The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-23

Reaching home we made cur ways
to my fathers study which was a
privilege extended only on occasions
of state. He sat in an arm chair
besides his desk while l comfortably
ensconsed myself on the sofa, and
thoughtfully studied the smoke-rings
Of my cigarette.
First of all | want you to realize
that Pm not preaching or attempting
a lecture, my dear" he began, ats
Just that I've been thinking about
you constantly since you've been
home and / believe the time has come
for me to tell you some fundamental
truths that can only be acquired by
familiar and lengthy acquaintance
with Life"
/ caught the seriousness of his
thought and realized that only an
important message you'd have made
him so grave. l at once became a
part of his mood.
I'm going to do something that
I've seldom done. Pm going to cri-
ticize your Judgment in leaving Cur
tiss at a time when he needs your
cooperation most. Sinking your
duty (no matter how unpleasant it
may bel will never lead to happi-
ness" he paused for a nod of under
standing, which / gave. Then he con-
tinued, in a voice unspeakably kind:
"then too, Sallie, / can't agree with
you about going around unchaperOned
with Ted. You wouldn't what Curtiss
to have engagements with girls"
"Curtss wouldn't look at another
81 10 Is q
thing and besides he doesn't ca
about parties and-er-goOd times"
eyes, / know your argument, BAN
bina, I've heard all you modern wive!
On the subject, before. but / dom
think its quite fair and besides Tedi
a pretty bad sort; the men at thu
club call him the young matrOns' de
light"
smiled.
"He DID say, that a girl WASH
even interesting until she was mar
ried-to some other chap"
"Just what l thought" exclaime
Dad, 81 see you understand what
mean and I'm glad of that"
Another thing, daughter, I don
think you should make an exhibition
of yourself doing the Charleston an
being the center Of attention like
cheap Garden of Allah dancing un
der a tent. All they need at tn
Country Club for more realism,
some saw-dust and a squeely fiut,
In spite of the tuxedoes the men VIII
form the audience are the same am
make the same significant remark
Now its not quite as undignified fC
a debutatnte Though its deplorabl
enough) but for a married woma
it is unQuestiOnably poor taste"
"A married woman" I flashe
back at him, "l'm beginning to hat
that expression. Does one have
wear shackles Just because of a brit
ceremony in which she promises
love, honor and, sometimes, obey
III tell you something, Father, a gi
doesn't change one iota Just becau.
she's a wife. At heart she's lust Il
same. The only ones who do Al
they who are brow-beaten and bul
dozed into it by overbearing hu
bands who would make her over in
some conventional type-she's one
his possessions and he's going
prove it to the worldl Girls dor
change by nature, / tell Won. and
haven't changed. I'm the same SAL
underneath. love Curtiss and a
mire him more than anyone I lno
next to you) but I still get a XII,
out of being popular and wearir
pretty clothes and having other m,
yes, OTHER men tell me that I
attractive and a good dancer al
have them notice my new frocl
Shocking? Well, I can't help it Da
and it's tue with every girl on
she's been subdued so long that sh,
inhibited and doesn't dare to adm
it, even to herself"
Silence in the room.
"l'm not going to do anvthi
TERRIBLE" I added, noting {