers. And we New
England women think that much can
hc accomplished If we can enlist the
boys on cur side and get them to dis
courage the flapper in her present ways
N"Another point want to emphasize Is
that parents. all men and women in
fact. whether they are heads of families
or not. should pay greater attention to
what is being taught in our schools and
colleges. They should know what songs
are being sung. A radical teacher can
nut into his class more radicalism and
bad citizenship than any other one per-
son.
"The girls and boys In school now are
.Nn next generation. and II they are
being Influenced by enemies OF our
country what Is going to become OF the
countr-2 What is going TO become OF
our children. our citizens, our American
ideals?"