Evening star., 1923-04-17
EDITORIAL DIGEST

of the spooning. The sheer
fact that there were go many explicit
are living in m age Of social frank.
ness unlike anything that has gone
esonT enore f9r is almaEs foun,if.s nj p ,.sTs.
shat these women would have an
ten or even five years ago under any
possible bond of secrecy or confidence
Their doing so now is undoubtedly
under the spur of A conviction that
by thus laying bare their girlhood
experiences they may render a val
uable service in the interest OF pres
News agrees that their response
probably can be attributed to a de-
sire TO serve the announced purpose
or this remarkable survey OF Amer
lean womanhood." =
That announced purpose finds one
sympathizer in the Fargo Forum
which declares that 1.-The question
naire is not silly, neither are the
ansWers matter for amusement
correct answers given by sensible and
Intelligent women will furnish a very
accurate guide. 1t Is just because of
the intimacy of home and personaI
relations that there has been TOO
great hesitancy 10 deive into the
luton Ct eo
However. as the indianapolis News
puts it. the sincerity of tho investi.
Eators is not questioned. only their
good sense" And the great question,
In the minds of most editorial writ,
ers, is whether, after all. all this
searching sec and sacrifice" has estab-
i,sned ths a,;aafias anfthins; The trouble with
Transcript sees it. "is that II asks asks
questions which cannot be answered
innkiy by the normal woman ana
VIII be answered norbidIy by the
moron. Sensationalists will maenifT
tne erect that spooninE had on their
characters. while the normal woman
VIII belittle this effect" And ..syen
supposing perfectly accurate date
were to be had on such subjects,
what would be the value" the Bos-
Ton Iraveler asks, except to estab-
.isn truth which everyone knows
iready-namely, that human con-
duct differs with different individuals
snder different circumstances?
without taking the matter too seri-
oasiy, the Meridian Star speculafes
tnat a like QUESTIONABLE mailed to
l:eoV average men would prove one
SI two Things: Either the 'questienees
were all spooners at some time or
other or said 'questionees' have been
and are Just plain, everyday earden
species of liar" Far from anniv;nn u
to the women Questioned the Hshorf
and ugly" which the Meridian nanar
sarmlses would be applicable to men
giving like answers. and mot doubt
Ing the honesty OF the answers" the
albany TimesUnioh cant for the
life OF us understand how the AK
women who confessed to innocence of
Spooning before, marriage ever rnaIe
the grade. A fisherman who cama in
with a big catch and said he didn't
use worm or fly or a spoon for
oa,t would be accused Of using a net"
mea, as the Chambersburg Pubiic
opinion interprets It, rs to MAKE a
scientific analysis of that ancient In
stitution, spooninE." possibly the San
francisco Bulletin guesses, as "an
aadlaonai textbook for use in the
easy. soft-snap college course knowh
IS social science" The Fort Wavna
Sournal Gazette sees another posi-.
bility-"Maybe we are going TO has
a Volstead act against seoonine" r.
we do. the paper .prephesies that the
boys Will all be for 1T, on the theory
that 1t will become even more Nnon,
lar when prescribed" poeu