South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-30

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OF stern opposition. bAthely goes her
s'Veet way seemingly unconscious OF
ahe righteous wrath which ought 20
1aH heavily upon her slender shout
Eers Men shout, scold and upbraid
her for her misdemeanors and short
romings but they continue TO marry
bier
II girlhood has lost its innocence
land modesty as older men and wo-
blen are inclined 20 assert. let Us not
despair. for youth has acquired a
Risdom which in another generation
will bear fruit IN the rearing OF a
future girlhOod The girl OF today
sndulging in late hours. motor rides,
Jazz dances. pstting parties. IL paying
for the ignorance which was her
another's. As mother herself she
e-ill govern with a wisdom, keenly
sympathetic for the girl-child that is
hers. She viii understand and be-
rause she understands she viii not
allow her daughter 10 follow in the
Footsteps OF the Jazz-hound and the
eounge-lizzsrd She will be alert
against the wel trodden paths of
bso-called pleasure" and Will sup
plant youths desire for pleasure
with pleasure that Is rightly youths.
I CHANGED 10 be a guest last sum-
bmer over the weekend in a wealthy
home where everything was accOmp-
tished by clock work. 1 was not
shere many hours when 1 realized
the worth OF the executive head
which directed a large establishment.
hvas president OF a large active So
tial service organization and whose
social position taxed many hours CT
her time. ruarveled that found
no weak links in her chain of daily
living until one morning the young
est daughter Of the household an
bounced at breakfast: I'm going TO
o dance with Harold tonight At.
q well-known lake resort" AS far
1s I heard. the mother didn't think IL
Decessary even 70 give her consent.
- he daughter had stated a fact and a
act IL was so considered. The
VSoung girl did not return until after
O'Clock the next morning and an
older sister. young matron, upon
hearing OF the incident. exclaimed:
why. mother. how could you let her
80 WITH a comparative stranger until
shat hour2 You don't know how
men are nowadays" The significance
CT the girls words who knew men for
what they are today. went completely
over the mothers head, for she casu-
ally replied He seems quite nice
and they danced until one 50 they
Couldn't have returned much sooner -
The modern girl while more lax
5u her estimate Of what constitutes
pure womRnhOod. is growing more
prudent through the increased
knowledge which - hers now. The
freedom accorded her has been both
an advantage and a disadvantage to
her. for American mothers. having
Jed protected and innocent lives have
failed 10 visualize the problems
which confront the young heads
their daughters. When L hear old
and middle-agsd men say that girls
are not as pure as they were In their
youth 7 long to turn back. the pages
and cOmpelt them 20 re-peruse the
Hangers and temptations OF that day
compared 10 this. Each generation
produces its own adventuresses and
courtssans and its many sweet and
noble women, but the great balance
IS still on the latter side
Another phase OF the modern girl
switch elders find II difficult to un-
derstand is her knowledge OF herself.
DpIer mother and grandmother knew
Ya bsoi uteiy nothing concerning them
selves physically whereas the girl Of
koday can tell her mother a few
things II she were of a mind 10 do so.
D. not this 10 her credit or IS ignor-
bnce a better protection than knowl-
hdgs7 VIII she not make a better
wife and mother than the girl Of a
half century ago who though ALSO
sutsly inocent. was ignorant OF the
snost simple laws governing herself,
shysically and mentally?
w. L George says: why men
should value vfrginity IA women has
never been demonstrated. for they do
sot. as a rule. deliberately want 10
have children HIS lines ex-
press well the desire which once
might have been said Was universal
OF men. but men. hike women are
changing. Scores and SCORES OF mon
you have them among your &C
quaintances-Tho living lives above
common approach and who in all
probability could have married the
sweetest Of virgins. have deliberately
chosen 20 give their honor into the
keeping OF women whose regulations
have been Scared and damaged.
To the onIooksr VINO drives mo
boulsvards late at night and senses
the promiscuousness OF the CIR.
among Us. one wonders, II man. once
Eternly demanding that a woman's
kiss Do kept for the faithful Prince
Charming smiles bitterly with the
knowledge that woman. once slave OF
his nearest within. should have ao-
Quired so quickly after freedom,
those weaknesses which he thought
:. once were exclusively masculine But.
say what you viii about her faults
being many. I for one. believe her
yet quite good enough for the man
Ehe eventually marries.
As marriages increase, suicides de-
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