NEWS BY MAIL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11948, 19 May 1933, Page 2

NEWS BY MAIL

FEAR OF GROWING Old). A SCHOOLMASTER'S ADVICE Tne process of growing old was a common fate, and instead of being a matter of gregret jit could be made beautiful, declared Mr W. Uarr. head master of the Aid, Wood Secondary. School, Stanley,. England. Mr Carr said the first stage of Em was concerned purely with physical growth. It ought not to be subject to fear or superstition of any sort, because such things induced dangerous inhibitions which retarded mental growth. The second stage of life was the intellectual stage. It-was considered to be the best. It was the time of love. adventure, ‘ or romance. it was tho period when one developed a soul. No one was expected to have a soul at the age of. 13, but- to become 40 and not to have a soul was patheiaev’

WHEN SHE-IS' BAD— Women criminals cause the police authorities most anxiety. So says W. O. Johnson, chief constable, °f Plymouth (as reported by the “NewsChronde,”). “A bad woman,” he says, “is the worst class of humanity, treacherous, cunning, and lying. Any police officer prefers dealing with a man. The .combination. of a man and a woman as even more dangerous * particularly m blackmail.’’ Men criminals he describes as being good-natured, thriftless, kind to ‘ their ■womenfolk and children, and geherousl to.their associates.