"PETTICOAT RULE"

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 52, 29 August 1925, Page 7

"PETTICOAT RULE"

MALE REVIVAL WANTED

MEN BECOMING TOO SOFT,

(united paisg association—coriwaßT.)

CBIDNII lUN CAJLS.)

(Received 29th August, 9 a.m.)

LONDON, 28th August.

Mr. F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, the explorer, in the "Daily Sketch," §ays that everywhere in Britain there are signs of a "saturation of feminity,"- and a male revival is ■ urgently necessary to enable the country enjoy prosperity., Men must not be dominated by women, who should realise that men are leaders by the eternal laws of natnre, "Oxford bags" are a sign of degeneracy^. Australian, Canadian, and African.visitors are all. lamenting the disappearance of the ' pioneering spirit. Men of tU ages, he says, are becoming too soft.

Mr. F. A. Mtichell-Hedgu, a man of 43, has devoted his life to exploration and deep-sea research work, chiefly in the waters of Central America and the Pacific. He explored portions of the Central American Isthmus and helped in the recent revelation of the eld Maya civilisation in that region. In his ocean research work he' indulged in big fishing, and -is a holder of many records for the capture of giant fish. Besides being a big-game hunter, he is an entomologist. He is married.;