﻿Should She Be Spanked 
 
Should an 18-year-old girl who comes “in” at 2 o’clock in the morning be spanked? 
First: No. Call out the militia or the Kaw Kaw Kaks. 
Second: No. Scrap the clock. 
Thirds No. Especially if “comes in” means to one of those “synthetic homes” with radio and all that stuff—home-substitute. 
Fourth: No. She should be encouraged to visit her “home” oftener and earlier; besides, 2 a. m. is only 1 a. m. according to moonlight saving time!! Besides, there are so many different kinds of time the poor girl hardly knows which is what, i. e. Suntime. Eastern-time, Summer-time, Bedtime, Railroad-time, Bouelvard-time, Lifetime—and so on — On-Time, Behind-Time—and—Ahead-of-Time: 
No. She should not be spanked—There are better ways of getting rid of her. Of course we all know that a time comes in every fathers life when he feels like spanking an 18-year-old girl—nothing else seems to satisfy his craving. Nevertheless, I advise in such a case, that he forego the pleasure of beating her and step out and blow off steam by cutting a few sticks of kindling wood. 
Fifth: No. She should be given a medal for coming “in” at all. . . . 
Sixth: No! 
Let the father save his last spark of energy and join the I. W. W.—thereby making his home a fit place for an 18-year-old girl to live in. Put the blame where it belongs—DON’T KICK THE DOG! —T-bone Slim, in Industrial Worker.