English and S. African Girls

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17917, 22 October 1932, Page 10

English and S. African Girls

A FORMER South African girl n writes'to the Cape Argus: ! ‘‘lt is very difficult-for us in South’ Africtl to realise exactly how the" Englis- girl's outlook is affected by (lie dearth 6J young men in her country. Certainly the preponderance of women in England strikes one immediately,:'especially in London, but 1 jiaVe sought in vain for tragic figures'among'’:,them. For the fact' that • 2,000,000; of-‘.her sex must inevitably remain unmarried is regarded quite impersonally ll by 'the average English girl'. • ‘ ’Although she cannot enjoy the amount of l 'male companionship that we do in our country, her'ddieafiis about her future are full f 6f hope and promise, anti 1 she manages to fill her present life very pleasantly with numerous interests in the companionship of her own sex. England is the true home of feminine friendship. 1 wonder How many South Africans would enjoy dining and theatre, going in a party of girls, for instance, .1 cannot f]| hit o’picture if in Capetown of Johannesburg. We would certainly consider ft ‘tame’, and vaguely infra dig, to be obliged to fall back on the company of’Other girls instead oi flaunting our latest; conquests in the trails.' The idea'of enjoying woman’s company for its own sake never enters our calculations. That, at least, is' my experience of South Africa. ’ ’