St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-01-23

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of the teen-age girls in my office thought was
pretty Generation the Generation the
Generation 1t took just evening to convince know
ledge" has been deficient
attended a and given by a young
social fraternity recently was there strictly a spectator
designed little gown the
fashion husbands preferred
the Friday night fights My friend and both
thinking Beank Land
arrived the ballroom feeling sophisticated and SNUG What fools
mortas be-
benefit dance For the
young Tickets for this type OF
usually $15 There three
tailoring sitting table at the entrance to the ball
asked for $225 each for tickets.
bathrooms find line of young men
Ivy Leaguepe tailoring congregated around the dance floor
Groups young sitting tables in the
eyeglasses and exaggerated Slim Jim tailoring approached my eno
floor He did not favor Yours
glance probably looked like his grandma in
eyeglasses conservative grey silk suit.
a SALON. The Going Steady
couples They sat in bodyo-body pairs
physical proximity they their togehernes
During progress the evening" they danced only with each other
they argumenatve Most of the time
they appeared bored.
Maryn Monroe type
wgge walked movement gesture di
the time there elaborate
obvou the line The stag line appraised the
shopping housewife appraises
bored indifference each depending on his type All
silly the narrowapel and pencthn pants
vogue
Except Going Steady" couples chung together
the of the people
something The boys trying
superiority girls trying prove
desirabhty.
They of because they too involved their
little individual battles
did msbehave They
obviously from middle class homes where parents trying
the good things life Not all of the
cored girls ngh sheath dresses The most tight dresses
girls personality
perhaps attracting steady date for the future steady date thai
would them the class of those who "beonged who out
wardy During generation girls
would have been unhnable for girl to
unescorted a social affair.
My friend and who thought much
disturbed and puzzled wondered point
girl relationships had disappeared had
replaced? the next week discussing what had
young girls my office talked to daughernaw
talked several eenage girls apartment building
Information" young
thought slightly doy the head 1t old story to
her roaming literally packs 1t relieves
attached boy from the financial and social responsibility that
calling her home escortng her social affair
escorng Sometimes they boy
girl and compatible relationship established In that event he e
home there is enough compatible relationship they
will probably end up Going Steady.
understand the enthusiasm with which my young
office I'm seady
they last separated themselves from the They
belong somebody Somebody belongs to them.
Although Going Steady" necessarily
marriage probably young people
TODAY are getting married at an earlier age than in nv youth
tons Bdooms "a where formerly the
number of Is brides
median
basis
Statistics also show that in so of American divorces
day groom addition
young people of 18 widowed or divorced.
At the time people marrying the fin
responsibilities living high.
the physical novelty has off and the drive saaed
bills increasingly
engf whatever slim marriage
place
is a get omh
to get from parental authority Why What happened
American parents and the American homer there little
standing homes that daughter has to attach herself
first she entce from the
that she is wanted, order feel
Parents to have
haven't the ogges notion
think do outside the
If parent would suggest that your
daughter laments: MOTHER
CHANGED!, you give some thought to that protest
Times HAVE changed
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