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14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, March 15, 1959 The Family Council Editor's not: The F-mUy Council consists ol a Jndge a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers. Each article Is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies ana counselors. Lola P. My father criti cizes my clothes. Mr. G. P. She looks like a night club hostess. Mrs. G.P. - She's just one of the girls. Lola P. I am a girl of 15 whose main problem is her father. Who ever heard of a father knowing all about clothes and fashion? Mine thinks he does. My father criticizes every thing I wear. He tells me look disgusting when I wear things he happens not to like He embarrasses me in front of my friends by threatening to wash off my makeup. My friends all say they never heard -of a father pay ing so much attention to what you wear. In the first place it isn't his business but your mother's. In the second place, he really doesn't know any thing about it. In the third place, it makes him look like a fool. My friends say they'd die if they had my father. Mr. G.P. - All right, so I'm the nut! A father can't pos sibly know anything about what looks right. When he sees a snip of a kid who does n't know how to boil a decent egg walk out of the house in the morning looking like a night club hostess, he's just supposed to put up and shut up. I'd keep quiet all right - if only my wife would talk up But she just shrugs and says "That's what all the girls do. Mn. G.P. - I am against Lola's wearing eye makeup and things like that to school, but I feel that it is more im portant for her to feel like one of the girls than anything else. She's a happy girl with loads of friends. She isn't boy crazy. Why bother her? The Council: We don't blame Mr. G.P. for deploring the sight of his young night club hostess trudging off to school, but we think that Mrs. G.P. s realization that Lola needs and wants to be one of the crowd is important too. It is true that Lola is just at that stage. If it weren't eye make up, it would be hats with green feathers or bobby sox and skirts to the ankles. This is one of the ways in which adolescents start to grow out of the family nest and identi fy themselves with the larger world of their contempor aries. However, this realization oh the part of parents does not mean they must give in and overthrow all their own standards for the teenager. They should fight for the standards they think correct, while making some allow- CROCHET YOUR RUGS "THE mov t4 CHOI You need only carpet warp, bias stripes of old or new material wool,, cotton or rayon and "the needle with the hump." Use simple cro cret stitch . . now sewing! CROCHET NEEDLE 1.00 CARPET WARP 1.00 SEE DEMONSTRATIONS MANN'S MAIN FLOOR MONDAY, MARCH 16 RUBY CAREY Instructor ances for the teenagers' needs. In the case of proper dress for a girl, we agree with both Lola and her father, that the mother is a better guide. It is natural for Lola to feel that her father doesn't really un derstand these matters. Positive help goes much farther than criticism with all teenagers. M r s. G.P. should show that she is great ly interested in seeing Lola look her best. She might try influencing her by pointing out styles in good taste in the teenage fashion magazines. She should encourage her to learn something about the art of makeup. Advice from the best authorities is available in books, newspapers and maga zines - and this advice always Handicapped Children Visit Local Library A special class of 16 physi cally handicapped pupils of the Washington school visited the Medford Public- library Thursday, March 12. Their teacher, Mrs. Cather ine Walker, accompanied them. Miss Julie Keiser, chil dren's librarian, received the group and explained the li brary's services for children to them. stresses naturalness and sub tlety. Since it is group opinion that carries the most weight with teenagers, Mrs. G.P. should try getting together with other mothers to see how they can influence their daughters. They might en courage the girls to form a club for the serious study of dress and makeup. The girls could criticize and help one another and lift the standard of taste in their school and community. (Copyright 1959, General Features Corp.) Local Sf udenfs Take Par. in Conference Five Medford High school students participated in the Northwest National Music conference in Seattle, Wash., recently, according to I. A. Mirick, supervisor of instru mental music for Medford schools. Those who played in the all Northwest orchestra were Robert Allen, Cheryl Dunn, Bonnie Allingham and Lynn Latham. 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