New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-05-14
ORIGINAL FLAPPERS
EXISTED Ages Ago.
Dr.. Ahlquist Compares Modern
Type With Those Bible Describes

There is nothing new IN the mod,
eTR shifter ANA nappeE type, for was
back In the time Of the PFophe
Isaiah this same creature walked tbs
earth menaheingly and he warned
against her SO declared Rev, Dr.
Abel 4, Ahlauist, pastor OF the First
Lutheran church, last evening In his
Mothers Day sermon, lie asserted
that this sort Of femininity had been
associated with every deeadent era IN
the history OF the world,
The pastor took as his text the
1 ?ith verse Of the isth chapter OF
F Johns Then saith Jesus 10 the dis
eiple. Behold thy mother, And from
that hour that disciple took her unto
4 his own home"
1 In the firsi part OF the sermon. DR..
Ahlanist spoke about the beauty OF
mother love and our debt 10 moth
erhood. Christian mothers shape the
future for God and humanity by
shaping their children according 10
high Ideals. Our mothers are the
most potent people in the world TO-
day, The beauty OF mother love. he
illustrated by the old and beautiful
legend running thus: An angel came
down 10 earth and looked about for
something 10 carry back 10 heaven.
There were three things that attract
cd his attention. a bouquet OF fra-
grant flowers. the smile OF a little
babe. and mothers love. These
three the angel carried away. bu,
when he reached the pearly gates.
the flowers had withered. the baby's
smile had vanished: only the moth /.
er's love remained the same. ~ /
mothers love is the only thing on
earth pure enough for heaven" the |
angel exclaimed.
He spoke of the responsibility OF
motherhood and said that we must
have an enlightened and cultured
womanhood and pure and ennobled
II our sons are to be
great and our daughters good. II man.
hood Is to come to its best and the
race be blessed.
The second part of the sermon DR..
Ahlquist prefaced with the interro-
cation: What Of the motherhood OF
the next generation?" The soul OF
womanhood Is ever an accurate index
OF the state of civilization The fu-
ture of society Is reflected in grow
ing girl of today. The wives and
mothers of tomorrow. the social lead
ers of the future are today at school
shaping their own and the nations
deals.
Modern Flapper Not So Modern J.
specimen has emerged known asl
he fapper. This young person should
cad the Bible, the third chapter of {
saiah, If she imagines that she is a [
lew type. {
Here the pastor quoted: "The {
daughters of Zion are naughty, and
FAX with outstretched necks, and !
anton eyes, mincing as they go, and r
making tinkIing noise with their e
het, with anklets and pendants and
iufflers and perfume boxes and the {
lngs and nose Jewels" r
The insignia of the f1apper Is a (
neer for morality. Ladylike de- s
leanor which was the mothers pride, c
as become this daughters disgust T
he glorifles In her giddiness and she
eats life as joke Let us hope h
1at these types are the exception b
ltHer IMAM the rule, he said. d
The pitable prototype of this girl t
lay be found in every decadent era n
the worlds history. 1t is the old i,
lonotony of sin, which Gibbon de- i
lets in the days of Rome's decline
he prophet Isaiah saw the fapper {
\ the streets of Jerusalem and c
reached sermon about her. He p
oted the rubber neck, the wanton f,
yes, the mincing step and the tin Il
ling at the ankles. This modern n
pc has been able to add nothing to h
aiah's original" II
DIR. Ahlquist said that the church
ems to be satisfied to expend its Il
rath on little sins, while great IL
lines have festered in the body h
'litic. I'VE have been killing flies p,
the jungle while savage tigers have
I'D the road" he said I'VE have
'en playing with the tin horn of r.
ildishness while the megaphone of II
nth has been permitted to rust and
ERODE.
World Wants Fighters
THE demand today is for the fight 81
g saint. Fighting editors who will
t sell out to political party.
ghting preachers who. do not SILVER
the presence of a millionaire. ae
ghting mothers who will rise up in by
ms against the evil persons and ten gr
ncies of the age that would degrade ia
eip daughters the mothers of tn
2 next generation. The demand to- 81
v is for fighting men and women, m
10 do not care what the world says, be
does or fails to do, 50 long as they We
) conscious of the fact that they are ra
eping step with the music of
aven and marching with the heroes da
all the ages" ru
In the third part of his discourse ba
pastor pleaded with the young ce
,ple for obedience to the command alb
mt: Honor thy father and thy ae
ther, that thy days may be long wi
the land which the Lord thy God ter
eth thee" He said that among Of
Athenians, If any one was con- tn
ted of disrespect to his parents, ne the
) not permitted to enjoy any post erf
trust or honor. They believed that to
Ilpdrtifu1 SON could not be c,n ! few