Arizona republican., 1922-04-15

seems to be thing of the past, and
one can only infer that mothers no
longer take the troublG to instil into
their children's minds the fine hlgh
ideals Of womanhood which were
once given to them.'' But as far back
in the past as 1884 we find Mrs.
Sherwood registering the same COM
plant. The American mamma"
wrote Mrs. Sherwood. treats her
beautiful daughter as II she were a
very common piece OF Delft indeed.
and as IL she could drift down the
stream of life, knocking all other veS-
sells TO pieces, but escaping injury
herself"
Chaperones Always q Myth
Much OF the modern flapper's way
wardness is attributed TO a lack of
chaperonage on the part of her
mother, but as a matter OF fact
chaperones In this country seem all
ways to have been largely a. myth.
Even in pre- Revolutionary days, we
are told by Mrs. Alice Morse Earle.
In her interesting book. Colonial
Times and Good Wives" young men
escorted young girls to dancing par
ties and also accompanied them
home after the dance was finished =
And although the automobile. to
which Is ascribed so much current
iniquity, was not known in those
days, one-handed driving evidently
was, Judging BY some protests Of the
period.
Indeed. the modern flspper might
also herself gasp il suddenly con-
fronted with the bold damsel OF the
eighteenth century. Miss 1922 may
pride herself upon her capacity for
cigarettes and home brew. but she
has not yet adopted the habit preva-
lent among her prototypes Of the
year 1731-namely, the delicate In
halation of snuff. That 1t was not
accepted with equanimity on the part
of her elders Is shown by the follow
ing letter signed "Old Subscriber
which was published in his favorite
journal Of May 81. 1881.
This silly trick of taking snuff is
attended with q Cocquet Air in some
young (as well as olderl Gentle
women, and such q gedate Masculine
one in others that cannot tell
which most to complain of. but they
are equally disagreeable. As to
those who take II for pretty action
to fill up little Intervals of Discourse.
I can bear with them: but then they
must not use It when another is
spanking who ought to be heard with
too much respect to admit OF Offer
ing at that Time from H>nd to Hand
the Snuff Box.
her behavior in this kind that she
pulls out her box (Which Is indeed
fuH of good Bradley In the Middle
of the Sermon and to shew that
she has the Aufacitv OF a WELL bred
Woman she offers it to the Men as
we'll as to the Women who sit newt
to her. But since bv this Time all
the World knows she has fine hand
am in hope she NAV give herself
no further trouble in this matter.
"On sunday sevennight. when they
came about for the Offering. she
gave her Charity with a very good
Air, but at the same time dipping
snuff with a careless air Now (Mr.
Editor) think OF these things in time.
and YOU will oblige, Sir, your most
humble servant !"
Ancient Faces Painted
The use of cosmetics bv flappers
was also strenuously objected to in
those DAYS. not altogether without
reason, since beauty Specials" were
not in a high state OF perfection
then, so that numerous deaths from
poisoning resulted. Husbands were
particularly averse to having their
wives use face paint. concerning
which aversion some amusing tales
have been written.
Thus. we are told that one lady
of high decree was accustomed to
using the cheapest white paint pos
sible, which she left on for so lone
a time that ii he'd to be scraped off
with a knife. In another case re-
corded by a gossipv diarist. dis
gusted spouse chased his wife around
the dinner table with knife ito
catch her and wipe the paint off her
face with a napkin because he
thought it to be the cause of her Ill
health. T"
Besides such lurid incidents Of the
past, the case Of the recent Arkan-
sas flapper who was expelled from
school for using a iip-stick, pales
into insignificance. IN fact. there is
nothing like a long look at the past
to make us appreciate the present,
with all of its curiosities-even the
fIarnny-