The Washington times., 1928-09-12

sympathetic. They share none of
the problems OF their children.
Therefore their advice is never
sought. Naturally, the children
seek companionship elsewhere
They have been schooled i'm their
horne TO deception and secretive-
| ness.
/ eli is not at all surprising then,
| that we see the son carrying on an
affair with q married woman AND
generally misbehaving. Nor Is 1t
surprising to MS to see the daugh.
ter committing indiscretions.
'"The other group of parents. on.
the other hand, maintain sym
pathetic understanding with their
flapper daughter. She is not afraid
to sip a cocktail or smoke a cigaret
in her own home. She does not
hesitate TO invite her friends into
her home and enjoys a social free
dom that only complete frankness
with the parents could permit.
Society Barred
THEY do not have to worry about
their daughter or spy upon her.
They know the girl. There are NO
secrets in this very modern house.
hold. The parents realize that a
dancing daughter is just as good
as her more prim grandmother and
that her sophistication is a protec-
ton rather than a weakening in
fluence. And when real love comes
into her life she is able to accept
IL whole-heartedly and without any
lEisgivings for future happiness"
For youth, former Judge Lindsey
declares. there is the lesson Of re.
straint and honesty of living.
There Is the girl whose con-
science forces her to tell the man
she is about to marry that there
have been other men in her life
This is a question that il very DIFF
ficult TO answer. Should she have
told or should she have gone To the
altar with sealed lips? Personally,
/ do not believe in entering into
such a sacred contract as marriage
with a lie locked in ones heart.
This girl. ] believe. answered the
problem in the modern way. And
being a modern man, he forgave
and forgot.
Abuse Not Uncommon
Then there is the other girl who
married, not for love, but for con-
NCHlGlCEs auu6E VI Tie IIlGIl-
tai VOWS ia not uncommon in the
world we are living today. The fate
of this girl should be ample warn
ing TO any young woman who seeks
to hold man only through physical
attraction. Such a. union is doomed
before it is entered upon. IT Is one
of deceit, falseness, lies. and legal
lied immortality. 1t cannot endure.
1.-THE third girl, the gay modern
/ dancing daughter who has enjoyed
life, but whose love OF enjoyment
has been misunderstood. strikes
new keynote in the lesson Of youth.
OF the three she is the most whole
some and worthy of matrimOny
and proves that. despite the jazz
mad pace she has led. she is just
as pure at heart as the girl with
curIs and .crinolines of the past
generations."
Production Impressive
The ultra-modern production
which Harry Beaumont directed,
is a screen sermon with the mod
ern generation as text, former
Judge Lindsey said, and represents
a cross-section OF the problems
that confront both parents and
children TODAY.
II have been greatly impressed
by this sincerity OF this splendid
presentation the jurist said. AS
g. moral lesson it reaches into every
American home and brings some
problem for us to study. Every
parent and child will find some.
thing very personal, am sure.
in this picture. 1t is delightful
entertainment and a striking de.
Tense of the younger genera ton"