Show U MO MORNING MAY 13 1923 Claims ight To Send Paren way y t e er a r tit I S' S S Y x r ti J f feY eY Yr t f 4 ft ti J FLORENCE FLORENCE JOH JOHNSON I I By BiROY ROY GIBBONS N NEA EA Service Service Writer CHICAGO l. l May No 12 No No longer is the parent al always py Filial rebellion onto love departs do- do parts and respect c can cm to no longer long hold Is both morally warranted and legally justified Such Is Js the Interpretation Int put on the decision n of ot a a. Chicago court which permitted Florence Johnson 17 to sentence her own father lather to prison by by- granting the daughters daughter's request that such punishment be imposed because of the fathers father's failure to discharge his parental duties while intoxicated Sociological students s pondering over possible effect effect of the unprecedented unprecedented dented decree say it sweeps away what little remaining authority at attaches attaches attaches at- at itself to parenthood od RIGHT SAYS GIRLAnd GIRLAnd GIRL And rightly so BO says FlorenceI Florence r I I worked for tor tormy my living and my father t Just rust because hes he's my Is love a a. matter matte ot of duty or can it be held only jonly through re respect respect respect re- re Isn't there there some limitation to the old Mosaic commandment Honor thy father and thy mother that amends its application application cation to neglectful parents The story of ot Florence Johnson Johnson John John- son raises a question of economic economic eco eco- importance tha that transcends transcends transcends tran tran- the old age-old theories of 01 filial obligation on father I dont don't see why I should love I and honor him Ho He got drunk constantly and often otten MY patience wouldn't hold holdout holdout holdout out any longer In Sunday school we were taught to to ob obey y C oti parents But how is that po possible IDle le when they forfeit your respect In the world Im I'm of as much value as h he ls is I have proved my right to assert myself by earning a living not only for lor myself but formy formy for lor my little brother and sister PONDERED PROBLEM I 1 thought a long time before I had bad lather father sent awa away I did not act through anger or vengeance He had a duty and he shirked I it H. t That duty was pushed on my shoulders Iy mother is dead There were 1 the two little ones to keep Often hb h used to take some of the 18 1 earned every week and spend It for liquor No I dont don't see why I should be asked to love loye him just because he is js my father i Mothers and fathers what do you think of 01 that Do you think any parent has the right to expect implicit obedience from a child when hen the parent has forfeited that childs child's s respect What is your attitude toward your jour own children Has Florence Johnson turned the searchlight of truth on the secret s-cret of failure in so many homes where the offspring are wayward and the parents in despair Many parents today are firm firmin I in the I belief that implicit obedience obedience obedience obe obe- should be demanded of their children without reserva- reserva reservation reserva reserva- tion Does this old family maxim hold true In this age of indi individualism I Is it in accordance with your ideas of twentieth century freedom freedom freedom free free- dom Write your opinion to the editor Telegram |