THE MODERN YOUNG WOMAN

Evening Star, Issue 19778, 31 January 1928, Page 10

THE MODERN YOUNG WOMAN

TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —Someone has said: “A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” ■ The trouble with your correspondent “ A.A.H.” is that he lacks a sense of humor. Now, a sense of humor is a. wonderful accomplishment. “Q.V.” just abounds in it. if “A.A.H.” wishes to become a popular correspondent of your paper i would advise him to be a little more sensible and logical in some of his remarks. “What will ‘home, sweet home’ become if women are to be the wage earners?” he solemnly asks, and one wonders who .suggested such a drastic revolution. He goes on to tell the modern young woman to become again the insipid, uninteresting doll that some men prefer, if we take him seriously, what is to become of the girls and women who have no men to work for them, and no homes to work in? Besides, if they cannot show any visible means of support the law can take them into custody. There is no doubt that your correspondent takesau extreme view of this question ot girls in business, and cannot conceive of anything but chaos in the home where the womenfolk go out to work. But he forgets that women possess that sense of adaptability which most men lack, and can, if put to it, look after home as well as earn a crust.

Man is natuially a conservative creature, and any tiling in the nature of a change regarding his creature comforts and possessions gets him fussing, but if the average man knows anything of history lie must realise that such a great event as the last war cannot take place without some radical changes in our home life and recognised code of morality. When the question of employment is being thrashed out, as “A.A.H.” predicts will happen shortly, perhaps he will specify what are considered men’s jobs, as lie has failed to do so up to the present.—l am. etc., Mother of Six.

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