The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
THINKS MODERN
LHTOO BOLD
7 =. =. :, 80 -
English Society Leaders
Holding Debate On
Flapper Tactics :. /.

&, us the young woman Of. today any
worse that she ever was! T.
The amount Of space given to dis
cussion Of. this question l.. the London
newspapers would indicate this problem
is of more Importance than either poll
ties or the size of the income tax. All
the talk of flapper psychology rises from
debate held recently at the London
School of Economics. with the above
quotation as the subject, writes Harold
E.. Scarborough in London letter to
the New York Herald Tribune.
For the firmative-although she in
sisted that she liked neither the gram
mar nor the sentiment of the question
appeared Lady Frances Balfour, widow
of the late Col. Eustace Balfour, daush.
ter of the eighth duke of Argyle. =.
Miss Viola Tree, member of the stage
family of that name, undertook to de.
fend the modern girl against the itnpu.
tation contained in the title of the de-
bate. - 20
Lady Frances Charges
The chief complaints of Lady Frances
against Miss 1924 numbered three. She
disapproyes the dress, manners and con-
versations of the present day young
woman. .. !. -
'9n the past" declared Lady Frances,
INDUCING in "reminiscences, ''the girls
led more sheltered lives and knew less
of men. A girl of II thought man a
paragon of virtue, unselfishness and all
that was heroic. But that attitude may
perhaps have made men better than
they are today. 1t is good to be be-
al soll fr,,,
To-day we see the young woman doing
everything to Initiate women of the
streets. Her face is a mass of powder (;
her red lips are gashed out ;of human
resemblance, and the reek of her Ia
passing makes one long for a. breath Of
air off the heather" e@ =
Modern Girl Healthier
Concerning the conversation of the
modern girl, Lady Frances quoted one
example which she evidently deemed
sufficient for the argument, 81 heard
one young woman remark to another
in Bond street, Lets go somewhere and
have a real bilious lunch y
Miss Tree, in reply, insisted that the
modern girl is healthier and more
frank than her Victorian. predecessor.
1.-THE girl of today hasn't much to
hide, and if she had, she wouldn't hide
it," said Miss Tree. "She is incapable
Of anything except being utterly nat
ural. A poet in my youth wrote to his
girl friend about her complicated eyes
The young woman of today is incapable
of complicated eyes i.
Instead of stealing DOWN to tele-
phone to, young men in her nightdress,
as had to do, the girl of today orders
her mother to have a fire in the draw
ing room. The stage is generally pre-
sumed to represent great deal of wick
edness. The truth is we have no time
for that, We are, in fact, grumpy, al
ways in hurry, very kind to one an
other; and we like cup of tea and that
sort of 'thing-and the higher we get
the buster we are" 49, .,.aa S.: y
< Since the debate the newspapers have
been printing many letters taking one
side Or the ether of the controversy.
most of them earnest. and all needless
of the, contention Of cynics that worry
about modern girls" is useless, since
the question has been argued in every
age but has never yet been decided.