The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-17
The Younger"
Generation
limits Kick
BY MARTHA LEE

Our younger generation, the one
coming Up. is as different from the
aauper and the tea hound as the
4apper was from the Elsie Dins-
nores Of the generation before.
The wartime and postwar young
sters have grown up. They are
mamas and papas Of the generation
to follow. And while We have been
dipping pens in vitriol to write the
proper scathing WORDS for the flap
pers and their running mates, an
entirely new generation has been
growing up.
These youngsters, now between II
and 25 stretching the maximum
bit 10 include those who were in
pictails and spring heels during the
World war; are serious-minded. Sc
date, and pretty self-sufhcient kids.
Scorn the ISLANDERS
They have a scorn for that pic
ture 50 many cartoonists love to
draw of them. with brief skirts and
hats set back on their heads like
cardinals caps. They dislike the
reference to the wild whoopee they
are supposed to be shouting around
roadhouses and such
AS a matter of fact, they are, for
the most part, the silent partners
in these affairs. They sit back and
coldly contemplate with boredom
their elder but more kittenish COM
panions in crime as thev become
theoretically squiffed.
And when some harassed wife
writes in to tell her troubles. nine
times out Of ten, the sane sensible
letters Of opinion on the subject
come from these same youngsters.
Even their sense Of values has
changed radically. They have
watched their superiors make wild
and mad scrambleS for fortunes
and have decided it is much nicer,
much more enjoyable, to write a
poem or whittle good ship model
Not Worried over taSn
They are not particularly inter
ested in watching a bank account
grow to staggering proportions. It
is much better to have a good libra
ry. a few good etchings, a good mo-
for car (or perhaps a plane).
And the girls, unlike their moth
ers. are not prone to throw fits Of
weeping and crashing Of teeth
when things go badly. They take it
ali as part Of the game. Too bad,
but the chin goes back I'D and the
battle goes merrily on.
They have become tndividualists,
TO A great extent. Hard hearted
about stupidity and sentiment and
cold as a stepmother's kiss is re-
puted to be.
Here is what one youngster has
to say of his fellow beings:
Dear Miss Lee-This is not letter to
ask for advice. It is lust 2 chance to
uop of a little of the pent-up anger
righteous anger. too. think. concern
ing the things that are being written. the
pictures that are supposed to depict me
and my generation. 7 am 20.
Have Accomplished Things
All this boloney about the red hot
namas and drug store shieks passed out
of existence with the cedar mop bob. Ny
friends are no more like that than yours
are
OF course we are young and do silly
things. but not half as silly as the young
papas who are toting their toddling young
sters down the street did when they we're
our age
Haven't We done cerious work2 How
many OF the contributions in magazines
and other literary fields have been offered
by va who wore knee pants or our hrst
longs during the celebration Of the
Armistice? Plenty and YOU know it and
so does those who are bowling and snatch
ing themselves bald headed with wonder
over what is to become of us.
] contend that We deserve some tribute.
some respect and admiration. that our
Judgment Is far more sound and thought.
worthy than those Of youngsters our age
ever have been - - -
Here is q youngster willing to do
trumpet blowing in a serious way.
He is championing the cause of his
generation. And most everything he
says is true. That's the grand part
of it.