| Show Clean Minds t Trained by Mothers Mother's Wit By fly BETTY BETrY BLAIR BLAm If Jt children are aro taught that sex sec matters matters mat- mat may ay be discussed cussed f openly with intellIgent Jf Parents and teachers and not ot with each other much ob oh- could be avoided Dear Miss B Blair I I. I read One More Mothers article also your very fine an er Which Inspires me me to write thIS letter I appreciated this lit- lit Hearts Heart's Haven Havene t tie e mothers mother's attitude and her de deSire de- de sire fure to give to her family the best that life can give for in this world of hard-boiled hard realities they need it But I feel that in some homes mothers are not so concerned Whether their offspring have culture cul cul- ture or not To my chagrin and sorrow lorrow last summer I 1 found vile writing on the walls wali in the beautiful beau- beau canyon restrooms that our government has bunt built for our comfort com corn fort Zort and health They had been soiled and made obnoxious by these obscene writings on the walls and doors It was a relief to get outdoors where the world was permeated with purity and beauty Homes Jomes Responsible What kind of homes do these youngsters come from who canso canso can canso so defile and de destroy troy property What is the father and mother going to ask for next for such a arace arace arace race of spoiled intolerant youngsters youngsters youngsters young young- whose mental education is iso isso so o 0 lack lacking Jacking ng My brother who was a mounted mount mount- ed police in France at the time of the World war tells me that nowhere else could you see such things written while here even our pavements are sometimes defiled defiled defiled de de- de- de filed by the writing chalk-writing boys and nd girls I wonder if printed signs warnIng warnIng warning warn warn- ing of arrest for defiling public property would help Mothers better forget so much bridge playIng playing playing play play- ing and pleasure seeking and at attend attend attend at- at tend to the lessons of clean- clean minded wholesomeness so much needed at home Its It's a mistake to take too much for granted A Mother I IThe The Tact that some some- mothers leave the sex education of their children up to other children who likewise have received theirs from immature minds and so on around the vicious circle is responsible for the condition condition condition condi condi- tion you describe Many parents believe that their children should be told the simple facts of life yet hesitate to do so because they themselves dont don't know how the subject should be treated Many books have been written explaining the ne necessity of ImpartIng imparting Imparting Impart impart- ing sex knowledge To do so 50 in an adult way that parents are supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to transpose into language that will suit the growing intelligence intelligence intelli intelli- gence genes of their children is a task Its It's easy enough to give the beginning beginning begin begin- ning fling lessons flowers the frogs and the bir birds s and the bunnies bunnies bun bun- nies but to go on from there is the rub I Sex Education Right here seems a good opportunity opportunity tunit to tell my readers about a anew anew anew new book just out called Step by Step in Sex Education by Dr Edith Hale Swift Macmillan Publishers Pub Pub- lishers New York This book gives the actual conversations between parents and children from first questions to adult information as asit asit asit it should be given through the years of development Nat Naturally rally these actual conversations will not take place in any family but these stand as a fundamental guide Teach children there are certain subjects that should be discussed between parents and children only since other children are not equipped to give the correct information mation matlon and you will have stopped a lot of obscenity Children will accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac this knowledge as they do doether other ether facts It will be nothing to write about on walls nor to trouble their own little curio curious s minds TERMS OF PSYCHOLOGY Dear Miss Blair Please will you help help me me Tell me ne which psychologists gave us the following terms complex inferiority inferiority in in- feeling moron introvert and arid extravert Thank youA youA youA you A B. B Glad to help Freud gave us the word complex which is on everybody's everybody's everybody's every every- body's tongue Alfred Adler contributed contributed con con- inferiority feeling equally popular Dr Goddard gave u us the word moron and Dr Jung gave us the pair of terms introvert and ex ex- TIPS ON TIPPING Dear Miss Blair I am going on a trip soon and would appreciate your telling me how much to tip for meals for baggage porters and sleeping car porters Thank you N C. C Tipping depends on y your ur personal budget and the service you require The following tipping customs ar are fairly universal however For waiters waiters wait wait- ers about 10 per cent of your billor bill For or baggage porters about 15 cents for a a. small bag carried a short dis dis- dis- dis tance A quarter for more bags Fifty cents for even more in exceptional exceptional ex ex- cases For sleeping car porters tip a quarter to a half hall dollar for a days day's trip Fifty cents for lor overnight Unless unless unless unless' un un- less less less' you OU need lots of ol attention In that case a dollar is not too much I II I NOTE TO OI 31 M. M I. I Ji II There is no premium value listed I I 1898 for your dime of |
