The first meeting of the club, after the election of officers dealt almost altogether with the subject of etiquette for parents and the best methods of bringing them to a proper conception of their social duties. The discussion was informal, but "Youth will be served" was its keynote, and as a result of the! stand taken it is believed that a recurrence of so embarrassing an assertion of authority on the part of a parent will be impossible in the future.
Rumours of papers read at "Mothers' Meetings" and a "League! of Indiguant Fathers' have led our brightest young people to baad together for purposes of offence and defence. They propose to take a firm stand on certain. points at issue and not allow their parents to commit the shocking solecism of attempting to forbid their offspring the inalienable rights of smoking, drinking and the pursuit of jazz. "Our old dears don't realize hon the world has moved," said one considerate daughter, '"'and it is our manifest destiny to prevent them from being too utterly ridiculous,"
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