Evening star., 1937-05-18

What do you think? We want your
opinion. CORA.
Answer.-It depends, Of course, upon
what return the individual boys and
girls make to their parents. But, TAX
ing the matter by and large, think
the average father and mother get
more comfort and more support out
of their daughters than they do their
sons.
There are exceptions to all rules,
and there are many men who never
forget their obligation to those who
bore and reared them and who are
the prop and stay Of their parents.
But for most men the old rhyme holds
true that tells us that my son Is my
son until he gets him wife, but my
daughter Is my daughter all of her
life"
The tradition that son is more val
liable to his parents than a daughter is
founded upon the old order when men
were needed for fighting, for hunting,
for tilling the soil and when the sup
port OF family depended on them.
Then girls were Just so much excess
baggage, so to speak. Mouths TO be
fed, backs to be clothed, they were a
burden upon their families until they
could be unloaded on husbands. So
1t was no wonder that the advent of
son was hailed with feasting and
Joy and the birth of girl was an oc-
caslon for lamentations and weeping.
RUT all Of that is changed now. In
poor families girls get to work as
soon as boys. Most Of them earn as
much and are far more generous to
their families with what they make.
1t Is the girls who fix up the home
and buy mother and father new
clothes and little comforts. But so
far from appreciating this and realiz-
ing how much more their daughters
do for them than their sons do, many
parents feel that they have a right to
all that girl earns and take her pay
envelope from her as matter of
course, while they do not dream of
treating their sons that way. MANY
mother who conhscates Mary's weekly
salary without even so much as saying
thank you" boasts of what a good son
John Is If he makes her an occasional
present.
Furthermore, when the children
marry and go about the business of
life for themselves, it is the daugh-
ters Who never waver in their affec-
tions for the old people at home.
No matter how busy they are they
f1nd time for their weekly letter to
mother and father. and If it is hu-
manly possible they go back to visit
them. But many a son never writes
home and gets 50 absorbed in his
family and his business that he lets
years go by without ever paying his
parents a visit.
When the old home Is broken up
1t is the daughters who take their
parents in to live with them, not the
sons, except rarely. No matter how
big their houses, there is not room
enough in it for the old people, but
daughter can always find a place
for mother or father. even If she
lives in shack
Most OF the men who are support
ing old people are taking care of their
wives parents, not their own.
nEAR MISS DX-We are two
young men in our early 2Os, who
are always out for a good time. We
are good spenders and are targets
for gold diggers. Here is our prob
lem: We are tired OF being held up
all the time and we are fed up on
the hints they drop at every oppor-
tunity for things they want and places
they want to go. We have tried
every method known to modern man
to ditch these females. but all to no
| avail. What is your advice as to how
to get rid OF these "would-be brides"7
TWO ANXIOUS BOYS.
Answer-1 should say that your
only safety IS in fight Scram. Beat
1t. Take to the tall timber, and go
while the going is good II you stay
in their vicinity there Is no more
chance for you to escape from your
gold dggers than there would be from
bloodhound that was hot on your
| At last!