Show I I Sophistication Is Going Out OntI Out Ont Youth Doffing the Soiled Mantle of I O I i Those Embittered by Disappointment A A COLLEGE DEAN said recently recently recent- recent ly that being sophisticated is going out of fashion Can it be true that the craze for sophistication to to appear blase to seem worldly wise to know it all to be hard-boiled hard and contemptuous contemptuous contemptuous con con- of the simple things things- can it be true that modern youth Is through with it And why Is the advent of old fashioned hats and ruffles so influencing influencing influencing in in- our point of view that modern youth now wants to throw sophistication into the discard I think I know the r reason ason says saysa a woman writer of international reputation Modern 1 Youth must have found out the real meaning of the word Poring over their dictionaries they must h have ve ac- ac bumped into the derivation derivation derivation tion of sophisticated For sophisticated m mea means e a n s adulterated Look it up and see if it doesn't And come to think of it it couldn't have a better name If the wisest of us had tried to put puta a fitting label on that loss of youths youth's natural a and n d beautiful freshness if a genius hate had tried to express that warping of standards standards standards stand stand- ards that tainting of taste that souring of outlook that premature aging of all the sensibilities he could have manufactured no better word than sophisticated For sophistication is an of viewpoint of judgment of taste by the taint of frustration frustration frustration tion the bitterness of disillusionment disillusionment disillusionment disillusion disillusion- ment the poison of disappointment disappoint disappoint- ment the dregs of the cup of poor experience True l life e is not all beauty or joy boy or perfection Neither is it all bitter or sour or wrong One of the most powerful weapons weapons weapons ons in the hands of is its freshness its faith to write on its own slate only beauty and perfection And when youth prematurely prematurely prematurely pre pre- maturely dons the soiled and shabby mantle of those who have known disappointment and failure failure failure fail fail- ure it does right to call this by the name sophistication a synonym of adulteration e Bell Syndicate Syndicate Service |