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Show 4 AN EDITORIAL BY FLORENCE DAVIES ! 4 M MORI QB RGK Well," well, here's another charge nr-imt the modern girl We've been told all about her man-l man-l ners and morals, but now comes a London physician who sa tSiat Men Iher temper isn't what It was In the good old days when mother was a Rtrl. or, putting It more logically, that modern mod-ern srlrls are not nearly as sweet-tempered as their mothers were And the reason seems a little Inconsistent, Incon-sistent, for he explains the tad temper tem-per of the women nnd girls of today by 1-ad health As a usual thing, lie says, a bad-tempered bad-tempered woman Is a sick woman not necessarily a disabled woman, but one lacking In perfect health, and the r.lckness. he adds Is usually in a dl- seatlva sens. Something seems amiss here, for the j modern girl's one great claim to su-Iporlortt su-Iporlortt over the Rlrls of her mother's I day is her hounding heslth She goes in for outdoor sports, supposedly, and Is. as we say. fit as a fiddle, or as our sisters across the water would put It. I r.ght as rain, in every possible way. )ne of two things, then, must be jtrue. Either the abounding health of the modern girl has been overe-stlmat -Jed and In reality she goes ln for too I many chocolates and pastries along i with no exerclHe except the somewhat I Indifferent exerVlse of dancing, with Ills attendant late hours nnd nervous 'excitement; or else the modern girl h.i- I the good health which Is claimed for her and her grouchlnKs Is the result I Of a bad case of spoiling Of the two causes we choone to hide behind the inure charitable and plOJkd i the excuse of IIIucpk. Rut even lllneps of the kind that the doctor desjCribej Is by no means a visitation visi-tation of Providence over which WO have no control. Rad digestion In nine cases out of ten is Just a combination of worry or weariness, and the wrung kind of food. Refore long HI , health of this kind will be set down a Just as much of a disgrace as bad temper, for little common sense and some effort can right It. In any event. It behooves the modern girl to mend her whvs And If her grouchlness be the result of her chocolates cho-colates and fudge-sundaes, to go light on the sweets and take to diet of green nnd good temper. It Is- bad enough for her to stagger under the accusation of bad manners and doubtful conduct, but If she is to be set down as a grouch as well, there II leant hope for her If we must he little rakish ladles, at least let's be amiable about It. |