The Goblin June-July 1922 . ald and other of the younger literati as a pettingparty, petting or necking being simply old-fashionedspooning fixed up with a shot of gin and some orangejuice. It is then essential that you immediately distinguishmother from daughter, for to pet a flappers mother isconsidered by the majority of our best-known writerson etiquette to be in the worst possible taste as well asbourgeois in ths extreme. Lead the conversation into literary channels and thenmanifestly addressing yourself to one or the other, asksuddenly, What do you think of Bernard Shaw? If the response c
The Goblin June-July 1922 . ald and other of the younger literati as a pettingparty, petting or necking being simply old-fashionedspooning fixed up with a shot of gin and some orangejuice. It is then essential that you immediately distinguishmother from daughter, for to pet a flappers mother isconsidered by the majority of our best-known writerson etiquette to be in the worst possible taste as well asbourgeois in ths extreme. Lead the conversation into literary channels and thenmanifestly addressing yourself to one or the other, asksuddenly, What do you think of Bernard Shaw? If the response comes approvingly, Shaw is ratheran egg, I think, the chances are that that is mother. If, on the other hand, the answer is, He doesnt gofar enough; hasnt the courage of his convictions, thatwill certainly be daughter. Now take a trial trot through Art. Do you likeRubens work? If the reply is, Hardly up to the present day im-pressionistic stuff, that will be mother. If, however, it comes with a yawn, Quaint, like all S£BB». «» f£. Thats a site of a dont see any house. our modern art, you may count on it being daughter. Next a whirl at sport. Whats your opinion ofGrantland Rice? you ask. My favourite authority on golf, mother will res-pond. Is that a Luther Burbank production? will bedaughters come-back. Now try again. What beverage do you like best?you enquire. Scotch whiskey, mother will reply. Fusel oil and wood alcohol, will answer daughter. There you have it. Follow these instructions to the Tand you can never go wrong at a tea table. As supplementary methods of identification, the fol-lowing addenda are supplied. Mothers are better-tempered, more amusing, moreflirtatious, more emotional, more susceptible, more de-pendant, more trustful, more interested, more interest-ing than their daughters. Flappers are colder, more selfish, more conceited,more self-confident, more self-cenlfed, more ironical!more sarcastic, more bored, more boring than theirmothers. G—G—
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