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Letter to Editor
February 3, 1923
Atlanta Tri Weekly Journal
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
Eighteen-year-old Velma Tucker from Rentz, Ga., critiques extreme flapperism as shallow and coarse, favoring moderation in fashion and emphasizing unselfish enjoyment with higher life purposes. She requests lyrics for two songs and mentions reading library books amid pleasant weather.
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Hello Auntie and Cousins! How is the new year finding you? Happy I am sure. We are having such pleasant, warm weather in south Georgia that it is fine for kodaking, and we have just returned from a trip.
You have been showing your difference in opinion on "flapperism." Well, I think powder is all right, and if you're pale, a little paint, but nature gave me the kind that doesn't come off. Any artistic or serious-minded persons know a blazing face is cheap and coarse.
I am sincerely sorry for anyone who has no higher purpose in life than "vamping" men, "cutting out" others and carrying fashion to the extreme. "Even this shall pass away," and it doesn't pay in this world or make you face eternity without fear. Still I believe in being pleasant and enjoying one's self and it can be done unselfishly.
Now that's a sermon for an eighteen-year-old girl, isn't it? But you see I'm "serious-minded."
Have any of the cousins the words to the songs, "Laddie, You're the Only One Who Loves Me" and "Memories"? I would be glad to get them. I, like most of you, like reading. I have read several good books from the library commission lately. Would be glad to hear from all who care to write.
VELMA TUCKER
Rentz, Ga.
You have been showing your difference in opinion on "flapperism." Well, I think powder is all right, and if you're pale, a little paint, but nature gave me the kind that doesn't come off. Any artistic or serious-minded persons know a blazing face is cheap and coarse.
I am sincerely sorry for anyone who has no higher purpose in life than "vamping" men, "cutting out" others and carrying fashion to the extreme. "Even this shall pass away," and it doesn't pay in this world or make you face eternity without fear. Still I believe in being pleasant and enjoying one's self and it can be done unselfishly.
Now that's a sermon for an eighteen-year-old girl, isn't it? But you see I'm "serious-minded."
Have any of the cousins the words to the songs, "Laddie, You're the Only One Who Loves Me" and "Memories"? I would be glad to get them. I, like most of you, like reading. I have read several good books from the library commission lately. Would be glad to hear from all who care to write.
VELMA TUCKER
Rentz, Ga.
What sub-type of article is it?
Social Critique
Ethical Moral
Reflective
What themes does it cover?
Social Issues
Morality
What keywords are associated?
Flapperism
Powder And Paint
Vamping
Higher Purpose
Serious Minded
Song Lyrics
Library Books
What entities or persons were involved?
Velma Tucker
Auntie And Cousins
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Velma Tucker
Recipient
Auntie And Cousins
Main Argument
the writer approves of moderate use of powder and paint but criticizes extreme flapperism as cheap and purposeless, advocating for a higher life purpose, unselfish enjoyment, and facing eternity without fear.
Notable Details
Mentions Kodaking In Warm South Georgia Weather
Requests Words To Songs 'Laddie, Youre The Only One Who Loves Me' And 'Memories'
Has Read Books From The Library Commission