DECADENT DOLLS OF " DAYS THAT ARE DEAD."

NZ Truth, Issue 822, 13 August 1921, Page 6

DECADENT DOLLS OF " DAYS THAT ARE DEAD."

Dear "Truth,"— Perhaps 'm "L.M.'s" days women were looked upon as dolls m glass cases, who, .thought of nothing else bat tight' lacings and injuring the internal. organs. Just because the women of the present day have come to" their sen 9es and allowed their foodie's the freedom that is natural, ."L.M." has sought to air her views- on a subject she knows' nothing about.' In "L.M.'s" days the anaemic-looking women were .a sight that anyone would shudder at. They, looked as if-.they>.;Wpuld faint,, at sight of a man. Give me the healthy, robust, attractive-looking girl of today, who looks ds if a hard day's work is a delight to her. I will ask her which is better for a. band of young girls: To be out m the open air, playing games, or sitting m a stuffy drawing-room with no other aim m view but to look genteel? The girls of the present day are a much broader-minded lot than those of ■ "L.M.'s" days, who used to hide under a cloak of modesty instead of revealing their true feelings. Judging from her views of the present day girl, she has got a trifle entangled with Elinor Glyn's books. She must not measure our corn by her bushel, and "L.M." has not the pluck m her to sign own name./beeause she is nothing more or less than 'a narrowminded woman. If she has any daughters of her own, if they are a sample of their mother-- well, they cannot be much, for, after all, it depends on a girl's upbringing .what she develops info. "It is an evil mind that' harbors evil thoughts!"— " Tours etc., PHYLLIS DAWSON, 1 Captain Wellington Ladies' Rug-by Football Club.