CHEAPER CULTURE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 301, 20 December 1937, Page 5

CHEAPER CULTURE.

j U.S. GIRL STUDENTS. THEIR TEN COMMANDMENTS. ** THE A.B.C. OF LIVIJIG." Hunter College, in New ork. has arranged a cheap course of study laltelled "The A.B.C. of Living, or Conversation in tiie Amenities. Behaviour and Customs.*' ond 4<J girl student? have enrolled. It u>ed to co»t American parents about £lO(»0 a year to have their daughters taught how to enter a drawingroom. how to jiuur tea. or what to talk about at a hunt breakfast. If families could not afford £H*oo a year for polish, they sent their daughters to State universities.. The students numlx-r SO.'Nl to learn business or teaching metli<ids. but no etiquette. par about £30 a year for tuition. A New ork s<K-iety woman. Mrs. Katharine Bleecker Meigs. is teaching the new course in culture, has drawn up ten commandment* as part of the first lesson. 1. Tl.ou ~liah not scented powder #s a substitute for soap and water. 2. Thou shah not wear flashy clothes, screaming colour:3. Thou shalt not use too much makvup nor perfume thyself so that «slrot;;» men reel when you pass. 4. Thou must not talk too freely— keep gossip for thy private life. 3. Thou must keep thy love life outside the office. 0. Thou must not leap like a fire horsa at the alarm when 5 o'clock comes. 7. Thou must speak clearly, directly and accurately. 5. Thou must not be emotional or over-sensitive. 9. Thou must do thv work thoroughly. Fear not to say. "I don't know." 10. Thou must not think men in the office are falling in love lien tiiey *re "flip civil.