New Britain herald., 1925-04-22
THE AGE OF FLlPPERISM
 AND FRIVOLTrY

ANb Ihlt obil
 When the Roy, Dr A, A. Ahl- quist took a --~rited fling at i'm modest 1,appcrIsm and the "stly girls who have inherited pretty faces" it looked like enough hectic comment upon the subject for one week; but scarcely had the babble occasioncd by his remarks died down little when along came George II. Cohen. assistant '. S, district attorney for this district, and delivered a fulsome fllip call culated 10 add an even more lu- gubrlous note to the discussion.
 And on the first page along with the Cohen analysis was a story of girls in San Francisco no longer wearing petticoats. It appears they had stopped wearing corsets some time ago. The more they are criti- cised the less they wear
 The Rev. MT. AhIquist says he once saw a man sitting in front of him in a railroad coach who read nothing in his newspaper except the sporting pages. From this he drew the conclusion the man had vacuous mind and was not inter ested in the big problems of life. There arc many such, no doubt ; but during the war we heard min istcr indignantly eXpCstulate that he had noticed q man doing the same thing reading nothing but the sporting pages while merely ganclng at the war news head lines; yet the man may have been patriot at heart.
 Contendng with human nature is hard job. There were innumer- able telephone calls at the Herald office throughout Monday afternoon, and not ono call asked about con- ditions in Bulgaria, in the French parliament or any of the other weighty news of the day. What the inquirers wanted to know was "whc won the marathon race in Boston?'
 FIappers who are born pretty cash in on their good looks jus like a gifted individual invariabl! does with his natural gifts. Bu don't blame the flapper who at tempts 10 display her physique "like prize stock at county fairs; she wouldn't think it worth while If there were not a multitude o men who like the show,
 MT. Cohen partly blamed parcnt for the apparently evil tendencic in modern flippant youth. The bIam, no doubt is well placed. But it i hard to convince the parents, man. of whom are God-fearing an' church going people who canno understand how their young SC that way.
 vou+b sor-Loe r,-itI, ouarg,- TF II, energy is guided along wholesom paths it invariably will attain worthy achievement; if it is nc guided properly it runs into un worthy lines. Find the nature of youths talents and give him an or portunity to develop them and bull structure of attainment upon theT and he will rarely develop @ ter ency to make a fool Of himse along the boulevard Of friyolity
 The chief trouble Of the day that youth is not well guided taIor is left to rust and stay undevc opcd; sport and automobile ridin are twin gods that form the bacl ground for a mental vacuum an form the chief outlets for the spir of adventure; frivolities abound C every side and seriousness is
 plague. And so we have what Il gentlemen complain of.
 Yet we do not expect 10 sec q nation go altogether 10 smash account of the distressing situatio More than once in the history
 civilization have inc times appearl decadent but there has always be- renaissance Of high ideals al sound living. Hope for the futu is based largely upon eXpericnc Of the past.