The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-14

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Dear Miss Grey; In your depart
mcnt. under date Of January :, you
carried a letter from a young man
which goes far 20 demonstrate the
average character OF American girl
hood today. White the article deals
with promiscuous kissing. Il actually
oyer-hits It's title and shows how the
girls who could enjoy our finest
estcem. merit far less thru their mod.
ern idea Of duplicity In love.
The Dvtonator. destroyer squad
ron's maRaxsne. which. l edit. has
been from the very start trying 60
get at an understanding OF this
question. For eight months now We
have been viewing the matter In all
Pacific ooas, ports--and have carried
numerous articles written by civil
ians. naval men and by the girls
themselves regret 60 assert the
sum total OF judgment seems 10 be
that modern American girlhood
wants 60 enjoy It's sex exci,ements
bsfor. IL can entertain any Idea OF
real love. and when " desires 10 ae-
tually enter into a holy iove-findS
that its character has been 40 ruined
that Their. r. no hope.
The result II that the man who.
living by the single standard and ear
nesfly endeavoring 10 bring the high
est gifts to the marriage altar. even
tries TO make such girls understand.
Is ridiculed Just as this Girl ridicuied
this man behind his hack.
II ~ trite fact that when you
bring this 20 the attention Of the
girls. they defend themselves by as
sorting they have seen men violating
all the unwrit,en laws and why not
them But the rub n that they IN
variably pick out the worst types 81
manhood 10 pattern their actions
upon. Then they wonder why man
who l. cisan. used TO outdoor life.
well educated and with good standing
will not even consider them. Why
should hef There ~ much more
pleasure IN living single tesen tho
IL may border on broken.h~a rtrdncssl
with career 20 busy cne. than to
build up a beautiful castle Of dreams
around some modern xiri ard then.
either before or after marriage. md
" hat handsome liar she has been.
No, I an not woman hater. And
I'm not speaking for myself alone
Perhaps women have always been
fundamentally an they are nov. but
have hitherto concealed H. Perhaps
manhood has been educated 10 expect
girlhood TO be endowed with pure and
b y hearts something ~ beautifully
pure that we are hushed 10 even look
upon II. but here ve are. with all
that past education. finding modern
Efrihood 80 radically different from
our mothers and their generation
that the cerarcnsicn actually hurts
every rixht-thinking man today.
think there are mighty few 81 rs
who would b. patient with the petty
and cheapness of tho giri
who waits until she r. next door 10
10 make q few confessions
of her past ufe. There may b. ex-
cusable cases. but nine-tenths of
them are not 70 he condonsd at all
You cannot accuse us OF the navy.
who aro a hard-hitting bunch and
mighty fair bunch. too. ~ being sis
sies or OF anything that looks. sounds
or is effeminate. We believe IN do
Ing things straight from the shout
der. wo believe In tho kind Of girls
every real man somehow In his mind
imsEines. the images we all built In
Furthermore. We meet tho girls ~
quite a few lands. meet the nice
girls. too. the best OF their country.
and the best OF our own country.
are odioua
q. X. SPENCER
Dear Miss Cry: This IN in answer
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