MODEL WIVES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 14 March 1936, Page 10

MODEL WIVES

TRAINING WOMEN PIONEERS LONDON,' 27th February. With thoroughness,; Germany .As translating her campaign for colonies, into deeds.'. A scheme has. been sueecssfuly".inaugurated at tiny Colonia 1 Women’s; School' at, Reiidshurg. inland from Kiel, with the object of preparing young women to represent real Germanism abroad and in readiness for independent existence ■ in foreign '.surroundings. The young women attending the •school arc taught to cook on a large scale with spirit lamps, grow Vegetables,' wash clothes, v milk''cows and goats, make butter and cheese, plough, sow and reap, construct' drains, mend boots iind shoes, da smiths’ and jpihers’ work, fide anil 'drive and to' be ready to use pistol or rifle in emergency. Pupils, on completion of tlie course, were sent to Carinthia', Styria, CzpchoHhivakia, or Hungary, where farming conditions are ccnsiderctl to resemble those of Mexico awl Africa: Thereafter they will be regarded ■ as genuine pioneers of ' Germanism. ’ Meetings in coypcction with the campaign -continue J:o lie~ held throughout Germany; being especially aimed to demonstrate to the rising generation Germany’s right to colonies.