The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-20


Adolescents have grown u
air. way in which they are so
manners, and real interest in
Certainly, those are the impress
sions you carry away after talking
to young people-junior high and
high school age--like the ones who
gAthered At the annual convention
Of the Columbia Scholastic Press
association on the Columbia cam
pus IN New York recently.
There was no sign of the "swk-
ward age among those more than
1000 Student writers from states
a far apart ~ Alabama and
Washington.
Only BY talking to them as in
dividuals could you find out how
young they are. They don't sit up
nigjlfs worrying about the condi-
ton ct the world they will soon
have to enter. They aren't a. dis
turbed by what 10 happening In
other countries ~ some Of the cur
rent youth" publicity might lead
you to think.
II they sit up at night II Ia to
listen to the swing music Of Benny
Goodman or Artie Shaw.
they were impressed. too. tsince
most Of them want to be writers)
BY the big name Newspaper men
and women who addressed them.
Impressed enough to get their
autographs TO carry home. but not
impressed enough to be shy about
asking every question that popped
into their heads, from when a
celebrity arrives In New York. how
do you 90 about getting an inter-
view with him ?" to why don't
the newspapers leave Robert Tay-
ior alone y" That last came from
. pretty l6-year-old girl.
After being depressed by the
sWPA Here We Come" type of
slogan today's young think up. it's
actually heartening to find average
youngsters pretty much the same
~ they've always been. taking
things In their strides, worrying
about how to get into . Charlie
Mccarthy broadcast. instead of
getting prematurely gray from
worrying over whittier Are We
Drifttng?"
George
Because I cannot make this COL
umn the center of . family con-
troversy ! am not going TO print
your letter.
I agree with many things you
aay and also agree heartily with
tn fair minded readers who. be-
Ing very interested. insisted that
there are always two sides to a
question. Furthermore ] was glad
to know you have 10 much faith
IN your brother and that you feel
nothing win ever make enemies Of
you- l am sure brothers should
let that happen only In rare cases.
Personally. ! sincerely hope that
an Of you forget the Quarrels and
make an earnest effort to be more
congenial. Life ia pretty short
for any Of w to sit by and try
TO justify our wrongdoing or. on
the other hand, paas judgment on
anyone else.
In this business I have found
that the men and women who mind
their own affairs never have any
thing to complain about or any
thing to explain.
CYNTHIA GREY.
Dear Nias Grey: l displeased
my husband the other night by
remark ! made and he slapped
ne. Do you think . man has
any right to slap = woman? i
can't stand to even look at him
now. He looks 70 cowardly that
I hate him, but he says Il ! ever
displease him again he will con-
tinue to slap me. WIFE.
No. I don't think = man has
any right to slap . woman. !
think there are dmee when he ID
Justified h FEELING like slap
Ping hsr but he should let It 60
at that. for hiB strength far ex-
ooeds herS and he only succeeds
n being the coward be b. By
dlapping her.
I heard . rather hardened man
once remark that no matter
what Z woman did. she should
not Be slapped for the simple
reason that any man Of any
strength could do 1t and not be