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Show oo ,THE FLAPPER'S SECRET. Lester F. Scott, secretary of the ;t'amp Fire Girls, will tour westward from New York to see how far this "Shifters" movemem has spread "Shifters" is the secre organization of he and she flappers It started in New York among high school stu dents Wanting pin money, and re membering Barnum's maxim about ;one being born c er minute the lormed a flirt's secret BOCietj Members wear badges brass dips. These, by r itual code are worn mi ; nous combinations on ha1 and other garments, signifying. "I flirt," "You lean date me up for tonight,' Yes, 1 kiss. ' e' cetera ad Jazzeum. A newly initialed member is told thai he or she has be 11 stun;;, and advised ad-vised to pass the Joke along to others. Tin Shiners' movement has spread like wildfire, all through the eastern cities The badge makers arc seUing S600 a day un New York City, Providence Provi-dence Mappers bought 20,000 of the i brass fraternity pins in a week The "Shifters" has had a mushroom growth because an form ol secret so-' cioiy thrills and hynQtizes the imagi nation of youth. 1-undamentallv. it is n gold brick, the initiation fee running as high as $4 to $6 Officials of the Camp Fire Girls say1 ithey are organizing agalna ihe ' Shirt-,ers" Shirt-,ers" largely because Ihey discover! that 11 is causing poor girls to spend j their money unwisely. Hip movement now hooking many girls who work for: jthelr own living, as well as high school ! and college flappers. The "Shifters" craze is the most pe culiar psychological wave that has swept the country since jazz music! was Imported from the underworld dives of Buenos Aires While it may be based on a joke the desire of the stung to pass the sting along it has dangerous possibilities possi-bilities to the morals of American youth. It makes its appeal by trading on ver thin and forbidden ice. That the I .nature of the bail appeals to so many .among the young should make the grownups put on their thinking raps. I No matter how tolerant an observer I may he. It is obvious that something is psychically wrong with a large percentage per-centage of American youth. The solution is largely In .outdoor sports and more attention to children in the home. |