The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-16

as a group. They are grim realistS
: Those who have benefited by
their reading and travels are prett
radicals, and, of course, the radicals
a group. And the older folk see
these, hear them and read about
them, and vail: whats the world
coming to?"
without Sacrament
s Take, for instance, this news item.
A young couple entered a marathon
dance (more's the PITY. They
danced together for twelve days,
and figured If they could stand each
other for so long a time they surely
must be soul mates. They decided,
on the strength of that, to marry!
But after all4it was marathon and
I mean even marriage simply must
not interfere with the dance, so
they got some judge or other to
come up and read the service, as
they performed a couple OF fancy
steps for the crowd.
A Jazz wedding, with a dancing
Judge. Eyes Sir, She's My Baby"
for the professional and II Can't
Give You Anything But Love" for
the occasional! Now I ask you, can
marriage be taken seriously under
such conditions? Can there be any
thing sacramental about thing like
that?
The 16-year-oid boy who takes his
fathers car out, thinks he has an
airplane and tries to climb tree
is the youngster who gets the
publicity, not the thousands Of
steady, serious minded youngsters,
who are working and playing and
staying out Of the limelight. And
yet, because of this one, the other
thousand are looked upon as devils
on wheels; incapable of doing any
thing constructive in the world.
Condemned by Exception
& This one boy is not the average.
He is not the example. He is the
exception. And the other youngsters
deserve a fair break from the older
generation until proved on a par
with the high fliers. This idea OF
parents pulling in the reins because
of the follies of Mr.. Joe Cabbage's
son Joe is the bunk. Treat your
youngsters like you would want to
be treated. Trust them until they
have proved themselves unworthy
of that trust.
Here is a letter from boy who
is, if not suffering, at least being
annoyed by the fact that his father
has been reading too much about
the younger generation, and taking
it seriously:
Dear Miss Lee: I don't imagine you get
letters from boys very often, but / just
have to pop of and have an idea that
your column might be a good place to do
the popping.
1 am II years old. have always con-
sidered myself pretty level headed haven't
gotten into any scrapes, always stood
fairly high in my classes at school and
have never, in my humble estimation,
given my folks anything to worry about.
But my dad has been taking all this
blurb about the younger generation pretty
serious. Every time want the car re-
Gently he will refuse, saying, didn't I see
by the paper where so and so was killed,
~
while on a Joy ride? And he doesn't
know what the worlds coming to. When
he was boy there were no such notions
flying around. Boys were content to read
and study and stay home.
All of which is very fine. I am, too,
but I like to go out once in while.
When do go out I must come in and
show him the clock when 1 return. and
let him smell my breath so that he can
make sure I have not been smoking or
drinking. Honest, Miss Lee, If I was
fellow who wanted to do those things this
sort Of treatment would have driven me
to it. Don't you think 1t pretty rotten
of parents to act that way Just because
Of the way a couple Of fellows act?
SEVENTEEN.
Il think I have answered most OF
your questions in the first part of
my article, Seventeen. I agree with
you, that man is innocent until he
is proved guilty. Why should you
be denied things, suspected and
watched until you have shown you
need these precautionary move
ments? Have a talk with your IA
Their and tell him the things you
have told me.