The Washington times., 1936-11-19

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"But today, we worry about
our daughters, not for fear they
will elOpe, but that they won't
stay eIoped after they've once
departed.
"They seem to think nothing Of
going off on weekend excursions
with young men they know as
little about as they know about
the man in the MOON"
81 always hope that my daugh-
terS will come back married, but
not at all. They merely an
nOunce they've spent a weekend
at FlOra'S or DOra's or some girls
home, who seems as irresponsible
as they do. These girls smoke
and drink, while their mothers
remain at home and agOniZe
over them.
Sometimes I feel about ready
to call it a day and quit.
MISERABLE MOTHER"
One dare not generalize too
much about young people these
days. They seem at once so i'm
mature, so blind to stability in
life and their own future happi-
ness-and this, together with all
the bluff of sophistication that
they assume.
And yet I have known scores
of such girls, who seemed wild
and untamed, to settle down and
become good wives and mothers
after they were married. A baby
is a great miracle worker, say
what you will.
And isn't this combination Of
maturity and sophistication the
fault of parents who bring up
their girls to be pleasure-loving
and irresponsible?
The patience of mothers-is
there anything else in the world
that equals it?
WE ACCEPT CHASTISEMENT
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
"When you urged a certain girl
not to break with her fiance be-
cause he did not kiss and pet her
in public, and then went on to
say that young people who petted
publicly made an amusing spec
tacle- 1 felt you had queer idea
of amusement.
"PubIic demonstrations of this
sort are both cheap and disgust
ing. In answering this girl you had
a splendid opportunity to spike
the vile ha' it Of men and women
"pawing" each other in public, but
YOU lack the intestinal strength
to tell the truth"
"DISGUSTED."
I'm sorry this gentleman is els
gusted with me, and I am also
sorry that it will not be possible
for me to give his letter in full.
But if it were published, as writ
ten. with all the flaming diatribe
against public spooners, I should
probably wind UP in jail for using
improper language in public print.
No, my friend, though Anthony
Comstock is dead and the quest
for improper literature is not what
it once was, believe me, I could
not print your accusations against
youngsters who spoon in public.
KID BROTHER ENTANGLED
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
"My kid brother has got himself
pretty badly entangled in an af-
fair with an older woman who has
had a dark brown past. Mother
does nothing but sit at home and
weep, and father says the young
fool can hang himself in q moose
of his own knOtting.
"But 1 feel that q boy Of 1S
should not be allowed to ruin his
life in this fashion. Proof of this
woman's wild youth Is not want
ing. A married man made . sub
stantial settlement on her as a
quit claim, If that's what you
call it.
"shaIl I tell her that I am in
possession of these facts or lay
them before my brother? The rest
of the family may take this affair
as a cross to be borne, but / be-
lieve in fighting.
COLDER SISTER"
Boys in the throes of first seri-
GUS love affair are difficult to han,
die. If you put before your brother
testimony damaging to his older
enamorata, it is not unlikely that
it may arouse in him a sense of
chivalry. He will probably feel he
is protecting a defenseless woman.
At 10, it's unlikely that he would
marry his older charmer, but If