Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
ubways Dull Partes Meodamatic History and Fool Questions
The Older Generation Simply Is Unable
To Understand About These Matters
BY NINA WILCOX PUTNAM.


A Buffalo Bill the greatest Of
~ all American Bull throwers
IA once said, 1.-The child is father
4 a to the man, but the modern
flapper is Sweet Mamma to
pretty nearly any boy she meets"
And how terrible true it is that
these modern girls act simply awful,
come home to ! and George not long
ago, when my niece. Pet. come to our
house on a visit. The minute heard
she was due, / was against it on ac-
count I knew that awful man my
sister married and then she died well,
l knew he would never bring Pet up
right.
However, I figured that no matter
what kinda influence her father was,
while she was in my house she wasn't
conner see nor do anything that
wasn't wholesome. / would do my
best to see that she had a real good
time, as was only healthy and natural
for young people, and IL she didn't get
good influence in my home it wouldn't
be because 1t wasn't offered to her. l
seen by my brother S-in-laW letter
where she was a mere child yet-only
17-and / fully realized where it had
ought to be easy to influence her and
make her a model woman as near like
myself as possible. l got to telling
that Babel Bush a few words to that
effect just a day or so before we was
expecting Pet.
You see, dear, I says, realize what
a. serious responsibility 1t is, having
young girl like that around the house.
I want TO keep her sweet and inno-
cent. l won't stand for any Of this
modern foolishnesS like ukeleles and
Charlestons, and TASKS, and phono-
graphs going night and day and all
that low. demoralizing stuff such as
these wild young ones go in for, Hot
Bozo. ! should say not. III have none
of that going on in my house, and 1
won't tolerate her going in for it
under any circumstances.
But Mabel Bush didn't someways
seem to get my ideas on the subject.
Why Jennie Jules, she says, be your
self, there amt any harm in the
younger generation. we was all as
bad, in our time, although I got to adj
NIT we do hear Of some pretty fierce
goings on. I must say. What do you
suppose is the cause of it all?
And quick as a flash | had an
answer ready Why dear, 1 know the
exact trouble with all the modern
young people, l says, 1t is that the
older folks don't take a friendly inter
est in them any more, they won't go
girls and fellers have wholesome fun
md amusement provided for them,
that's what they need-good whole
some pleasure all arranged for them.
But do they get it? And how? No
ma am, | says, the trouble is the par
ents and relatives is all too selfish and
took up with their own interest to
bother with the young folks, they
leave them run wild. they don't give
them nice parties like they used to,
they don't give picnics and straw
rides and tennis parties, and etc.
I TELL you what. Mabel, l says. if
the older folks would take real
interest and help them young ones
with their amusements. why you
would see something very different
from what you do now. But all Mabel
would say was go on, dear, try 1t,
and femme know how you come out.
Well, when Pet arrived, I knew the
minute l set eyes on her as she come
up the path that she was in need of
my sweet, healthy influence. To
commence with, the poor child was
dressed like a woman of 40, in a pink
silk sports suit that hardly come to
her knees, rolled stockings, and a
Saucy little hat. She was carrying a
cane. and something which thought 1t
was dog, but which was really hard
" more than a animated diSh-mop.
She had a shingled bob under the hat,
and enough lipstick to paint tribe
of Indians in war time.
Take it by and large, near and far,