New Britain herald., 1929-04-20
Woman Editor Finds Old-F Fashioned
 Traits in New-F ashioned Girls
BY JULIA BLANSHARD

| NC" o'h, fpTll SU.-1 OunS lIOU- .
 erns win a signal victory in the ap- | pointment of Margaret Sangster as
 editor of the new Smart Set maga- | zine.
 In the first place, whether wo-
 men know it or not. most of theii | tavOrite women's magazines are edited by men, not women. To
 choose a woman is concession to | the moderns.
 Secondly, Miss Sangster, novel;
 ist short-story writer. poet and 1 former editor of religious maga- ] zine, believes thoroughly in the | young woman of today.
 As a matter of fact, the very eff ] Cient and easy manner with which 1 she edits magazine, manages 1 charming home for herself and husband. continues to write short stories on the side and still have time for squash tennis. hikes,
 bridge and other pastimes, is
 nothing if not a splendid illustra-
 ton of the tine technique of the
 modern young business or profes- ! sional woman.
 Nlntlcrnity in Office Moreover, the atmosphere in her skyscraper office, with its Central Park view. is modern. too There
 one finds none of the dread, pre- tcntiors formality that successful women used to surround them- selves with Miss Sangster is di- rect not the least self-important. but vitally interested in her job. accessible. pleasant and collected through busy days and innumer- able visitors and decisions.
 Miss Sangster is emphatic in feeling that the postwar flapper made real contribution before she passed out of our civilization.
 The pendulum has swung back a long ways and will swing more," Miss Sangster said. But when the smoke of criticism Of the flapper. or should say the criticism of her smoke, clears away, l think the world will credit her with hav- ing added a frank honesty in hu- man relations. d genuine courage in facing life and an admirable gal lantry 10 the qualities for which wo- men have always been lauded.
 Take her alleged lack Of senti ment for which she has been crlti- Cized. It seems to me not such a difference in the emotions of wo- men today and a few generations ego as a difference in technique of living. Today's girl is braver n the way she hides her sorrows or losses them off nonchalantly. The modern young girls sportswoman- like manner is much easier on those about her.
 Personally. I admire the young modern's downright healthy hon. ostv in facing life. There is no qnibbling about things. l doubt if they 1hlnk any worse thoughts than their crandmothcrs did. They merely air thvm.'
 Even when it comes 10 the cur 1 rent accusation that the modern | girl is utterly irrcligious. Miss S4ngster defends her. She is in | Fl position to know something about 1 this, too
 T find that many of the sub scribers to this magazine for young l women are the same women who 1 to religious periodicals she said. ''You see, they really are ! giving religion a thought. though | they ask entirely different things of it.
 Critical of Change
 Changing attitudes always bring criticism or those who cause the she stated "The slangy boyish young modern is accused Of talking ami thinking too much Of sex. Personally, feel that the sex t essness of the business woman -on- he job today is one of the real con- 'ributions of this generations Of young
 Along with her short skirts, short hair and directness. today'S young woman drives into her 1ob and never drags sex into the busi- office the wy the fashioned girl did who injected it into every thing by the way she blushed at the mere mention of legs and was of every masculine gaze.
 Moreover, there is a fine lack 3f cgotism in young working Wo- men today. They are intelligent n their approach to their jobs but 10 not labor under the impression that they are indispensabl They have a tuoyan.. experimental attl- 'ude towards trying out their Ideas and enthusiastically tackling anoth- er angie if the first one fails.
 Modcrn-ist Feminine
 "It really was the postwar flap per who taught all women to ask [ more of life and get it. l think he majority of young moderns are .ruv feminine at heart and want all the old fashioned things that Ho- ner crave. love. home and children. put they also want job they en- oy. That is the difference.
 T think many of the girls who nave IllUIcH tH'lI tledIfllts So tttit- ! 'ully from their sheltered mothers, \ ho have censored plays and books hey have shown their mothers, will n turn make excellent mothers themselves. They may have done some things they did not in their iearts approve But they will be lble to advise their children sanely md helpfully. The pendulum will swing clear back when these moth