NEW TYPE OF WOMAN.
CLERGYMAN SPEAKS OUT.
Divorces terminated 31 marriages in the Dominion in 1898, and 154 in 1910, and from a comment upon these figures during his sermon at Knox Presbyterian Church, Parnell, on Sunday evening, the Rev. Robert Inglis proceeded to speak of modern types of womanhood. " There is springing up a new type of woman," lie said, " whose aim is apparently to be as man-like as possible. They are hardened and made self-conscious by the love of pleasure, and evidently have no higher object in life than to ' have a good time.' Such a woman as the late Queen Victoria was, would, in their eyes, be entirely out of fashion. These women belong to the smart set, to the fast set, to the loud set, to the money set, and all that is lacking to complete the outfit which apparently appeals to them, is a pasteboard card on their backs with the words 'For Sale, Cheap,' printed in bold type." Mr. Inglis .said that these remarks applied to only one regrettable class of women, and he warmly commended the building campaign of the Young Women's Christian Association, as the institution threw wide its doors to the drifting and those who needed a helping hand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15407, 16 September 1913, Page 8
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