Show S s lC 5 95 25 si 1 1 Modern I cl rn Society Smirks s at the Ancient A ci Outi Out- Out i t. ti worn Puritanical Traditions TradItIons' l By DR ALFRED E. E STEARNS Massachusetts Educator 6 25 5 5 57 45 57 I r Whereas boys of yesterdays yesterday's generation were reared in homes in which id idealism was taught even with a rod religious beliefs were nurtured and the inherent purity of woman was a conviction boys of today y ar are being spiritually demolished by movies modern literature and modern social li life Modern society smirks smirk at the ancient outworn Puritanical traditions traditions of right and wrong b bIt I It forgets that there is only one result when fundamental moral laws are are obeyed only one one result when they are disobeyed whether th the talk is about blue laws loss of personal privilege or what not Men of society who ho draw liquor out of hidden places at a pubic banquet are doing more morein i iii in l one hour t to make Bolshevists and anarchists out of the waiters and und at attendants nt- nt i than all street oratory and nd pamphlets could in a year The magazines which the thc boys bos read make fun of the home and of marriage marriage b the They rhey y make mockery and prudery out of the fine and the pure Tin Tic movies are blatant and insistent in their appeal The rhe boys are aware of it They are trying tring some of them to clean it up It is grownup society so so- etch which is not helping |