The Washington times., 1928-03-21
Hip Flasks and
! Petting Are
Dangerous
! BY Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on Problems o
Love and Marriage

I Love and Marriage
Here is 4 very charming letter
from a young woman who be-
iieves in wild parties" Do YOU
agree with her conclusions? II
not, what is wrong with her
reasoning in your opinion?
e.Dear Miss Fairfax.
sT have been reading your
column. and have been especially
interested in the comments OF
other readers in regard to pet
ting.
Now, write to enter mild
note Of disagreement. Mac, in .
recent letter to you. said no real
man would LET his sister 90 on
petting party. Moreover, he inn.
piled that no real man would like
q girl who necked-- not seriously.
Now i have three brothers
who, I think, may well be classed
as real men. They are clean-cut,
good sportsmen and excel in
sports. They are altogether Iowa
BILE.
MY brothers not only like to
have me go to petting parties
and hot affairs, they even de-
clare It is relief to have a
sister to whom they can talk
freely, because she Is not q
prude.
Furthermore. / have a most
charming husband, who Is also a
real man.. He win probably be
q member Of this years Olympic
team. / met him on q wild party
and went with him on many
more. And either because of 1t,
or in spite OF 1t, he liked me well
enough to, marry me.
1T seems to me very natural
ITO want to use to its utmost
mewly-found power. And petting
ii the result Of physical maturity
la very great power, indeed.
Therefore, 1t seems to me, the
really worthwhile young man is
the one who, being of an age to
like petting and physical contact
with girls, frankly admits that
liking and defines his, code of
honor in such way as to
include the girl who is equally
frank.
NY husband Is that kind Of
man. As q result I have found
him q great lover, and, above all,
patient and understanding, / can
give him no higher praise than
that. There are so few men with
an honest understanding OF life.
We have two beautiful babies
-if you will pardon d mothers
pride son and q daughter three
months old. We both agree that,
as they grow older, we viii want
them to live fully. trying each
power that is theirs as 1t natures,
III order that their minds may be
as beautiful as their sturdy little
bodies. For ii isn't the thing you
do, but the way you do it that
matters. Al. B.
Thank you for your interesting
and tolerant letter, A. B. 1t is
good to get different points of
view, because only in that way
can we arrive at truth. And that
lis, OF course, our common goal.
I wonder whether we both mean
the same thing by certain terms.
GHtEDG VIC w W. small nUL hHuCAe
stand each other.
Wild parties. for instance! Now.
Just what do you mean by wild
parties which you, your broth.
ere and your husband approve?
Do you mean by the term, as
most Of US do, affairs where there
Is drinking Of hip-flask liquor
parties where 1t is not uncommon
for girl to become intoxicated and
ut the mercy of the escort who
chances to drive her home?
Promiscuous petting, with a kiss
for every man, is the code at such
parties. The standard of behavior
and "honor" is set by irresponsi.
bility and recklessness of persons
in various stages Of intoxication.
Wild parties often lead to the