Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-18
SOME IMPRESSIONS OF A SUBSTITUTE
FATHER AT GIRL RESERVES BANQUET

how much we enjoyed the affair.
We had the honor Of acting as
"father' for charming young
miss who invited US to ''pinch hit :"
for her own dady, who could not be
present.
And we certainly enjoyed every
minute of it. Charlie Gillett was
there, so were Bert Underwood,
"Tommy'' Thomas, Rev. Arthur
Schultz, John Stewart Rcss and
Howard y. Meyer, to mention only a
few Of the 100 or more lucky faith
ers.
There were fat fathers and lean
fathers, young fathers and old faith
ers, good looking fathers and homely
fathers-all of them proud fathers.
They surely had reason to be. More
than one father who has heard his
daughter talking about girl reserves,
without knowing what the organiz-
alton really is, had his eyes opened
last night.
If any Of them pictured it as a
namby -pambv outfit, without any
real purpose for its existence, he
soon found out his mistake, and it
is good bet that today he was
Dragging about what fine organiz-
alton the girl reserves is.
The girls gave us a dandy sup
songs, in which all joined. Many a
dad who has not heard his croak
ing voice raised in song in many
years, cut loose, inspired by the
spirit shown by the girls, and be
fore the third song was reached
he felt sure that he could easily
out sing John Mccormick. The
girls put plenty of pep and ginger
into their songs and dad had to
hustle to keep up with them.
After the banquet and the singing,
there were short speeches by the
girls, all following the general
"radio scheme on which the ban
quet was planned. Lula Mae Han
cock, knee high to Il fence post, -
and chunky as her dad, scored hit
with her short talk on the radio
amplificr.' - Nv. E. sat by his
daughter side, beamng just as
all the other dads bcamed, and he
was so proud of Lula Mae that he
had to get up and say Il few words
himself. Nobody blamed him.
The girls gave cheers for all who
donated material or other services
for the banquet and their cheering
WAS as ''peppy' as their singing.
The best proof of the success of
the banquet, to our mind, was the
attention which the dad gave to-
the girls while they talked. Not
one single dad made move toward
his pocket, for his after dinner
pipe, cigar or cigarette. Some of
them squirmed little, but they
postponed their smoke without al
whimper.
Only one person whom we heart
lily wished present, was conspicu
ously absent. That is the party
who goes around lamenting the hope
lcssness of the modern girl, and who
is absolutely certain in his or her
mind that the young girl of the pre-
sent day is a vain, brainless, addle- |
patcd bunch of paint and powder,
concerned only with the latest dance
step or the newest jazz song
In the girls present at last night S
banquet, one could easily see the
and good sense of the "old
fashioned girl,' plus the selfreli
ance and splendid physical and men
tai development of the modern girl.
A better combination can hardly
be imagined. These girls learn to
stand on their own feet and keep
their heads up. They have a con
tagious self,confidencc that is not
within miles of being bold and one
could not help but feel that the real
fathers there, sitting with their
are the luckiest and rich
est men in the world.
Several of the speakers said last
night that the ''Father and Daugh
ter banquet is to be an annual
affair. We ceretainlv hope that it
will be. And right now we serve
notice that when the next banquet is
due, we are ready to offer our ser
vices to any girl reserve who is look
ing for some one to pinch hit for
her daddy.