Evening star., 1932-01-31

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St. John Erpine, English dramatia,
tuouId haze his daughter Ioathing cock
tails, smoking and using slang ,Ohen
mith her friends.
about that daughter Of mine" he continued:
First of all 1 should wish her to begin early
to take on some form of expression of the sense
of beauty she would have in her If she was
normal Music poetry, art, anything that
would develop later into relief to her soul and
a refuge from the horrors of machine civlliza-
ton Next I'd try to find school for her, II
there is such thing on this green earth, where
she would not be taught to call bath a
'bawth, nor to sngsong her speech. nor to
believe her country colony inhabited by
simians instead of a nation of men and women
Il should like to have the fact drilled into
her head that life not lent to her to play
with to have good time, to find out the best
lipsticks or to snare some unwary youth into
wedding, but was something for which at the
end she would have to give an accounting like
a cashier in a restaurant 1 should like to have
her come to understand thoroughly that this
world is a kind of jungle and her job must be
to try to help better it.
I'D wish her to join early some unpopular
cause and pusl- it along; she could always find
plenty of them.
II she would take up any OF IlleSe, q hot
give hoot for a basketful OF college degrees by
comparison"
husband, home and children, the more
the merrier" is what John F. Hylan, ex-mayor
of New York City. wills for his ideal daughter.
And he also insists some equipment for her
to make a living. This outline comedies almost
exactly with his own daughters life.
The former mayor now judge OF the Chl~
drefl's Court in Brooklyn, continues enthusiastic
cay My daughter has pretty good career in
taking care of her babies. She is following
exactly the path outlined for her. She mar
ried fine young man who is kind to his
father-in-law and mother law and de-
voted husband and father. Such career every
lovely. homelike girl should follow. My
daughter has nice children and is helping
educate them
Il always believed that every girl should
prepare herself before marriage to make her
own way and earn her own living if mis-
fortune befalls her. My daughter is capable OF
doing this. She went to college and passed the
examinations enabling her to receive teachers
license before she married.
BY what profession should girl best sup
port herself?" 1 asked.
"A course in stenography and typewriting Is
practical way" he counseled. 1T is well for
a girl even after she is married, to follow up
some remunerative work and help her husband.
Thus she and he can work together and save
for home. A wife's outside work should not
interfere with her home life. business girl
with sensible husband can work and take
care of herself under any circumstances arising
in life as well in work!
While she is doing essential work, think 1t
all right for her to employ some one to do the
laundrying and cleaning, because in so doing
she gives employment to another who is not
equipped for business or professional work and
helps them earn living. But she should know
how to do these things in order that she may
properly manage her own household, and, after
all, that is the big thing in woman's life"
THAT woman should be nodded to her
| environment is depicted by Peter Freuchen,
famous Arctic explorer This tall red bearded
giant is regarded as one of the leading authori-
ties on Eskmos, and lives at Cape York Green
land, in house lying farthest north in the
world.
My ideal daughter is very much alive.
She's 13-and getting bigger every day" laughed
the famous explorer. IF had my way she
would be like her mother who was Eskimo.
My son is an Eskimo, and never even taught
him TO write. But my daughter goes to school
in Denmark and wants to specialize in zoology
no she can understand the bird life and ami
laal habits on the island where we life. Now
she can initiate any bird and make gus come
in. She can also initiate any animals cry
Il want her to develop along these lines
she herself already fancieS. She goes to school
and comes home to the island every Sunday
Our island home is in the Baltic Sea,
Denmark 1t is only 300 acres large, and we
have no neighbors but birds and animals. My
daughter hasn't accompanied me on any ex-
petitions yet, but 1 want her to when she
gets older. Then like my wife, she ac-
company me on expeditions to the ice cape
living In tents and snow houses and driving
among !eecaps and dog sleds."