Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-20
TO Pat Or Not To Pet, Aye, That
ID. Is The Problem That Thrills
Rosie O'Crady Says PET" But
,ia9-,so. Mother" Like Puck, Says Don't"

Like the perfect wild rose that grows
IN the rock clefts, dainty and sweet
and bright, refreshing the eyes and
the spirits of all who behold her
but not to be taken lightly by any
man, forever ready to protect hersel>
with the thorns which kind nature
has given; making him who would
earn her favors first win his way
and his right by the proved honesty
OF his intentions.
4 Hark you, nowI The fair Ophelia
4 Nymph, in thy orisons, be all the
frailties of mankind remembered!
In your 1928 get-up you are the
living picture of what l have been
saying: Steeple-heeled shoes, cobweb
hose, three and one half ounces OF
clothes on your poor little franic
your face powdered and your lips
rouged till you look like a clown in
circus.
Oh, boy! Yes, here she comes
and she has spied me, so ynere-s no
escape-I'm in for that auto ride
tonight, sure as thunder. I'd just
as well surrender, but remember, little
Ophelia, we men are just what you
And If you make us what we ought
never to be, watch. your stepr'
Unstable as water our fate and your
own lie in your hands. Uphold ana
strengthen us, for much we need
your high purpose. Life ever calls to
its womankind for purest ideals and
standards Apologies to Shakespeare.
To the Editor of The Dispatch:
In regard to this much discussed
subject ''petting" suppose we use
a test that can be applied to any
course of conduct or even scientific
investigation and ask in the vernac-
ular OF the street, Where does it get
you?" All Will admit that in sor 4
instances it leads to degradation;
but in those other cases where our
popular Sixteener claims that will
power can pilot one safely through.
we ask the same question, How far
does petting carry one on towards a
desirable goaI?"
Do you think that one whose super
lative ambition was to be popular
with the opposite sex, for a few snort
years, has become better qualified
for 1ife's duties by practicing petting?
Or does anyone imagine Tor an in
Stant that a peter or pettine who
has been fondled and kissed by
dozen.. before marriage, viii be salts
fled by the endearments of lust one
person whom he or she sees everv
day? OF course not! Where would
be the thrill? What thrill? Sex
thrill
Man has a three-fold nature
physical Tor largely sexual in this
petting propositior1), intellectual. ana
spiritual Arising in the. order named
All must agree that petting is mere
sex play, for what boy or girl would
be interested in cudding up TO or
being careSsed nightly by one of the
same sex?
Sex. interest is primarily brute
instinct for the preservation of the
species, and in man until regenerated
by love it is still brute. AS love cam
only exist between two, this promiscu-
GUS hugging and kissing belongs toi
brute in man. Unless purified by I
love, these sex plays are fiItn.
We are prone to prate of our day |
of great advantages for the young,
but of what avail is it to the PETERS,
who are living in the dirt and dark
ness Of their lower nature (SeXuaD
when they might live on the grouna
floor GntellectuaD or breathe the
purer air of the upper chambers
(Spirituan. f
Those who do and dare in life must
rise above these shows.
To the peter we would say there
oof1
strive for than cheap popularity by
this tickling of sex appeals. We urge
you to come out OF the slime and
darkness of your lower nature, plant |
your. standard high for cleaner living
and loftier ideals, for however much |
the cheaper nature may sneer at it, !
virtue still waves spotless and bright |
a chosen banner of God himself.
Modern Mother, who stands for
decency and high ideals.