The Changed Outlook for Girls.

Otago Witness, Volume 06, Issue 2899, 6 October 1909, Page 73

The Changed Outlook for Girls.

y .There is no more convincing proof of , the alterations which, modern conditions demand than the relations in which mothers and their girls stand towards each other. The mother of a generation ago does not exist at all. Mothers have ceased ' entirely to regard their -daughters as. in any way dependent on them beyond the years of theii education. Quite naturally, the girls, just like th« boys, fit themselves for a career. j The modern mothei may have some recollection of the difficulties ot her own ; early years, for she lived ju.=t at the transition period. She usually encourages her daughter to a career, and she even gives her assistance when the question of furnishing her own flat or chambers and prei paring to take her place in the world of ' workers comes up. The marriage market still holds the attention of many mothers, but they .find girls lese willing to zntev into competition. Many of .the modem university" and high school girls are more amused than anything else at the endeavours made to arrange things for their •future. There are fe^v mothers not ready now to abdicate their reign and to hand over the keys, foi the spirit of the age is j independence, and the bachelor givl is on the best of terms with her mother