IN DEFENCE OF MRS. GRUNDY.
" Mrs. Grundy is a very old venerable lady now, and to-day I fear she has been struck speechless by the goings on of the age," said Lady Balfour of Burleigh addressing city girls at St. Stephen's, Wnlbrook, E.C., recently, states a London paper. " Yet in spite of Mrs. Grundy's complete lack of touch with this world today, and for all her thundering and blundering, there was something behind what she had to say and the idea that, she would really like to express is that, of self-respect—of putting some distance between yourself and the outer world. " Do not. squander the precious essence of yourself on frivolous acquaintances.
" But there are still customs such as a man expecting a girl to let him kiss her in return for taking her to a theatre or dinner, which while they may not be wrong, do fake the keen edge of pleasure and enjoyment out. of tho kiss you will receive from the man you love."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20768, 10 January 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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167IN DEFENCE OF MRS. GRUNDY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20768, 10 January 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
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