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CHINA MAIL, MAY 12, 1988.
Girl of sixteen, who has the feelings of a woman and the judg-
ments of a babe, who is crazy for pleasure and drunk on her new- found freedom, is at the most, dan- gerous moment of her life.
She needs a strong and steady hand to keep her in the right path.
But Marion's mother cannot bear to deny her anything she wants. She has not the backbone to fight her headstrong youngster.
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Her Mother is Ruining Her
Miss Sixteen Needs Strong And Steady Guidance
time at the sewing machine making her new frocks.
It means that if one day Marion's mentions it, she always replies: mother reminds her of what she "Oh, leave her alone, she's only Sometimes her husband says. does for her she will turn round and young once." Why don't you have some new say, "Well, I didn't ask you to!" She doesn't realise that if sho clothes yourself," but she just won't And it means that she is being goes on like this, she will look old And she is rather proud because
bother.
unfair to the man who will one day before she's out of adolescence. she is attractive to grown-up men
Marion is the only one who mat-be her husband.
So she lets her go her irresponsi→ as well as to boys of her own age. tery. She lets her spend as much | The girls who never has to do any-ble way, tidying up her bedroom
Almost every night sees Marion
thing in the home-whose mother's after her and generally being all loitering on the treet corner talking money as she likes on clothes.
And one day, she will wonder why attitude has always been "I don't too-indulgent. to other girls and boys-giggling Marion has absolutely no money want you to spoil your pretty hands" noisily thinking it clever and
sense and seems to be completely will grow up selfish and not fit to thrilling if men who are passing clothes mad.
be a wife!
look at her twice.
Marion herself is silly.
innocent-but
Her mother is always overcome by the argument-"But there's no harm in it!" Her love is not tempered by wisdom. She can't or won't show her the harm that it may lead
to:
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It is the proud boast of Marion's
Marion never mother that her in the house,
helps
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It's Saturday night and. Marion is at a dance. She's having a won- derful time and doesn't intend to go
Marion is going out-she's off to straight home. the pictures.
It is all very well to want your So she's rushed home from work, daughter to take a pride in her per-eaten a hasty meal and changed her sonal appearance and always to look dress. nice, but to encourage her to do this while you wait on her is foolish.
It means that Marion is always "I do so like to see Marion looking going to accept everything her
nice."
That's what Marion's mother says to everybody, so she spends a lot of
TS sigue vean Desses,
HIS graceful dinner frock,
has two new fashion points-the draped bodice and the longer waistline. It is carried out in crepe de Chine-shaded green and pink flowers on an off-white foundation.
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mother does for her as her due:
One of the crowd has said . some- thing about going bathing. To 'Ma- rion this seems a very unusual thing to do therefore adult and exciting. Now she's putting the finishing
"Late Of course, it's getting a bit u touches-powder and lipstick.
but mother won't mind. She knows She has a bad habit of using too she's just crazy about dancing, and much, and using it badly, but mother she can always stay in bed to-mor- doesn't say anything, and if father'row morning.
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