THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26120, 24 May 1950, Page 2

THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

ADDRESS BY MRS HULME The sanctity of marriage was discussed by Mrs H. R. Hulme yesterday in an address to the Papanui League of Mothers. “We know only too well what happens when homes are. broken, when parents quarrel and split up—or just quarrel,” Mrs Hulme said. “A marriage is not broken only when there is the outward sign of a separation or divorce to show it to the public eye. but as soon as love and respect and mutual understanding have gone from it. We must convince our children past any possible doubt that a truly happy marriage is a lasting marriage.” If young people understood the importance of marriage, it was easy enough to bring them to make the necessary adjustments, Mrs Hulme said. Some important adjustments included the arrangement of financial matters so that each partner had a share in planning the budget, and the wife had an allowance of her own, however small; the place to live in; how to spend leisure time together and sometimes apart; the keeping up of individual hobbies or friends; and the planning for a family.

CLOSE OF Y.W.C.A. CONFERENCE

The aim of the Y.W.C.A. throughout the 95 years of its existence has always been to provide the atmosphere of a good Christian home for the women and girls in residence. Delegates to the National Conference held in Paraparaumu discussed plans to make this distinctive contribution to housing a reality in Y.W.C.A. hostels throughout New Zealand. On this occasion committee members of the Wellington organisation visited the conference to take part in the discussion, which was led by the national general secretary (Miss A. Louise Burton).

Club programmes, organisation, and leadership, and religious education through clubs, were discussed by the youth section of the conference. The activities of teen-age girls, young married women, students, and women in industry, commerce, and the professions in Canada and the United States, were outlined in a short talk given by the national president (Mrs* L. R. Richardson), who visited the conference, on her way to Wellington from her visit overseas. She said that hostels in both countries were of a high standard and many were palatial.