Modern Daughters

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 5, Issue 5, 1 November 1926, Page 52

Modern Daughters

‘By c 'JhfCtss EM a TMCoore

From a mother’s point of view, a daughter is a success if she is companionable; if, with all the charm of youth, she bridges the gap of years between them and is friend as well as daughter. There is a frank friendliness about the girl of to-day which makes her a perfect companion. A mother is no longer compelled to be her girls’ chaperone, but is allowed to enter into all the joys and pleasures of her life; and this is another reason for friendliness. Of late years the stage “ingenue” has given place to a young person who is supposed to be typical of the girl of to-day. She smokes incessantly; she drinks cocktails and whisky; she uses language, quite casually, that no man would dream of using before a woman; and she has apparently no respect and very little affection for her parents. This young person may be true to a certain extreme type; but I, personally, have never come across the girls who use bad language. I am told occasionally that Miss So-and-So does so, and I am sorry, for I think a mother whose daughter habitually uses bad language must suffer torture. I sec no humour in it, and I fail to see why it is done. I do not like extreme types—whether of girls or older women. For that reason I do not care very much for the Eton crop and the masculine severity affected by some girls today. I do like a girl to look soignee; but that is an ideal that can be achieved without going to extremes.