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Show THE YOUTH PROBLEMFrom PROBLEM PROBLEl\1 PROBLEl 1 PROBLEMFrom \ From the earliest earhest times it appeals appears . that t.hat the pro- pro problem problem pro problem - blem of directing young folks in the t'1e t1e tine ' proper way has hasengaged hasengaged hasengaged engaged the serious senous attention attentlon of reformers and up- up uphftersand upliftersarid up-lifters up lifters - hfters-and hfters and lifters-arid lifters arid - and busybodiesA busybodlesA busybodies busybodles A book of etiquette etlquette published pubUshed in 1850 gravely gravelywarns gravelywarns gravelywarns warns voung oung young , women , omen of the penis perils of thealtz the \ waltz \\altz altz \ and anddeclares anddeclares anddeclares declares that . 'unmarl1ed unmarl1ed unmarried 'unman unman ' led ladies . should .sl1ould sl1ould refrain refram from fromthe fromthe fromthe the . waltz v.aItz vaItz altogether , , in m public pubUc and in private " It 15 is 15assumed isassumed isassumed assumed tr'at trat that ' married ladles"ere ladies ladles \ were \"ere "ere ere " supposed to beimmune be beimmune beimmune immune to its demoiallzing demOlaHzing dernoialzing ] ' effectsE effectsEvery effects effectsEvery E\ E Every Eery \ ery once in m a while whlle someone digs dlgS up an 011 olt oltnewspaper OIQnewspaper ; ne\\spaper ne spaper newspaper \ or ma magazine z1ne containing containmg an article whIch whIchthrOs whichthrows whichthrows thrO\\s thrO s throws \ \ light on this tendency to worry about the theyoung thejvoung young oung people of the past The boys and girls guIs of the theplesent thepresent thepiesent plesent present generation are causing caus111g consternation consternatlOn among amongthe amongthe amongthe the self-appointed self appointed - guardians guardlans of morality moral1ty moral1tyThere moralityThere moralityThere There is little httle reason , however , for believing thatthe that thatthe thatthe the young folks of 1937 aie rne are anyor any wore \ wor \\or or \ < : e . , n orally orotherwise or orotherlse orotherwise other\\lse other lse otherwise \ \ , than thooe thoe those . : , of foimer fOlmer former times Like Llke othels others othelsbefore othersbefore otheisbefore before them , they will probably probab1y grow up to "orry orry "orryabout 'a a " ' worryabout orry orryabout about then 0 own " n cluldl childien children en and grandchildrenThe grandchildren The most provoking provokmg husband is one who talks talksmdlstlI talksrndistin'ctly talksindistinctly rndistin'ctly rndistinctly mdlstlI ' ctly in his 1115 sleepHaving sleep sleepHaving Having Havmg the right nght ofay of \ way \\ay ay \ doesn doesnt t help one muchwhen much muchft when \ \ hen the other drn driver er is a foolWe fool We may maq just as well give glve the devil his Ius due He Hellprobable 11 11probablj 11probably probablj probably take it anywayNowadays anywav anywaj anyway anywavNowadays - - Nowadays No\"adays No "adays adays \ " " when "hen hen a friend invites you to sit Slt down downhe downhe downhe he may be inciting mClting vou Sou ou to join Jom a strike stnke A contemporary contemporar suggests that a woman sheddmg shedding sheddmgtears sheddingtears sheddingtears tears was the first practical practlcal waterpo\\ waterpo water waterpower waterpoer x a \ er developmentChinese development developmentChinese Chinese Chmese stenographeis stenographelS stenographers have little l1tUe opportunity todrspldyl to todbplJJ todispid dbplJJ drspldyl drspldyloriginality ! ] originality orIgmality , , as there is lS no spelling in m theIr theIrlanguage theirlanguage theirlanguage language languageI languageGenealogy I Genealogy , if pursued too far , might discover an anI anancestor anancestor anancestor I ancestor swinging swmgmg from the family familytree -tree tree - by his hlS neckor neckor neck neckor -or or - - or his hlS tailFinding tail tall tailFinding Finding Fmdmg five pearls in an oyster must have sur- sur surprlse surprised sur surprised - prised prlse l < : that New Jersey fisherman as much as if he hehad hehad hehad had found five oysters in a stewSome stew / ' \ . oldfashionedmothers mothers Ito Some old-fashioned old fashioned old-fashlOned fashlOned - mothers usedIto used to tell theii theil their theilhttle theirlittle theiilittle little httle g rls eve everything thmg at the age of 14 14But 14 But now nowother nowother nowother other little l1ttIe girls beat them to it _ |