THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10624, 6 April 1900, Page 2

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION.

t© tk» xDrtox or m raxsa. Sir, —I read with great ialereat a letter published ia Tuesday* paper, signed by "A Teacher;' in which she suggests we nurses should be* appointed to teach physiology m i schools and so help to educate children to be pure and upright members of society. Her idea is that girls often fall through shseif ignorance of simple physiological facts. llt is quite true of many. ' I am sure- I can speak for the majority !of nurse* wfeeß 1 say we would be> only | too willing to help in this or any other way \ thought feasible, rt by doing so a few. might ! be guided, over tha quicksands of temptation [ into the haven of true womanhood. [ Bu* thia is a pleasure-seeking age, and I fear meat fail, not through %Boran«, but through a cravißg for excitement. And rt seems to mc the best way is to work through 'thi* craving for amusement. I mean to i try and make children see there are mora pfeasurea and better ones open to the good than those to bo obtained by following evil courses of action. . ©re** numbers of our young gn-I* work in factories, in large shops, or in service The hour, are loo* and monotooous, and when free time comes rhe worker* are worn out h* body and miooV They tn»b»bly to a smaH bouse, jw«*y «"* crowded; and, poor children, wantuig a. little , Mcrcafciea. they *> to find it m the streets. "Who- can blame them? _f _ Urge room were open where booKs were about, plenty of brightness and music, perhaps, at least something to attract them, would not ffiftiV come for an hota or two. *nd so fee **v*d frw» evtWo'mgJ 1» a «m_P scale, tet B«wnt*_ grand lAoot a "PaFace of Delight" be carried out here in Cbrisftcbnrchf. ~ If we women of all occupations would meet and see what could be- done, soon the «vii would be lesseaed. t We <wej» great poww, and all we h*v« to do is to tow* ourJelve* together and resolve the sin shai be checked, and it will be done. Let a* ctojw oar women's rights in the highest anise, and. aided by all Rood men, we wiU t»ut down this -terrible evil, and not Set Jayo_e b» abte truthfully to wr w* >ew Zealand w»m«n are losing our ideal of true noble trea»B&oo<L---Your3. ® t £* VUBSE