MODERN TENDENCIES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 12 October 1925, Page 5

MODERN TENDENCIES.

FOIBLES OF FLAPPERS. NEED FOR MORE SYMPATHY. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Oct. 9. The much discussed waywardness of the modern girl was approached from a new angle by Missi Lilian Faithfull, formerly principal of Cheltenham Ladies’ College, in an address before the Church Congress. She declared that parents did not know their children because they themselves were involved too much in “outside pleasures.” “Elders must cultivate a better sense of proportion and cease to he hound by old-fashioned ideas,.” declared Miss Faithfull. “It is irritating to young people to have smoking regarded as a crime or dress as vulgar. “We must not forget that dress in every age has been ridiculous. The Victorian crinoline, tight waists and swishing skirts were no better than the short frocks of the present day. “Paint and powder, however much they may be deplored, are not new. They were a general rule in bygone ages. If we appeal to the best qualities in the modem girl in a new way she will respond.” “DONKEY STILL SURVIVES.” An outspoken address on modern tendencies was given by Canon Woods, who summarised the present evils as being typified by the idle rich", who know no discipline; workmen who repudiate authentic agreements; dramatists. novel) ists and film producers who have no sense of restraint; pleasureseekers who do not know when to stop; football crowds who “boo” the referee; picnickers who defile the countryside with their litter, and parents who do not control their children.

It was disquieting to observe the tremendous arpount of stupidity and mud-' dle-headed ness among people. The Canon said: ‘ ‘Though the ape andi the tiger within us. may have died, there is plenty of evidence that the donkey still survives.”