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Show SAYS FLAPPER HAS NO SOUL American Girls Polished Only on Outside, Divine Di-vine Thinks CHICAGO. Dec 16 The American flapper has no soul. Dr. Nenemlah P.oynton. Baptist divine, told the young people's societies at Moody tabernacle in an address today. The Chinese girl, he said, "is often prettier than the American girl. They are beautiful girls. For one thlnn their hah- Is always black, their e cs, are black, while their cheeks and Hps are red a natural red, norhlng aitl-flcial aitl-flcial about it." EXTERNAL polish. The old-fashion-1 mother who counseled her daughter to "meditate well," Dr. Boynton said, has been displaced dis-placed by the modern mother, who warns her dwightor to be sure "you have your nuniuro set v.ith you" "And this modern girl docs not confine con-fine the use of the manicure set to her private apartment " he continued, ' but you sec it in evidence on street cars, elevators, crowded corners and eerywherc else. '( me of your Chicago authors has said that she U&es them so much that she Is polished to perfection on the outside. But the trouble Is thh flapper girl has no soul, and in their sober moments mo-ments I fancy they long for something some-thing to polish them on the inside so they will really be what they appear on the outside. ADVICE TO YOl SG MF.V. "And do they say to the young man of America 'Take plenty of time to meditate' No, when lie gos Into business they tell him to get a hurtle on hi in and get business Jn the colleges col-leges they talk u lot about muscle, and be sure and be good eaters, and masticate mas-ticate your food well, so that you will have a sound body and a sound life Well, there is a modicum of truth in that, but not all. You've got to give some healthy meditation a fair chance." |