The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-05-27
THE WOMAN OF IT
By MARC UERITE MOOERS
MARY IL

DO men honestly prefer the ultra
domestic, old fashioned' girl to the
modern daughter-or do they merely
say SO?
Here are some OF the answers to
this question which we have received
from the girls. (By the way, we put
quotes around old -tashioned" be-
cause were not bit sure the girl of
yesteryear was such a model OF mod
eSty, piety and propriety as the crit
les of the girl of today insist,
How do the men answer this femi-
nine charge that they themselves are
responsible for the widest follies, the
worst lapses from good taste of the
modern girl, because only by such
devices can she attain popularity with
them
The letter written by the man
signing himself Disgusted' leaves me
In that condition." writes "A Charita-
Die worker. / number among my
girl friends many who have the
courage to be different, who 90 not
smoke cigarettes except for lark,
VINO have not bobbed their hair
(Which is not such a serious matter,
anyway, who care for the home and
love children and to whom makeup
is not the greatest necessity of life
although L admit most girls use it,.
who are willing to wait until their
ideal man comes (aithough he must
be different from the cake-eater. who
wants all he can geD. But mean
while theses girls are sitting at home
or enjoying themselves with Other
girls Eyes, I'm one), while the cigar
cite smoking, ,outrageously made-up.
bobbed- haired girls brazenly walk
or with what is presumed to be the
best husband.
The men want girls to be made I'D
and have no use for, the girl who APP
pears different from the rest. The
men don't want to go out with girls
at whom other men don't turn around
to stare. The men like to be seen
with a girl who attracts attention by
her clothes or her actions. Walk
down the favorite promenading place
in your neishborhood and see if what
| say isn't true.
Young girls up to the age of %
compose the membership of the aux
lliaries of charitable organizations.
Men, although welcome as members,
are very scarce. Yet before giving
up all hope for modern girls, why
should not men try to find some nice
ones by entering charitable work ?
They wouldn't have to give I'D ali
their time). Young women willing
to do this work, most of whom are
also employed in the day time and
earning living, cannot be wholly
selfish, it seems to me. The love Of
humanity is In their hearts But
they go out little; they haven't the
opportunity. The men don't like
girls like that"
Il am married woman of %. May
be permitted to say something In
defense of the modern girl?" pleads
One Who Nnows." "A man wants
his girl 'dolled-up.' He doesn't want
her If she isn't. I'm not so old that
l can't remember that much Every
Young girl has her ideals. When sic
meets young men and sees how diff
ferent they are from the ideals, she
decides that she is 'old-fashioned.'
and while she's in Rome she does as
tho Romans do. But underneath all
the makeup. bobbed. hair. flashy
clothes, chatter. and behind the
cigarette is the, normal womans de-
sire to be somebody's wife and some
body's mother. l am and l know"
II am 16 and decided dyed-in- the
WOOL 1lapper--for convenience
sake" writes Marion Ashkenasv.
Woman tries to live up to the stand
ards set for her. Only minority is
brave enough to disregard custom and
what people say. Only mans over
exalted ego persuades him to declare
that he is dissatisfied with the mod
ern girl. He sets her standards. re-
quirements. ambitions. He makes her
or he breaks her, and then the typical
manly thing to do Is to discuss her.
It's quite intricate, this business of
being a man.
Perhaps he's right about the flap
per. She Is like an air cushion-fhere
is nothing in her. but she eases the
jolts somehow"
Does the modern man accept the
responsibility thus placed on him. Is
he the Sultan who throws the hand
kerchief only at the type of modern
girl who gives Mrs. Grundy cold
chils? Is she the one who. In her
own language, knocks EN- over"
Or is the youth of today wistfully
questing for demure, domestic lit
tie thing-and finding her not? What
does He say?