San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-19

not responsible for that. There glame
the older ones who have built the
cities and our CONGRATULATIONS
When girls cut their hair off il i'm
proved the looks of some and made
others look fierce, but the act freed
them from old, worn out traditions
that have been instrumental in shack
| ling girls and women to motheaten
conventions.
| The mattel of rouge and other beau
filters is one Of taste as well as mod
ern methods of living. Cooped up I'M
a sweltering city with little exercise
and little fresh air. girls would pre-
sent q pallid parade without recourse
| to artificial colors. Of course, many
overdo it and look like they pasted a
| sheet of red tissue on each cheek.
The speed in marriage is chiefly due
to the speeded up mode of living
which older people, who went on the
Money-grabbing rampage. have caused
and the young folks and their still
faster mode of living are the direct
results of this nationwide accelera-
ton. Or were by-products, but not the
| originators ut all.
Now last Sundays critic must GER
| tainly confine his observations and as
| SoCidtlonS W u very lpN StidNd w Hu-
man society to see girls grab Off the
first man they see and flock 10 n mu-
| sic hall. 1t is true that some girls
may do so but in each instance the fell
low was looking for just that kind OF
girl and knew on what streets to want
| for her.
Never, in many years living in the
most important southern towns in
each state of old Dixie but Florida.
have j ever seen any "virtuous man,
kidnapped openly by such wicked
yamp.
More often it is the girls-girls who
mind their own business who are mo-
Tested, often insulted by the ''virtuous
male. of the species" i noticed a
statement by the police commissioner
recently on that very subject.
Girls show more real sense and are
as decent and modest as their grand
mothers. even though they don't have
| to wear n half dozen petticoats and a
lot of other useless hampering and UNI
comfortable clothing.
Young people who can get plenty Of
fresh air and sufficient body build
ing exercise are healthier, more self
reliant and cleaner minded for it.
| Modesty is a state of mind and a
person whose finger tips and face
were all that showed could be and
probably would be the more foul.
minded when compared with the mod
ern girl who wears just enough (usu-
| ally) to be comfortable and appear
charming. The prudish SNUG mind, of
course, cannot comprehend this and
for those folks it is pity they
couldn't have lived and died in the
glorious golden age of 80 years ago.
Did last Sundays critic ever count
the number OF men driving trucks and
cars who use two hands to light Gig
arctic or cigar or to tumble about for
a paper they suddenly want while let
ting the car go on nicely? Such a
count would probably be illuminating
and educational.
Now il the critic. whose "bete
noir," seems to be the divorce ques-
ton. would dismiss all the superficial
tiles, such as he enumerated last week
and get down to practical facts. he
might find a real and important cause
of large number of divorces, aud
it isn't immortality superinduced by
lroguc and bobbed hair.
But one who holds aloof in self
righteousness and superior saintlincss,
can never find the real answer.
Aside from applying ~ himself his
own quota ton, Create in me clean
heart and renew a right spirit within
me-" he should remember the injunc-
ton that He among you that is with
out sin. let him cast the first stone.
hardly think there are any saints
on earth, though some folks seem 10
be slightly confused when rating them
selves. Self righteousness is one of the
worst forms of intolerance, and we
humbly ask TO be delivered from in
tolerance.
No man need think the male of the
species has a corner on virtue and II
is idiotic to abuse the women just be-
cause Adam laid the blame on Eve
and got away with it." Let us also
remember that an IMPURE mind al
ways places IMPURE construction on
every action, no matter how innocent.
I'll conclude by cheering the critic
with the glad news that when he and
l are both in the dust for century
or two, the world will be going mer-
rily on and critics will rail at the
Girl of Today" who will go on un
ruffled just as now and pay no seri.
Gus attention. for the Girl of Today
bis the product of the girl of yesterday
/ and it is the fault of yesterdays girl
/ if her daughter isn't satisfactory.
h. .' CHARLES HAMILTON .