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Show Significant Conduct of Young Women. H s For several years we have had our opinions H concerning the inevitable results of the "new H ' woman," as the term first began to be applied H a number of years since, about the time the H agitation for change in dress began to be heard M from a few club women. It was within a period H of a few yeras that several innovations for H women were introduced and whose adoption B quickly followed their practice by "society lead- H ers," among them, riding astride, a departure Bj from the custom of generations, a little later the Hj , introduction of articles of wearing apparel of the H ' "masculine" sort, and following in quick sacces- H . sion, the demand for "bloomers," then trousers H v (which have not yet been adopted, however), H then the short skirt, then the hobble skirt, the slit H . . skirt, and so on, each change showing a plain H appeal to the "sensual" instincts! H . Although these various changes and innova- H ';; tions have been brought about by women, men, H . ' that is hubsands and fathers, have relied upon H ; their wives and mothers to keep a proper restric- H tion on such things as the dress 'and conduct of H , of the members of their own sex, and conse- H. y. ..' quently have attempted no supervision over these H: matters. - H However, coniditons have reached such a H stage that the leading papers of the country are H taking up the question and urging that men take H - . t a hand in correcting some of the evils which H ,x women have permitted, or even encouraged, to H spr'ng up to the injury and detriment of the H "',? race, t is alleged that the modest thinking and t . acting woman of the"good old days" is no longer' KvS-- rfjjpS' wan y tHing but a membryThence men must take up js ,', these questions which should be the concern of I $$fi:; the feminine portion of the race. TJrtb August Hf5 Mw-1 Pictorial Review, an influential paper that claims HI '' p a million readers, has the follwoingto say re- Hi . specting this question: H "What of your daughter's musical taste? H She's in the parlor now, entertaining a caller H; with the very, latest songs. And you are beating It ' me wk your 00 as you read There's a H; ".aKtr strange lift to that ragtime stuff, eh? But forget H, the tune and catch the words: H' V 'Honey-man. I sigh for you; L, With my lips to yours, I could die for you." R Or: H "Wait till I get you alone in the dark H I 'In a nice little, shady, little, corner of the Hf park." Hf Yes; that's your daughter, the little girl who H, ' such a short while back sat on your knee tugging H at your mustache or searching your pockets for Hi, chocolates. How much of that sensual doggerel H! does she understand? Perhaps she is only HI charmed by the lift of the rollicking tune that H has set even vour feet going. You are not sure, H.i but you know that when she has gone to bed H h you'll confiscate the song and burn it. H'' No goo ', Mr. Father. Her music cabinet is H filled with more of the same sort, and if you burn Hi the lot, she'll hear the songs wherever she goes H along that sheltered path you are strewing with H roses for her. H : Bjrthis time you have worked yourself up to B a' fine moral frenzy. You are just waiting' for H your wifo to come home. You mean "to tell her P ' what you think of the way 'sho has brought up H her daughter. Don't! Just stop and realize that H - thj girl .is your daughter, too. You are half-way H responsible for her bringing up as well as her H' existence. And particularly are you responisble HL , for what she knovs or does not know of that H' phase of life which was probably an open book to H you before you ever met and knew her mother. HI Your wife, thanks to her parents and to you, has HI ' led the sheltered life You have proudly felt that HI you have screened her from "a lot of knowledge Hf ., that would do her no good. Blind, adoring mother Hjj , that she is, she honestly belie'ves that times are Hj ' ' changing and that her daughter must change H; v & with it. Sometimes she is a bit shocked at what H I .-; her daughter says, but she is assured by glib Hf-? ' y, speakers before her club that the modern girl H , does not shy at the word "sex." H J ' r Ev El ' |