FOOTING THE BILL.
WOMAN PAYS HER SHARE. " QUITE A COMMON TIIIXG." This is an wigallnnt aye. Young men to-day are putting a new interpretation on the old adage " the woman pays." They are making them pay in hard cash for their own amusements. This rcrnarkablo new light on modern courtship was revealed in a case at an English Police Court in which a young tailor was charged with obtaining money by false pretences from a girl Mr. llornby, who defended, said that the defence was that the money was given to him to take her out. "It is quite a usual practice in these days,'' ho added. Inquiries by a newspaper representative revealed that many young women to-day pay for the pleasure of being taken out. Sometimes they foot the bill for their escort, too. "It is quite a common thing to seo young couples come here, have tea, and til-: girl hand her young man the money to pay her share of the bill, said the manageress of a London cafe. " Ono couple have been coming here every night for several weeks, and the girl always pays her share. And why not ? Many girls earn much more than their young men nowadays, and it is only right that they should take sonic share of the expense."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20312, 20 July 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)
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217FOOTING THE BILL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20312, 20 July 1929, Page 2 (Supplement)
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