Evening star., 1922-10-29
T RS. OLIVER II. T.. BELMONT.


tiGual Wonian's Party. is in
town for IL few weeks-at
: least. until after the convention to he
held in Washington early III NoVen-
, ber-has much to say about the girls
of today. Her remarks bear particu-
IarIv on the fact that the girls OF
today are the women of tomorrow.
In the first place. this womau.-. who
has seen many things through the
power of great wealth and social po-
sitiou which many others never have
seen or viii see. believes one of her
most important duties at present 70
he that connected with her Office as
y trustee on school board She does
not consider the present subjects
e taught girls to be the right ones for
them.
The young girls of today are still
taught many things which are so
much excess baggage to them as far
as any practical returns are concern
= ed" said Mrs. Belmont. Il don't see
how it could be otherwise. however.
when one considers that the subjects,
the text books and nearly every de-
tail as well us the general plans for
educating girls as well as boys of
: this country are in the hands of
. men,"
Women are naturally the ones to
b have charge of educating children
and young people, and | believe that
they should have at least IL titty-fitt Y
vote on what shall he taught the
girls of The country and how it shall
. he taught them. believe that a
woman has power which Il man does
rot possess, just as 1t man has power
that woman can never possess.
Therefore the blending of the two
should naturally make a much bet
ter whole"
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AIRS. BELMONT believes that the
4Nl flapper of today has many quail
ties which are admirable but that in
loo many cases she has used her
newly acquired independence wrong
FULLY. Up to the present time the
rirl has been taught to cultivate her
emotions rather than her mentality,
Now, according to Mrs. Belmont. it is
time for her TO cultivate her brain
and see that it governs her emotions.
In a message to the girls of the
country Mrs. Belmont encourages
them to enter careers that have to
'io particularly with social welfare
work. But she amends her sugges-
stion to say that they should not go
at this great problem of community
life through the threadbare channels
of small private charitable organiza-
-tions. Instead, they should ally
themselves with only such societies,
s either through state, federal or pri-
vate means. as will take the prevcn-
ton rather than the cure method OF
attack.
'Too many people are content to
work toward a temporary cure for
these problems" she said. This wei :
fare work is like laboratory expert
1nents. One has to get at the root
of the trouble and analyze 1t thor
oughly before one can apply or even
work out an anti-toxin. AS scien-
tiflc experts attack the study of dis
ease and try to find serums which
will prevent ones getting this dis
ease, so welfare workers should study
the reasons behind such conditions
RS they find in diseased city districts
and try to see what can be done 10
DO away with those primary causes
of the conditions"
n BOEE all else, Mrs Belmont
I \ urges the girls to cooperate in
whatever endeavors they make so as
so have their united efforts count in
the final results.
'I realize fully that more and more
girls each day are taking life seri-
ously and preparing themselves as
methodically as present educational
conditions in this country will per-
nit to follow some definite career IN
q. trade or profession. The modern
American girl. particularly of this
very generation. has much in her
power and the very greatest of op-
portunities, for the constructive
progress of our nation lies in her
hands" concluded Mrs. Belmont