Evening star., 1938-12-10
Etiquette on
Parties for
Young
Parents Should Not
Forget to Provide
Entertainment.
BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.

BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.
Grown-ups, in the rush and excite
ment of their own parties, are apt
to forget about their young sons and
daughters, who will be home for
Christmas holidays shortly, expect
ing lots of gayety and good times
even though they are too young to
attend the debutante affairs.
Start now to arrange something
that is suitable for their age, and
amusing to them. If there are sub
scription dances for the junior set
that their friends are going to at
tend, make arrangements for your
child to be invited.
If you wish your youngster to be
popular and have good time don't
expect him to be dressed differently
from all others. If all the 16-year-
old boys have dinner coats, try to
see that yours has one 1t should
not be very expensive. for he will
outgrow it in few years, and have
to have another.
Daughter should be given as much
freedom as possible in selecting her
clothes. but put your foot down on
any ideas of sophisticated gowns.
No limitations of older sister should
be allowed.
Small luncheon parties for your
daughters friends are always fun
and do not have to be elaborate.
Dinner parties before the sub
scription dance or private dances
always make the youngsters feel
very grown-up. Mother and father
should put in an appearance either
before or after dinner. meet the
guests and chat with them for q
few minutes.
If the parents are on their way
out to their own party for the eve
ming, then a responsible person
should be in the house (but out of
sight) who has the authority to
quiet the group if enthusiasm runs
too high, and they get too noisy.
If the youngsters attend the
theater or the movies afterward
the family should arrange to be in
the audience during the performance
If the boys and girls are under 16.
In this case they should meet them
outside at the end of the show" and
see that each one who has not been
called for is left at his or her own
door.
Invitations to a dinner or dance
should be issued by the parents,
"in honor" of their daughter, Miss
Young Washington.
A 16-year-old girl may be allowed
to attend the movies alone with a
boy in his car, If her family knows
him well. Also, to go to q barbecue
afterward, If she can get home by
midnight. This privilege should only
be accorded during the holidays
and not on school nights.
II the boy Is well known to the
parents he should be allowed to es-
cort the daughter to and from a
dance in his car; If they should use
public conveyance they should 60
in a group If possible.
Parents with only sons must not
feel that they need not entertain for
him, because they should. He must
be allowed to entertain his friends
at dinner, supper or dance, Just
as do the girls.
Sunday afternoon is a favorite
time for all the youngsters to get
together, so make your home 50
attractive that they will want to
gather there. Let them entertain
in the room that has the radio or
victrola, see that there are plenty
of soft drinks in the refrigerator and
the cake box full of cookies or big
thickly iced cake.
The parents Of this group might
take turns on Sunday afternoons
and in this way the responsibility
wouldn't fall on just one household.
Remember the more the boys and
girls are permitted to play together
when young the less chance there
is Of having q boy-crazy girl. or .
girl-crazy boy on your hands in .
few yearsl