GIRLS OF TO-DAY.
THEIR STRONGER LANGUAGE. COURAGE AN© COMRADESHIP. (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, June 13. > "We always make allowance for the father's strong language, but now the mother is nearly as bad, and it is having a serious effect upon girls' speech," said Miss Morison, principal of a London school at the Headmistresses' Conference. "This is all part of the so-called greater freedom. Is it in spite of this or because of it that the sixth form girl to-day is so delightful? She is perhaps a bit hard, but has the qualities of courage, comradeship, and optimism, on ■which to build up her life. Why, even grannie to-day does not sit knitting in a corner reading the Bible, but cries aloud for betting tips and dance favours. Really, the children of to-day are almost grown-up from the cradle."—(A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 139, 14 June 1926, Page 7
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